Department of Education launches investigation into legacy, donor preferences at Harvard - Yale Daily News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Groups like LCR and the YCC are among those who fiercely supported affirmative action and believe that the repeal of legacy admissions is now even more important since affirmative action no longer stands.
58% : "In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action, we believe it important to formally end admission preference for 'legacy applicants,'" Wesleyan President Michael Roth wrote in a blog post.
49% : Several Yale student groups began advocating for the abolishment of legacy preference even prior to the Court's decision against affirmative action, as marked by the passage of two Yale College Council resolutions in as many years.
48% : On the other hand, the founder of Students for Fair Admissions -- the group that challenged Harvard's use of affirmative action before the Supreme Court and won -- told the News a year and a half ago that SFFA opposes legacy preference in admissions.

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