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Lawmakers Urge Education Department to Help End Legacy and Donor Admissions

A trio of senators urged Education Secretary Miguel Cardona this week to help end legacy and donor preferences in admissions. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, both Democrats from Massachusetts, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, wrote a letter Monday calling on Cardona to use his “advisory and investigatory authority” to level the playing field for college hopefuls. The lawmakers voiced concerns about the ongoing impact of legacy preferences, which tend to benefit White and wealthy students, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June striking down race-conscious admissions. 
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