I’m strongly opposed to any legislation that uses elite colleges as the “typical case.”
Your typical private college is a small, liberal arts college nobody outside the state knows exists. It’s struggling financially, but not compromising on academics.
These colleges are great, and a national asset, but it’s not like they’re a golden gateway to wealth and power.
What is the public interest in preventing them from offering legacy admissions?
The typical non-elite college is not particularly selective about admissions so laws like this are irrelevant.
Plus graduates from elite colleges have a disproportionately large impact on society, so all this extra focus isn't completely misplaced. Should these rules only apply if the admissions percentage drops below some arbitrary cutoff?
Colleges are admitting students, not their whole families, so legacy preferences never made sense except as a easy to gatekeep the upper class. Laws like this do serve the public interest, and I don't see why a college should be exempt just because it isn't famous
Your typical private college is a small, liberal arts college nobody outside the state knows exists. It’s struggling financially, but not compromising on academics.
These colleges are great, and a national asset, but it’s not like they’re a golden gateway to wealth and power.
What is the public interest in preventing them from offering legacy admissions?