Spark Admissions

MAY 10, 2023

Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. Indeed, in its origins, it was most closely linked to employment, rather than education.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 27, 2024

The decision follows similar policy changes at Ivy League colleges. Several first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minority students chose to "suppress their test scores," the report says, "rendering their applications less compelling than they might have been." The year before changing its policy, Hopkins enrolled 8.5%

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Criticism of legacy policies has intensified following the U.S. Malcolm Augustine, Senate president pro tem, told The Daily Record the legislation might disadvantage minorities who might otherwise take advantage of legacy preferences. It seems the goalposts keep changing every few years for minorities. Sotomayor said.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9%

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The petition says the policy directly hurts campus diversity. are petitioning to eliminate legacy admissions — university policies that favor children of alums, faculty, and staff in admissions. Georgetown projected a decrease in enrollment from underrepresented groups. As of Sept. 11, there are over 700 signatures. "In

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 1, 2023

Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. In 2014, the percentage had dropped to only 13%. It is not a racist policy. What is legacy admissions?

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Check Circle HBCUs focus on shrinking the racial wealth gap Entrepreneurship can be an effective wealth-building tool, but failed business ventures have an outsized effect on Black entrepreneurs, according to a Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy study. Xavier University offers both a minor and a certificate in entrepreneurship.

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