harvard university. one of the response to the supreme court admissions cases one behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they are asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferences were children of alumni or major donors and institutions like harvard are given special considerations in admissions process. the complaint says that each year, a harvard college grant special preference in admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students, not because of anything they ve accomplished, but rather solely because of who they are relatives are. i asked the lead lawyer behind lcr scam plaint, michael kippens, about the effort. take a listen. in light of the supreme court s decision and preference for last week, it is all the more imperative to root out any types of policies in higher education that harm communities of color and predominantly benefit white applicants. these donor and legacy programs are example
parents didn t have a colle degree, and that s because t elite colleges connected them to students born into privilege, the very kind of student that legacy preferences admit to such large numbers. in other words, like a big part of college is the connections you make and the people that you meet. now if we end legacy admissions and that network disappears, minorities, too, will be harmed because they are not getting access into those connections. right. that s a great point. i think i have seen that in my life and my children have seen that as well. something that s important, i think from 1970 to 2010, the black college enrollment quadrupled. so there are tons of folks who now their kids are going to school. they want to reap those benefits. it s hard for me to say to say maybe we shouldn t participate in this because it s like the rug is being pulled out from under us. but, again, i go back to the initial point, looking at the
selective cohead no difference in their earnings. here s the key. one group got a big boost from going to elite schools. poor students, students of colo didn t have a gcollege degree, and that s because the colleges connected them to students born into privilege, the student that legacy preferences admit to such large numbers. in other words, like a big part of college is the connections you make and the people that you meet. now if we end legacy admissions and that network disappears, minorities, too, will be harmed because they are not getting access into those connections. right. that s a great point. i think i have seen that in my life and my children as well. something that s important, i think from 1970 to 2010, the black college enrollment quadrupled. so there are tons of folks who now their kids are going to school. they want to reap those benefits. it s hard for me to say to participate in this because it s
some college heads defended the practice of giving an edge to relatives of alumni as a sense of family about the school. at duke university, the campus newspaper found that 22% of the freshman class had parents or siblings who had gonthere. in march of 2022, duke s president said in response to a faculty question, we re an institution made in the duke family. the idea that you would ban legacy preferences or ban any particular factor as a consideration is troublesome. real clear education, then nyu senior wrote this. i m not a legacy admit. my parents are blue collar workers and my dad only attended classes at a state college, but i felt the benefits of keeping leg sis around at my cool bpoe he noted that the engagement of legacies extends beyond donations. multigenerational families offer often have a stronger connection to an institution than a first
some college heads defended the practice of giving an edge to relatives of alumni as a sense of family about the school. at duke university, the campus newspaper found that 22% of the freshman class had parents or siblings who had gone there. in march of 2022, duke s president said in response ta faculty question, we re an institution that was made in a family, the duke family. the idea that you would ban legacy preferences or ban any particular factor as a consideration is troublesome. similarly in a 2020 piece in real clecation, then nyu senite this, i m not a legacy admit. my parents are blue collar workers and my dad only attended classes at a state college, but i felt the benefits of keeping legacies around at my school. he noted that the engagement of legacies extends beyond donations. multigenerational families often have a stronger connection to an institution than a first generation student who doesn t have a family connected to the institution, he wrote. and he s right.