The Supreme Court ruling involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina was a sharp setback to affirmative action policies often used to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other underrepresented minority groups on campuses. - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harvard-says-it-will-comply...
The inquiry into one of the nation’s richest and most prestigious universities will examine allegations by three liberal groups that Harvard’s practice of showing preference for the relatives of alumni and donors discriminates against Black, Hispanic and Asian applicants in favor of white and wealthy students who are less qualified. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/us/politics/harvard-admis...
But several studies have shown that legacy admissions overwhelmingly favor wealthy and White applicants, and critics have described the practice as reverse affirmative action — benefiting such students at the cost of applicants of color and other disadvantaged groups. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/28/legacy-a...
when the college admissions scandal, dubbed Operation Varsity Blues, crashed into headlines, it immediately became a showcase of white privilege. - https://time.com/5943645/varsity-blues-college-cheating-scan...
How elite US schools give preference to wealthy and white 'legacy' applicants - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/23/elite-school...
And these strategies, which are legal, certainly help some types of applicants: A 2019 economic study found that recruited athletes, legacies, children of faculty and staff and kids of wealthy donors represented 43% of White admitted students at Harvard. - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/affirmative-action-harvard-supr...
Why Are Ivy League Schools Still Discriminating Against Asians? - https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-ivy-league-schools-still-di...