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

I’ve been critiquing the calls to end legacy college admissions for about two decades — clearly to no avail, given California ...

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

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

California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions. California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions in the college application process, a practice that has long been ...

California’s law, which will take effect Sept. 1, 2025, is the nation’s fifth legacy admissions ban, but only the second that will apply to private colleges. “In California, everyone should ...

California’s Democratic governor approved a new state law on Monday that bars private, nonprofit colleges from using legacy or donor preferences in the admissions process. Admissions officers ...

Rick Singer, the man behind the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, sat for his first-ever interview with Matt Finn ...

California’s private nonprofit colleges no longer will be able to grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a ...

California will now ban legacy admissions at California private colleges, even though few colleges admit students that way. Bill supporters say it will signal to students that college is for them in ...

For many high school students, artificial intelligence only heightens the anxieties around applying to college. How much of ...