Legacy admissions under fire

The Codcast
20/08/2023 29 min
Legacy admissions under fire

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Oren Sellstrom is the litigation director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, which recently filed a complaint claiming that Harvard's legacy and donor admissions preferences violate federal civil rights law. He joins CommonWealth's Jennifer Smith to discuss the complaint, admissions preferences, affirmative action, and diversity in educational institutions.

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