History edit
In response to the rising number of college enrollments in the aftermath of World War I, American universities decided to implement selectivity procedures to limit the size of their incoming class.[1]
Effects edit
Criticism edit
References edit
- ^ Ladewski 2010, pp. 579–580.
Works cited edit
- Coe, Deborah L.; Davidson, James D. (March 2011). "The Origins of Legacy Admissions: A Sociological Explanation". Review of Religious Research. 52 (3): 233–247.
- Howell, Cameron; Turner, Sarah E. (June 2004). "Legacies in Black and White: The Racial Composition of the Legacy Pool". Research in Higher Education. 45: 325–251. doi:10.1023/B:RIHE.0000027390.19997.f4.
- Hurwitz, Michael (June 2011). "The impact of legacy status on undergraduate admissions at elite colleges and universities". Economics of Education Review. 30 (3): 480–492. doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.002.
- Ladewski, Kathryn (2010). "Preserving a Racial Hierarchy: A Legal Analysis of the Disparate Racial Impact of Legacy Preferences in University Admissions". Michigan Law Review. 108 (4): 577–602.
- Murphy, T. Liam (November 2019). "Scrutinizing Legacy Admissions: Applying Tiers of Scrutiny to Legacy Preference Policies in University Admissions". University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. 22 (1): 315–339.
- Petts, Amy L. (2021). "Attitudes about Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions". The Sociological Quarterly. doi:10.1080/00380253.2021.1951627.