Boston Globe: After high court’s ruling on affirmative action, colleges confront daunting next step on admissions
“Elite schools in Massachusetts and elsewhere are being profoundly hypocritical by decrying the loss of race-conscious affirmative action while persisting with the use of policies that heavily advantage generationally wealthy and white applicants,” State Representative Simon Cataldo said.
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“A handful of selective schools, including Amherst College and MIT, have already eliminated the practice of giving preferential treatment to the children of alumni in the admissions process. Some advocates also want to see an end to preferences for children of donors and binding early decision practices, which tend to benefit white, wealthier students.
In Massachusetts, legislation filed earlier this year would fine colleges and universities that use these practices. Funds from the fines would then be distributed to Massachusetts community colleges.
“Elite schools in Massachusetts and elsewhere are being profoundly hypocritical by decrying the loss of race-conscious affirmative action while persisting with the use of policies that heavily advantage generationally wealthy and white applicants,” State Representative Simon Cataldo said.
An analysis of Harvard admissions data, which became public through the court case, found that the acceptance rate for legacy applicants from 2010 to 2015 was 33.6 percent, about 5.7 times higher than the acceptance rate for non-legacy applicants.”
