California has banned legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process of private colleges and universities. Gov. Gavin ...

Private, nonprofit colleges in California will be banned from giving preference in the admissions process to applicants ...

The law taking effect in Sept. 2025 affects private institutions that consider family connections in admissions, including ...

A new law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities, including USC and Stanford — among the handful of schools that admit a significant number of children of alumni ...

California became the fifth state in the US to ban universities from admitting students based on family connections or donations after Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had signed AB 1780 into ...

Private universities in California can no longer consider legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process under a bill that was signed into law Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed ...

California is the second state to ban legacy admissions at private universities. The first was Maryland. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning legacy and donor admissions at ...

The governor’s office said explicitly that the ban on legacy and donor preferences are a result of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair ...

A new law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities, including USC and Stanford — among the handful of schools that admit a significant number of children of alumni or ...

In contrast, at Harvard, where the admissions process is influenced by factors such as legacy, donor contributions, and athletic scholarships, the percentage of Asian American students has ...