Wesleyan University: Top US college says it will end 'legacy' admissions

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iRadinVerse on July 20th, 2023 at 14:09 UTC »

This is great news, but guarantee Harvard ain't ever doing this shit. Most of their money comes from that.

scared_of_my_alarm on July 20th, 2023 at 14:00 UTC »

If you can stomach it, read the nauseating opinion article titled ‘The Case for Legacy Admissions’ in todays Fox Street Journal. It reads like a parody. It most certainly is not, and is penned by a Mr.Hankins, Harvard History Professor.

The WSJ is now a print version of NewsMax.

HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine on July 20th, 2023 at 13:59 UTC »

Now do the Ivy League.