The University of Minnesota is ditching legacy admissions, a mechanism by which children of alumni get preferential treatment within the admissions process, following a Supreme Court ruling that blocked the use of race-based affirmative action policies, a university spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. …
“This announcement was specific to the holistic review process used on the Twin Cities campus for undergraduate admissions and changes two out of 10 context factors, which were only considered after rigorous examination of academic factors,” a university spokesperson told the DCNF. “All the academic factors, which have always been the primary considerations in admissions decisions, as well as the remaining context factors, remain in place for the admissions process.”
[Yawn. The U of M is a fine institution, but it’s not an Ivy League school — it’s a public university. It doesn’t have the cachet of Harvard, Penn, or Princeton. This is performative, not substantive. It’s a PR move. — Ed]
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