The crackdown on legacy admissions at private universities is coming to California. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning private colleges and universities in California from considering an ...

Geographic isolation and limited transportation options in rural counties create substantial barriers to higher education ...

Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning so-called legacy admissions on Monday at all private colleges and universities in the state. Legacies were already banned at public schools. “In California ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. Getty A new law has been signed in California that bans private, nonprofit colleges and universities from giving special preference to students ...

California is banning legacy admissions at private colleges and universities, ensuring that some of the country’s most selective schools will not favor applicants with familial or monetary ...

SACRAMENTO, California — It will soon be illegal for public and private universities in California to consider an applicant’s relationship to alumni or donors when deciding whether to admit them.