“We love having children of alumni who deserve to be on campus, and most of the ones who come do deserve to be there, but we don’t need to give preferential treatment to people who already had resources bestowed upon them,” Roth told CNN’s Abby Phillip. Roth suggested an end to legacy admissions “several years ago,” he said on “CNN This Morning” Thursday.
But US military academies may continue taking race into consideration as a factor in admissions. Last month, the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission. “Nevertheless, in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action, we believe it important to formally end admission preference for ‘legacy applicants,’” he said.
Roth said legacy status has only played a “negligible role” in the admissions process for years. Lawsuit alleges Harvard gives preference to legacy students, who are 'overwhelmingly' Whiteįamily members of alumni will be admitted based on their own merits, he said. A new lawsuit accuses Harvard University of discrimination by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and legacy students, who are mostly White.
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