California Banning Legacy Admission in Private Institutions

Hello everyone, this week I am turning my gear to cover some other topics. Instead of covering business news, let's talk about California banning legacy preferences from private universities.

    Ever since the public case on affirmative action at Harvard, race-based admission has been banned nationwide to make the entire process more fair. However, the discussion about legacy admission and people with privilege has not been settled completely. On the one hand, legacy admission at top universities helped to continue the supply of donations to the universities. On the other hand, many claimed that the legacy admission has not been fair towards students with less privileged backgrounds.

    This week, California became the fourth state in the United States to ban Legacy admission at private universities (https://lnkd.in/d_fHzHgV

). As a result, this decision will affect the admission process of some top nationwide colleges such as Standford and USC. Many admission scandals involving bribery happened over the years demonstrating the unfairness of the admission process itself and making people question the real purposes of college: maintaining elitism or learning. Nearly 14% of students admitted into Stanford or USC had a donation or legacy connection. Additionally, some of those students may not be that qualified.
Even after laws were passed, there could still be admissions based on connections and bribery behind the scenes. Although the laws won't be perfect, they will still be a step toward the fairness of the college admission process.