Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision ...

Stanford University will continue considering legacy status in admissions through fall 2026, despite California’s ban on ...

Stanford will forgo Cal Grants to keep legacy admissions considerations in place despite California’s new statewide ban.

With three weeks to go before California's ban on legacy and donor admissions takes effect at private universities that ...

New admissions criteria announced a continuation of legacy consideration and a reinstatement of the standardized testing ...

The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the ...

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stanford University will require applicants to submit standardized test scores in its fall 2026 admissions process. It will also continue legacy ...

President Trump’s directive requiring universities to share detailed admissions data aims to increase transparency in college ...

According to a study by Assemblyman Phil Ting, who authored the bill, legacy and endowed admissions made up 14.4% of the University of Southern California's enrollment in the 2022 academic year.

Eighty-nine percent of college admissions directors did not support the use of legacy admits, and three-quarters of public colleges and universities didn’t even provide a legacy preference.

Legacy admissions, also known as legacy preferences or alumni connections, refers to a boost in a prospective student’s odds of admission to a college just because the applicant is related to an ...

Legacy students fell from 12.6% to 3.6% at Johns Hopkins six years after it ended legacy admissions in 2014, while Pell-eligible low-income students went up to 19.1% from 9%, university President ...