Sen. Gounardes Joins Students to Call for an End to Legacy Admissions at New York Colleges скачать в хорошем качестве

Sen. Gounardes Joins Students to Call for an End to Legacy Admissions at New York Colleges

New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes joined over 70 student organizers along with advocates and other lawmakers at the New York State Capitol to call for an end to unfair, exclusionary legacy admissions preferences at New York colleges. Nearly 70 New York colleges provide a legacy preference—over 40% of all four-year institutions in the state. The admissions rate at elite US colleges is 37% for legacy students, compared to about 10% for non-legacy students, according to a New York Times analysis. Nearly a quarter of New York residents are immigrants. Legacy preference shuts the door on these applicants and other first-generation college students. The "Fair College Admissions Act" would prohibit legacy preferences in all public and private New York colleges. Schools that continue to use this exclusionary practice would be penalized 10% of their tuition revenue, which would be used to bolster the state’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for low-income students. Other states have taken similar action to ban legacy admissions preferences in recent years, including Colorado, Virginia and Maryland, and more than 100 colleges have voluntarily done the same. The rally was organized as part of the New York Civil Liberties Union’s (NYCLU) Teen Activist Project Day of Action. The student speakers in this video are Ishana (Hana) Ira, Cassandra Levinson and Jayden Kong.