California bans universities from giving preference to legacy applicants
A Stanford University student walks though the halls of the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. (Paul Sakuma/AP)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law last week banning the state’s private colleges from giving preference to legacy applicants, who are typically the children of alumni or donors. Supporters of the new law say the goal is to give more people access to higher education regardless of socioeconomic status.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Sophie Callcott — a legacy student at Stanford who now advocates to ban the practice — about her reaction to the news.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
