Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that makes California the latest state to ban legacy and donor admissions in higher ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning legacy preferences at private universities, joining a budding movement ...

Private universities in California can no longer consider legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process following a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1780, which prohibits legacy & donor preferences in the admissions ...

The prohibitions were a key demand of supporters of affirmative action, who called for an end to legacy admissions and donor ...

A new law has been signed in California that bans private, nonprofit colleges and universities from giving special preference ...

The colleges will still be allowed to admit students with alumni or donor ties, but they’ll no longer be able to grant them ...

The new law, which starts next September, makes the state the second to halt legacy admissions at private colleges, after Maryland.

Among the class admitted in 2023, Stanford reported 13.6% of first-year students had either legacy or donor ties. The bill ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill banning private colleges in the state from admitting students based on ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities, including USC, Monday. Last year, 14.5% of the University’s admitted students were either legacy ...