A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors.

The idea that an applicant should get a leg up because of where his or her parents went to school runs counter to American ...

This fall, UC published a new data dashboard that shows how many first-year students apply to and are admitted at each campus ...

California's new law prohibiting legacy admissions is weak tea. What's really needed is a truly equitable education for all ...

Colleges and universities have to invest more in need-based financial aid and outreach to applicants to increase ...

Earlier this month, California governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that outlaws preferences for legacy students — applicants ...

California is set to prohibit private colleges and universities from granting special admissions advantages to applicants ...

This has instinctive appeal, but the underlying issue is the independence of universities from coercive state control.

I am sure these deserving folks get lumped in the bucket of “legacy admissions,” imagined to all be the children of rich white donors. And by the way, those children aren’t undeserving either.

For most Americans, the case has long been closed on legacy admissions. Time for our representatives to act like it.

Party and other political committees are spending more than the candidates in key congressional election races.

A federal appeals court on Monday appeared open to reviving at least part of a former University of Southern California water ...