Stanford will forgo Cal Grants to keep legacy admissions considerations in place despite California’s new statewide ban.

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision ...

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stanford University will require applicants to submit standardized test ...

New admissions criteria announced a continuation of legacy consideration and a reinstatement of the standardized testing ...

Stanford University will require SAT or ACT scores for Fall 2026 admissions, ending its test-optional policy. The university ...

Student members have rallied behind AB 1780 while calling for the University to amend admissions policies on its own. “The California Assembly made its position clear,” said Ryan Cieslikowski ...

The landscape of college admissions is currently undergoing seismic shifts in ways we haven’t seen since the widespread adoption of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s. In 2023, the Supreme ...

Private universities like Stanford may soon be prohibited from receiving state funding if they allow “legacy” admissions. Ian Mackey Unsplash California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to put a ...

Claremont McKenna College is one of the California private colleges that used legacy admissions in 2022 that will be affected by a new state law that will ban the practice that Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

At one school, Northeastern University Oakland, fewer than 10 students who were admitted based on legacy ties did not meet the school’s admissions criteria last fall.