Why go so far and I bet those schools are not cheap. Isn’t our neighborhood San Jose State probably quite good for Engineering or CS? Not only cheaper as a Cal State school but imagine the connections to SV. Win-win!!!
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Right. San Jose State pretty much beats many of these supposedly higher ranked schools because it’s right here in the middle of the action. Even SF State is not bad for the same reason. Kids can work part time in any of the hundreds of tech companies which all but guarantees a job after graduation.
I think Olin started with a bunch of ex-MIT professors making a school that they’re happy with. I’m not sure how many are still there, but I’m guessing that the education is excellent from teachers who care a lot.
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Not sure the state should get involved but happy to see legacy admission getting the rough treatment. It plays a major role in corroding trust in our higher education system.
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Ok. Scratch the “rough treatment” part from my earlier comment. Looks like punishment is non existent.
Looks like lobbyists changed it
The association that represents private colleges in California opposed the bill, but was able to fight to remove harsher penalties from an earlier version.
Those would have forced colleges to pay a civil penalty equal to the amount they got in state financial aid grants if they continued to use legacy as a factor in admissions — a cost of several million dollars for some colleges that enroll relatively high numbers of low-income students.
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OK. Did not know the backstory.
Hopefully it will serve as the first step to harsher penalty. Private colleges receive tons of grants and tax breaks from state and federal governments. They can’t just make up rules without public scrutiny.
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I don’t see how they should have that authority. Next they’ll be telling you exactly who you have to admit or giving you quotas.
I could see an argument for banning it over receiving federal funds. But that’s a federal argument, not a state one.
It plays a major role in corroding trust in our higher education system.
I think they’re quite capable of eroding trust without legacy admissions. DEI, permitting protests to shut down speakers… even those speaking on something unrelated to why they’re notorious. Not allowing debate on campus.
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Free tuition at MIT.
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Far more women completed college than men.
Asians are doing particularly well. 77% of Asian women aged 25 to 34 completed college, while 71% of Asian men did.
Bay Area teen rejected by 16 colleges, hired by Google files discrimination lawsuit against UC
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My suspicion is that the kid probably made some fairly basic errors in his college app. Otherwise it’s hard to explain why he can’t even get into CalPoly. But it’s also an open secret UC uses some other proxies to tease out the race of applicants. So I am glad they go to court and UC has to defend their practices. If nothing else the cross examination is gonna be lit.
