The crackdown on legacy admissions at private universities is coming to California. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning ...

In elite US colleges and universities, children or relatives of top-shot politicians, celebrities, rich donors and alumni ...

California is the latest state to prohibit colleges from providing preferential treatment to children of alumni.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that makes California the latest state to ban legacy and donor admissions in higher ...

Among the class admitted in 2023, Stanford reported 13.6% of first-year students had either legacy or donor ties. The bill ...

California just became the fifth state to ban legacy admissions—and only the second to ban them at private schools in ...