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Direct linkHowell, Cameron; Turner, Sarah E. – Research in Higher Education, 2004
Selective universities regularly employ policies that favor children of alumni (known as "legacies") in undergraduate admissions. Since alumni from selective colleges and universities historically have been disproportionately white, admissions policies that favor legacies have disproportionately benefited white students. For this reason,…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Educational Practices, Alumni, Colleges
