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Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue

2023-11-25 08:53
Children of past students are favoured in admissions - now state legislators are calling for this to end.
Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue

Harvard University is facing a crisis after a landmark court case exposed how it gives the relatives of alumni a leg-up. Its so-called legacy admissions policy is now in the crosshairs of lawmakers who say it perpetuates inequality.

For centuries, the streets of Harvard's red-bricked campus have...