User:GhostRiver/legacy
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.