Through the Front Door: Why Do Organizations (Still) Prefer Legacy Applicants?

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PROOF POINTS: Why elite colleges won’t give up legacy admissions

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Diverse News: Issues in Higher Education, 05 Oct 2022

Sixteen years’ worth of admissions data from one elite, private college in the Northeast has shown that the practice of legacy…

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