Wesleyan University announced Wednesday that the institution will end legacy admissions — a decision that comes nearly three weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions were ...

Just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to end affirmative action in college admissions, Wesleyan University announced they will be ending the practice of legacy admissions, where the children of ...

Wesleyan University said Wednesday that it would stop giving preferential admissions treatment to the children of alumni, joining a small club of selective private schools that have turned away from ...

MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) - Following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Affirmative Action a few weeks ago, Wesleyan University took the initiative to evaluate their admission process. Wesleyan ...

Wesleyan University has ended legacy admissions, the practice of favoring applicants related to alumni. The university's president told The New York Times the practice is "embarrassing" and an ...

Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts school in Connecticut, announced it was ending its legacy admissions—a practice that gives applicants an increased chance of acceptance based on whether they ...

The announcement comes after a United States Supreme Court decision in June that colleges and universities would have to stop considering applicants’ race in admissions. Stream Connecticut News for ...

Only 4% of the class of 2027 had a parent who attended the school. New England liberal arts college Wesleyan University has ended legacy admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down ...

Coline McEachern and Anna Tjeltveit, members of The Wesleyan Democratic Socialists at Wesleyan University, hang a sign inside the Usdan University Center. Credit: Greg Miller / Connecticut Public ...

Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Connecticut, is ending legacy admissions, which give a leg up to the children of alumni, just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative ...

With the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-conscious admissions, the pressure is on selective colleges to end preferences for children of alumni. By Vimal Patel Wesleyan University, a liberal arts ...

Wesleyan University announced Wednesday it will end legacy admissions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. The liberal arts college in Middletown said it will no ...