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Legacy Admissions Hit Historic Low as More States Ban Practice at U.S. Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The practice has seen particularly steep drops since 2015, when nearly half of all four-year colleges considered legacy status. More than half of colleges that admit 25% or fewer applicants still provide advantages to alumni children. Several more states are expected to introduce similar legislation in 2025.

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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2015 ABA report found that on average law schools receive 69% of revenue from tuition, with 25% of schools receiving at least 88% of their revenue from tuition. This system for awarding admission raises a host of concerns, not the least of which is its deceptiveness and opacity to applicants.

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Gallup Survey Finds Declining Confidence in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But a decade ago, in 2015, Gallup found that most respondents (57%) had high confidence in higher education, while 10% had little or none. To the extent these views are held by parents and young adults, it could lead to drops in college applications and enrollment.

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Legacy Looms Large in College Admissions, Perpetuating Inequities in College Access

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Yet legacy admissions policies that give preferential treatment to applicants who are related to alumni are still used across the country. Over 100 institutions have eliminated legacy policies since 2015, and three states have banned legacy admissions at public institutions. A year ago, the U.S.

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Working Paper: Asian Americans Face Lower Admissions Odds to Selective Schools than White Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Josh Grossman The findings were revealed in a working paper titled, " The disparate impacts of college admissions policies on Asian American applicants,” written by researchers from multiple universities including Stanford, Brown, University of Michigan, and Harvard. Grossman, a Ph.D.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role. In this position, she oversaw multi-million dollar budgets, represented NASPA globally in speaking engagements and the media, and led analysis of applicable federal and state legislation and regulatory developments.