For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stanford University will require applicants to submit standardized test ...

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

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

Stanford University will require SAT or ACT scores for Fall 2026 admissions, ending its test-optional policy. The university will also continue to consider legacy status, opting out of California’s ...

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

Johns Hopkins University reported an increase in first-generation and low-income students after it eliminated legacy admissions.

In 2018, Brown University students founded the Students for Educational Equity initiative and sponsored a referendum to end legacy admissions.

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law prohibiting the consideration of legacy and donor status in admissions decisions. The impact will be most felt at a small handful of private ...

California banned legacy status as a factor in college admissions in September, the largest state to do so yet. This follows the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action in 2023, which ...

A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California’s public universities don’t use legacy admissions.

Once again, the goal posts are being moved. Banning legacy admissions in the name of fairness ignores how this approach fails to correct a legacy of racial injustice.

Ending legacy admissions may be defensible in the service of equity, but it’s neither necessary nor sufficient to increase lower-income students’ access to higher education.