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Peer reviewedMegalli, Mark – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1995
Many colleges, Harvard among them, offer preferential admission to the children of alumni. The legacy preferential system perpetuates elitism and the status quo and places blacks and other minorities, whose parents were less likely to have gone to college, at a real disadvantage. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Alumni, College Admission
Download full textCurrie, Jan; Baldock, Cora – Australian Universities' Review, 1989
The Australian Federal Government's policy of increasing the participation of school leavers in tertiary studies and the possible effect this may have on access to tertiary studies for mature age students are discussed. A study that addresses the social composition of tertiary students is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Age Differences
