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In short, there is no need to.The second justification is that alumni preferences aren't really preferences at all.
Congress should outlaw alumni preferences at all universities and colleges receiving federal financing, just as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws racial discrimination at them.
Therefore, it seems that alumni preferences cannot be expected to disappear from the admissions process; but they should not be so out of line that a student clearly below the school's average requirements gets admitted.
Are race-related preferences to be treated as if they are the same order of magnitude as geographical or alumni preferences?
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Inflated tuition fees are a big worry; alumni preference looks unfair.
Alumni preference, so crucial to the sustenance of Harvard's $37 billion endowment, could provide cover before the courts for racial bias.
They don't like favoring the rich, or using taxpayer dollars to subsidize the practice of giving alumni children preference over others.
Concretely, you could eliminate preferences for alumni children.
Even as admission has become increasingly competitive in recent years, premier universities still extend preference to alumni children.
And there are, without question, features of Harvard's policies ― most notably the preference for alumni children and athletes ― that have the consequence of limiting the number of Asians-Americans.
And she acknowledged that legacy preferences might boost alumni donations but questioned whether the trade-off was worth it.
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