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The Schools Dropping Legacy Admissions After SCOTUS Ruling

The Schools Dropping Legacy Admissions After SCOTUS Ruling
Proponents of affirmative action hold signs during a protest at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on July 1, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
7/19/2023|Updated: 7/21/2023
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On Wednesday, Wesleyan University announced an end to preferential legacy admission, calling it “the easy part” in its pursuit of diversity.

“In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action, we believe it important to formally end admission preference for ‘legacy applicants,’” wrote Wesleyan President Michael Roth, while noting that, as a highly selective university, legacy status had played a small role in admissions in recent history.
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in New York.
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