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

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

A new law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities was signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said the action will promote equal educational opportunities.

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 ...

More and more states are souring on legacy preferences, which often give wealthier applicants a leg up in college admissions.

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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a law Monday banning legacy admissions at all colleges in the state, including ...

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

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

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