Brickbat: Who's Your Daddy?

New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar universities in the state, including private ones, from giving special consideration to the children of alumni in admissions. State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D–Brooklyn) said such legacy admissions discriminate against low-income and first-generation students.

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[Davy C]

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D–Brooklyn) said such legacy admissions discriminate against low-income and first-generation students.

If you're a low-income first-generation student and your grades are so bad that the only way you can get admitted is to free up spots by ending legacy admissions, I'd argue that you aren't likely to do well anyway.

And doesn't the tuition discriminate against low-income students even more?

[Longtobefree]

You are getting ahead of the narrative.
The end game is state control over the colleges.

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Easiest way to eliminate private funding - Make your alumni status mean less and less.

[Brandybuck]

Government already controls 99% of all colleges. Has done so since the 70s. Get with the times man!

[Hank Phillips]

In 1976, tuition at the UT Austin College of Engineering was about $360 a semester.

[CE]

College admissions are more competitive than ever, and parents are more desperate than ever to get their kids into a top school. It's legacy students who get admitted with lower grades and test scores, because universities have a vested interest in not angering alumni who donate annually to the university. There are plenty of low-income first-generation kids who would do better academically.

[Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf]

That ought to be obvious. Legacy admittance wouldn't exist if it weren't needed for crappy alumni kids.

[flag58]

The purpose of legacy admissions is to get mommy & daddy to pony up more donations to the school. They will find a way around it.

[Commenter_XY]

I thought NY was going to ban 'Sugar Daddies'. Whew.

/sarc

[Enjoy Every Sandwich]

Gee, what happened to "private companies can do what they want"?

[Longtobefree]

Democrats.

[Hank Phillips]

Both Kleptocracy gangs. Then again, when was the last time you saw a commie Dem complain about nazi Nixon subsidies for "both" looter parties under "Nixon's Anti-Libertarian Law"? Search for it...

[sarcasmic]

Yeah. And why aren't there more articles about the murder of Saint Babbitt and about blatant election fraud, huh? When did Reason follow up on Alex Jones' intrepid reporting? Fucking Reason. They suck.

[Don't look at me!]

Ideas!

[Hank Phillips]

Alex Jones, the shame of Austin, is a mindless Christian Endeavor Trumpanzee and always has been.

[Brandybuck]

Colleges aren't private anymore. If they accept any federal or state funds at all, they are completely controlled by government. This includes students receiving government sourced student aid. This leaves only a handful of truly private schools left in the country. Hillsdale is one.

[Trollificus]

THAT sentiment, like, oh, censorship, prosecutorial discretion and definitions of "coup" and 'insurrection", is unevenly applied. As one might expect from unprincipled Democrats.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Old way: students with daddies who offer big donations get preference for admission.

New way: students who don't know who their daddies are get preference for admission.

[Griffin3]

Legacy admissions are literally the main reasons ivy league colleges exist. There is no coincidence that 8 out of 9 supreme court justices went to 3 ivy league schools.

[Social Justice is neither]

I'm fine with this as long as we're also getting rid of the affirmative action, geographic and low income preferences but something tells me this is more about hating the affluent than restoring meritocracy.

[Trollificus]

Oh. Em. Gee. Someone actually said "meritocracy" unironically??
I can't even with this...totes triggering, like, people are actually still allowed to commit hate crimes like this, without consequences???
Be. Better.
/sjw

[Unicorn Abattoir]

Next they'll be banning family-owned businesses from engaging in nepotism.

[mad.casual]

Not NYU and Columbia!

Where are Alec Baldwin and Woody Allen's kids (the ones he doesn't marry) supposed to go to school?! How are we supposed to get more Rolling Stone/Jackie Coakley stories if unprivileged black kids displace white journalism majors?

[Utkonos]

I’m sure they’ll heir that very grievance

[Dillinger]

>>legacy admissions discriminate against low-income and first-generation students

so does incumbency.