Some are pressing Harvard to do more to protect diversity – and arguing that the need for the university to end legacy admissions has taken on a stark new urgency.
Harvard University is bracing for two bills in its home state of Massachusetts this year that would target the school’s massive $51 billion endowment and policy of admitting legacy applicants.
A bill introduced in the Massachusetts state legislature seeks to prohibit wealthy institutions of higher education from considering applicants’ legacy statuses or relationships to donors unless those institutions are willing to pay a price. State Representative Simon Cataldo and State Senator Pavel M. Payano, who are both Democrats, filed Bill H.3760 in April. The.