Congress and Legacy Admissions (WSJ Article)

I don’t think that was the intended reading of “determinative” where legacy/donor status was the deciding factor in the “yes” admit decision. I think they mean that if someone is given extra consideration by mere fact of legacy or donor status, it would run afoul of the legislation in the same way race cannot be used as a factor in of itself. We don’t have the full draft bill in the article which we would need to read in the whole but I doubt the legislation would be so narrowly tailored.

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