President Donald Trump is reshaping college admissions to promote merit and test scores while disregarding diversity. Critics, including some allies, have pointed out his silence on legacy admissions that benefit wealthy students and alumni children. Richard Kahlenberg highlights the hypocrisy of overlooking legacy preferences in discussions about a "rigged" system. Recently, Trump has mandated colleges demonstrate compliance with a Supreme Court ruling against race-based admissions. Senator Todd Young supports measures to exclude arbitrary legacy preferences to restore fairness in admissions, advocating for broader reforms in higher education.
"It's hard to think of a more flagrant way in which the system is rigged than legacy preferences. Rarely is a system of hereditary privilege so openly practiced without any sense of shame."
"Restoring meritocracy warrants more," said Young, who cosponsored legislation in 2023 aiming to end legacy admissions. "Federally accredited institutions should eliminate ALL preferences grounded in arbitrary circumstances of ancestry that students have no control over."
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