Texas To Ban Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Efforts At Public Universities

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11. Doesn't sound strictly legacy.

Wife was faculty at a university; our kid would have gotten sharply reduced tuition had he attended there at the time, and it was an unwritten assumption that the faculty reviewing his application would put thumbs on the scale for a colleague.

He wasn't a legacy because no relative had attended that school (or any other school in Texas).

Legacies are often like "DEI admits" in that if they don't meet the actual average general requirements or exceed them they struggle in school and have far higher drop out rates and much lower GPAs. Then, if there's a professional degree involved, they may have to take the certification test 2, 3, 4, 5 time before they pass.

The alternative is that the school dump a lot of money into remedial work for the kids--tutors during non-class time, remedial classes, the equivalent of public school paraprofessionals to help the kids in real time in class and adjacent times. Note that legacies don't get that extra help.