California is banning legacy admissions at private colleges and universities, ensuring that some of the country’s most selective schools will not favor applicants with familial or monetary connections ...

March 12, 2026 - A settlement was recently reached in a class-action case, requiring LAUSD to offer intensive "high-dose" tutoring to 100,000 students for three years. A California assemblymember ...

California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able to grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law ...

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“The California Dream shouldn’t be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we’re opening the door,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University. A ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students walk on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles. (Frederic J. Brown) California is banning legacy ...