The University of California banned the practice 25 years ago. Assemblymember Phil Ting , a Democrat from San Francisco who co-authored the bill, said the new law will make the college admissions ...

One bill supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus focuses on lineage rather than race and could skirt around the ...

A BILL THAT WOULD give California colleges and universities an option to provide preference in admissions to descendants of slavery has cleared the state’s Senate Education Committee with a 5-2 vote ...

A new California legislative effort to ban state financial aid to colleges and universities that give admissions preferences to children of alumni and donors could hit USC, Stanford. Feb. 29, 2024 ...

Lawmakers want to ban legacy admissions at California private colleges, even though few colleges admit students that way. Bill backers say the bill will signal to students that college is for them ...

And state voters in 1996 changed California’s constitution to forbid public schools from using race as a factor in admissions. Harvey Mudd College in Claremont is one of the private colleges ...

A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California’s public universities don’t use legacy admissions.

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 ...

When California banned private colleges from favoring the children of donors and alumni in the admissions process, it intended to help level the playing field for prospective students after the ...

California Legislature tries to discourage legacy admissions at private colleges Thursday, August 29, 2024 The move comes two years after the U.S. Supreme Court says affirmative action is ...