Opinion | Are Legacy Admissions Wrong?



Elite schools are going through a reckoning over their admissions practices. However is there a case for upholding insurance policies that give preferential therapy to some college students?

On this episode of “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts study whether or not it actually issues if you happen to go to Harvard and what the upside could possibly be of favoring household connections.

(A full transcript of the episode shall be out there noon on the Occasions web site.)

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