- Universities admit legacy students (who are on average less qualified and less diverse) at higher rates than non-legacy students because they are expected to economically benefit the school by donating more to the university after graduation and having parents who are more likely to donate. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224221122889 58 comments science
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- Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 40, No 1 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713744 4091 comments
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- Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S.-Born Students | The Review of Economic Studies | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/restud/advance-article/doi/10.1093/restud/rdab028/6273674 329 comments
- Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy | MIT Admissions http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/just-to-be-clear-we-dont-do-legacy 184 comments
- Why We Ended Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/why-we-ended-legacy-admissions-johns-hopkins/605131/ 153 comments
- Why Is College in America So Expensive? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/why-is-college-so-expensive-in-america/569884/ 87 comments
- https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2017-09-20/see-20-years-of-tuition-growth-at-national-universities 83 comments
- How elite US schools give preference to wealthy and white 'legacy' applicants | US universities | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/23/elite-schools-ivy-league-legacy-admissions-harvard-wealthier-whiter 64 comments
- Do Robots Increase Wealth Dispersion? | The Review of Financial Studies | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/rfs/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rfs/hhac049/6655703 1 comment
- Measuring the macroeconomic responses to public investment in innovation: evidence from OECD countries | Industrial and Corporate Change | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/icc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icc/dtab039/6329320?redirectedFrom=fulltext 1 comment
- Opinion | End Legacy College Admissions - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/opinion/sunday/end-legacy-college-admissions.html 0 comments
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