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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 in Connecticut announced Wednesday that it has become the latest school to end its policy of giving preferential treatment in admissions to those whose families have historical ...

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 ...

Wesleyan University will stop giving preferential treatment to applicants who are the children of alumni – joining a growing list of schools to end legacy admissions after the Supreme Court’s ruling ...

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 ...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — Wesleyan University in Middletown will become the latest institution of higher education to end the practice of legacy admissions, the university’s president announced on ...

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 ...