Affirmative action for the rich : legacy preferences in college admissions

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Affirmative action for the rich : legacy preferences in college admissions

Richard D. Kahlenberg, editor

Century Foundation Press, c2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Introduction / Richard D. Kahlenberg
  • Legacy preferences in a democratic republic / Michael Lind
  • A history of legacy preferences and privilege / Peter Schmidt
  • An analytic survey of legacy preferences / Daniel Golden
  • An empirical analysis of the impact of legacy preferences on alumni giving at top universities / Chad Coffman, Tara O'Neill, and Brian Starr
  • Admitting the truth : the effect of affirmative action, legacy preferences, and the meritocratic ideal on students of color in college admissions / John Brittain and Eric Bloom
  • Legacy preferences and the constitutional prohibition of titles of nobility / Carlton F.W. Larson
  • Heirs of the American experiment: a legal challenge to preferences as a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / Steve Shadowen and Sozi Tulante
  • Privileges paving the way for privilege: how judges will confront the legal ramifications of legacy admissions to public and private universities / Boyce F. Martin Jr. and Donya Khalili
  • The political economy of legacy admissions, taxpayer subsidies, and excess "profits" in American higher education: strategies for reform / Peter Sacks

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The use of race-based affirmative action in higher education has given rise to hundreds of books and law review articles, numerous court decisions, and several state initiatives to ban the practice. However, surprisingly little has been said or written or done to challenge a larger, longstanding ""affirmative action"" program that tends to benefit wealthy whites: legacy preferences for the children of alumni. Affirmative Action for the Rich sketches the origins of legacy preferences, examines the philosophical issues they raise, outlines the extent of their use today, studies their impact on university fundraising, and reviews their implications for civil rights. In addition, the book outlines two new theories challenging the legality of legacy preferences, examines how a judge might review those claims, and assesses public policy options for curtailing alumni preferences. The book includes chapters by Michael Lind of the New America Foundation; Peter Schmidt of the Chronicle of Higher Education ; former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Golden; Chad Coffman of Winnemac Consulting, attorney Tara O'Neil, and student Brian Starr; John Brittain of the University of the District of Columbia Law School and attorney Eric Bloom; Carlton Larson of the University of California -Davis School of Law; attorneys Steve Shadowen and Sozi Tulante; Sixth Circuit Court Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr. and attorney Donya Khalili; and education writer Peter Sacks.

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