Not All Legacies Meet Admissions Standards
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 11, 2023
Three private universities in California say they admitted students in recent years who didn’t meet the institutions’ academic requirements.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 11, 2023
Three private universities in California say they admitted students in recent years who didn’t meet the institutions’ academic requirements.
University Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Several prominent universities banned legacy admissions when affirmative action ended. With students from underserved backgrounds liable to take the biggest step backward, university officials believed the practice of favoring applicants who hail from alumni was difficult to justify. Vincent’s College in Pennsylvania.
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Great College Advice
AUGUST 1, 2023
Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. At these private, elite universities, alumni represent a huge chunk of the donors who regularly and generously give to the college.
EAB
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Don’t stop engaging prospects During the pandemic and past disruptions, those partner institutions who chose to limit outreach to alumni/ae have consistently reported to EAB that they ultimately felt these decisions were mistakes due to the relationship-building time they lost as a result.
EAB
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Sycamore University* , a large public university in the Mid-Atlantic, fell victim to this trend as they saw a decrease in their law school enrollments. For years, their enrollment team relied primarily on word-of-mouth marketing from their young alumni to source new leads for their law program.
University Business
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Accredited by the Department of Homeland Security, the university utilizes technology that enables students to take a game-like approach to learn where they’re presented with simulations of cyberattacks and it’s up to them to solve them. Alumni work at high-profile organizations, such as Apple, Microsoft, Paylocity and others.
University Business
APRIL 28, 2023
Previous to that she served as the associate dean for The Honors College at Arizona State University. Additionally, the private university is depending on her to build sustainable financial models and a steady stream of enrollment. Michael Avaltroni – Fairleigh Dickinson University (N.J.)
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