Conservatives are now targeting legacy admission preference

[Anonymous]

I am a little surprised that Edward Blum is now going after legacy preference. What is he up to? Doesn't legacy preference mostly benefit whites?

“Legacy applicants have done nothing meritorious to earn this advantage,” wrote Edward Blum, joined by economist Peter Arcidiacono and policy analyst Richard Kahlenberg

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/legacy-college-admissions-preferences-backlash-772c88be?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqelU63wJGabsIFG9rGpGkpH_vcIyXP2BkpJL5ibvFYyVRgAgEymUCcG&gaa_ts=68ff74fb&gaa_sig=e-oJQnF9yQIwpJCQOYUbPw12oYuxaKE-9sEslu4tQFgS-_H-rhbMRd9dgsa7wx88BW2n_kOxOCDLMjCbcFRv-g%3D%3D

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a little surprised that Edward Blum is now going after legacy preference. What is he up to? Doesn't legacy preference mostly benefit whites?

“Legacy applicants have done nothing meritorious to earn this advantage,” wrote Edward Blum, joined by economist Peter Arcidiacono and policy analyst Richard Kahlenberg

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/legacy-college-admissions-preferences-backlash-772c88be?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqelU63wJGabsIFG9rGpGkpH_vcIyXP2BkpJL5ibvFYyVRgAgEymUCcG&gaa_ts=68ff74fb&gaa_sig=e-oJQnF9yQIwpJCQOYUbPw12oYuxaKE-9sEslu4tQFgS-_H-rhbMRd9dgsa7wx88BW2n_kOxOCDLMjCbcFRv-g%3D%3D

I really don't think it's about race, it's about "merit." They don't want any preference that is based on anything other than "merit." (Quotes because that can mean different things to different people, of course)

[Anonymous]

They don’t like the educated intellectual elites, so they are trying to break down the whole system of higher education. This is just part of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t like the educated intellectual elites, so they are trying to break down the whole system of higher education. This is just part of that.

Whatever the reason, you have to agree that legacy has to go. Get rid of ED next. Have a majority, democratic and republican (not politicians, but certainly voters) on both fronts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t like the educated intellectual elites, so they are trying to break down the whole system of higher education. This is just part of that.

Whatever the reason, you have to agree that legacy has to go. Get rid of ED next. Have a majority, democratic and republican (not politicians, but certainly voters) on both fronts.

Oh it’s true, getting rid of legacy in and of itself doesn’t bother me. The wholesale attack on institutions of higher education, including Dept of Education, not just schools themselves, bothers me. I was just answering OP’s question about what their motives might be.

[Anonymous]

It’s almost like they actually believe that merit matters. The gall.

[Anonymous]

I believe merit matters too. My problem is the government having a hand in how the schools determine what merit is.

[Anonymous]

Totally agree with conservatives with this one.

It's actually very liberal thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t like the educated intellectual elites, so they are trying to break down the whole system of higher education. This is just part of that.

Whatever the reason, you have to agree that legacy has to go. Get rid of ED next. Have a majority, democratic and republican (not politicians, but certainly voters) on both fronts.

If you are getting rid of ED, then schools also need to get rid of preferences for athletes and their alternative admissions path

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe merit matters too. My problem is the government having a hand in how the schools determine what merit is.

Race is not merit.
Donation/Legacy/cerebritis admissions is not merit.

We the people, tax payers, can determine that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe merit matters too. My problem is the government having a hand in how the schools determine what merit is.

These colleges get a lot of tax benefits and federal money, there is going to be some government oversight in exchange for that.

[Anonymous]

Finally. Even a broken clock can be right twice a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t like the educated intellectual elites, so they are trying to break down the whole system of higher education. This is just part of that.

Whatever the reason, you have to agree that legacy has to go. Get rid of ED next. Have a majority, democratic and republican (not politicians, but certainly voters) on both fronts.

If you are getting rid of ED, then schools also need to get rid of preferences for athletes and their alternative admissions path

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a little surprised that Edward Blum is now going after legacy preference. What is he up to? Doesn't legacy preference mostly benefit whites?

“Legacy applicants have done nothing meritorious to earn this advantage,” wrote Edward Blum, joined by economist Peter Arcidiacono and policy analyst Richard Kahlenberg

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/legacy-college-admissions-preferences-backlash-772c88be?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqelU63wJGabsIFG9rGpGkpH_vcIyXP2BkpJL5ibvFYyVRgAgEymUCcG&gaa_ts=68ff74fb&gaa_sig=e-oJQnF9yQIwpJCQOYUbPw12oYuxaKE-9sEslu4tQFgS-_H-rhbMRd9dgsa7wx88BW2n_kOxOCDLMjCbcFRv-g%3D%3D

I really don't think it's about race, it's about "merit." They don't want any preference that is based on anything other than "merit." (Quotes because that can mean different things to different people, of course)

I agree legacy preference is unfair, but universities give preference to legacies because their families give money to the universities. As a donut hole family, I prefer legacy admission to the tuition hikes that will probably come if legacy admission is abolished.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t like the educated intellectual elites, so they are trying to break down the whole system of higher education. This is just part of that.

I think this is it. Same reason they are so focused on Harvard. They want to destroy the existing system and replace it with something far less egalitarian, if you can believe that.