Admissions preference for the children of alumni is under scrutiny following the end of affirmative action at colleges.
, it's generally the children of the very rich who can afford to apply for early decision.
"At highly selective schools, the effect of these policies is to elevate the admissions chances of wealthy students above higher-achieving students who don't qualify as a legacy or donor prospect, or who need to compare financial aid packages before committing to a school," Cataldo said.The proposed fee as part of the bill would be levied on the endowments of colleges and universities that rely on such strategies.
Not all colleges allow legacy admissions. Some institutions have foresworn the practice, including another Massachusetts institution, MIT. The tech-focused school also doesn't use binding early decision.in an admissions blog post that it points to as explaining its philosophy."[W]e simply don't care if your parents went to MIT.""Good actors" in higher education, like MIT, wouldn't be impacted by the proposed fee, Cataldo noted.
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