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This Week in College Admissions – 09/06/2024

Published on: September 6, 2024

This week, California banned legacy admissions for private colleges and universities, The Cooper Union waived tuition for all graduating seniors, University of Virginia became the first Virginia school to publish its class of 2028 demographic data, and Yale released its first student demographic data since the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action.

California became one of the few states in the nation to pass a bill banning private colleges and universities from practicing legacy admissions. The bill requires all private colleges and universities– including Stanford and the University of Southern California– to release an annual report disclosing the number of admitted applicants who were given admissions preference because they are the children of alumni or donors.

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art announced that for each of the next four years, all graduating seniors will attend their final year of school tuition-free. This news marks a major milestone in Cooper Union’s plan to return to full-tuition scholarships for all undergraduates by the 2028-29 academic year.

The University of Virginia became the first school in Virginia to release its demographic admissions data for the class of 2028. UVA’s share of Latino students increased by 2%, and its share of Black students dropped by 1%. This data also comes in the wake of a recent Virginia state law banning legacy admissions, which will take effect next year.

Yale’s class of 2028– its first to be admitted since the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action– saw changes in its share of Asian American and white students, while Black, Latino, and Native American student enrollment remained largely unchanged. This report comes as several other colleges have released data showing dramatic drops in Black and Latino enrollment.

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