Stanford’s Rick Banks on California’s College Legacy Admissions Ban
Summary
Why is legacy admissions an issue? Do you think it’s a problem?
The problem is that the persistence of legacy admissions, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, leaves schools in the position of offering an admissions preference to students from the most economically advantaged families (most of whom are white) yet being precluded from extending any preference to students from racial minority groups in the interest of diversity.
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