The Debate Over Legacy Admissions

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 2, 2023

Natasha Warikoo, professor of Sociology at Tufts University and author of Is Affirmative Action Fair? The Myth of Equity in College Admissions (Polity, 2022), discusses the arguments over legacy college admissions, specifically the recent case brought against Harvard, and how colleges are responding.

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