Harvard is yet again the focus of a challenge to its admissions process. But this time, it's civil rights groups, Biden officials and liberal lawmakers who are its opponents. At issue? The Ivy League institution's use of legacy preferences.
introduced a bill to make legacy admissions illegal. They’re also trying to get Republican presidential hopeful Sen.Meanwhile, several colleges aren’t waiting for the outcome of the legal challenge. Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon University, Occidental College, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech have gotten rid of or pared back their use of legacy preferences since the Supreme Court hollowed out affirmative action.◆◆◆Let’s start with the scope of the issue.
Students walk through a gate at Harvard University, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass. | Michael Casey/AP Photo These are organizations that spend a significant amount of time and resources supporting, mentoring and empowering youth of color and low-income youth. These are precisely the type of students that are being excluded by the legacy and donor preferences.I want to push you a little further on this. Legacy admissions have been around for a while and that disparate impact has also been affecting people for a very long time.
In the United States, we need to keep front and center issues of fairness and access. This means eliminating donor and legacy preferences to level the playing field and open opportunities for people who do not see themselves reflected at Harvard.The complaint filed doesn’t go through the courts, but through the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights. What is the reasoning behind choosing this avenue?We are keeping everything on the table, but turning to the U.S.
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