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A new report indicates that 787 colleges and universities provided some type of legacy preference in 2020, equal to about half of the four-year institutions that participate in the Common Data Set.

Colleges have seen a more significant influx of applicants during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 admission cycles, "largely because many of these schools went test-optional," College Data stated. The ...