Tenure was originally intended to protect faculty from retaliatory action for pursuing meaningful, if controversial, research ...

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

California has become the second state in the US to ban legacy and donor admissions preferences at both public and private ...

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

Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell, known for The Tipping Point, has released a follow-up titled Revenge of the Tipping ...

California’s private nonprofit colleges no longer can grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1780 on Monday which will ban legacy admissions at private ...

John Wilson — the father of a USC alum connected to the “Varsity Blues” scandal — filed a lawsuit against USC on Sept. 20, claiming fraud and deceit by the University. The Wilson family is seeking $75 ...

California will ban private universities and colleges from considering the legacy and donor status of applicants during the ...

When a school is suspected of violating the ban on legacy and donor admissions, the State Attorney General’s Office can look ...

California has become the second state to ban legacy admissions at private and public colleges and universities.

Citing the value of “merit,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom banned legacy and donor admissions at private colleges. In contrast ...