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Why It's Time for Legacy College Admissions to Go
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCredit - Getty Images Imagine high schools across the country adopt a new rule for track meets: If years earlier, a prospective student’s parent had...
Big Tech And Its Congressional Allies Kill Most — But Not All — Antitrust Legislation
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been the target of pressure from Big Tech...
Republicans Question Legacy Admissions At Top Colleges
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoWASHINGTON ― Democrats want to eliminate the practice of legacy admissions at universities and...
Supreme Court Rules Against Race-Based Affirmative Action
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoU.S. Supreme Court Credit - Mike Kline—Notkalvin Photography/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court...
Should Legacy Status Matter Anymore in College Admissions?
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 11 months agoElite colleges say they’re ending alumni preference to make admissions fairer. Critics call it a PR...
Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can't be used
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race...
Harvard, UNC Race-Based Admissions Cases Put Supreme Court Justices on Collision Course
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- A showdown over college affirmative action at the US Supreme Court next week pits the...
Harvard and UPenn donor revolt raises concerns about big money on campuses
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance Canada· 8 months agoBig money donations are booming at America’s colleges, helping fund higher education for millions of students. But big donations often come with strings attached. Major donors typically give ...
Making Amends: the history of reparations
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoThe idea of paying reparations or making other amends for slavery and discrimination has a long history in the United States. 1783: A freedwoman named Belinda Royall asks the Massachusetts legislature ...