Following the tailwinds of the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in June 2023, systems that give children of alumni preferential admissions treatment are.
The moves to eliminate legacy admissions follow the Supreme Court ruling in June against the use of race-conscious admissions for colleges, which reignited efforts to eliminate top schools giving favorable treatment to children of alumni.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., plan to reintroduce the Fair College Admissions for Students Act, a bill that seeks to stop universities from giving special treatment to children of alumni and donors.