This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Colleges are waiving application fees, creating one-click apps, and offering automatic admission to students who ...

Private universities in California can no longer consider legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process under a bill that was signed into law Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed ...

Lawmakers passed a bill this week that would make California one of the few states in the nation to ban private colleges and universities from considering an applicant’s legacy or donor connections ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions in the college application process, a practice that has long been criticized as favoring white or wealthy students ...

A new law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities, including USC and Stanford — among the handful of schools that admit a significant number of children of alumni or ...

California could become the fifth state to ban private colleges and universities from giving preferential treatment to applicants who have ties to alumni or donors under a bill lawmakers have sent to ...

The California State Legislature passed a bill last week that would ban the state’s private colleges from giving admission preferences to applicants who are related to alumni or who have ties with ...

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 ...

California State University, the nation’s largest public university system, will pilot test its first direct admissions program for high school seniors, effective for the fall 2025 semester. CSU is ...

The California State University system launched a direct admissions pilot last year, offering qualifying high school seniors at school districts in Riverside County admission to 10 of its institutions ...