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indictment he is facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once the child star on the comedy, black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. what is next in his career and his role in climate change activism? i have something to say. >> its been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the college admissions process. now, americans are beginning to e...

indictments hes facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once a star of the tv company black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. whats next in his career and role and climate change activism? im simone sanders-townsend, and i have something to. so >> its been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the polyp -- college admissions process. now ...

After the Supreme Court decision, the Education and Justice Departments released guidance on shaping admissions processes.

John MacIntosh, who played squash and tennis while attending Princeton, writes that the simplest way to level the playing field at elite colleges is to end the admissions advantage enjoyed by mostly White players who play expensive niche sports.

For civil rights, oren sellstrom. welcome to you, sir. have you received any indication from harvard that they are willing to do away with legacy preference in their admissions process? >> we have not heard from them directly, but what we know is that there is increasing pressure on them to do away with both legacy preferences and donor preferences. people across the political spectrum are outrage that this is a process and practice that continues to take place, and now we are asking the federal...

Harvard university. one of the response to the supreme court admissions cases one behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they are asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferences were children of alumni or major donors and institutions like harvard are given special considerations in admissions process. the complaint says that each year, a harvard college grant special preference in admissions process to hundreds of...

Complete against harvard university. one of the respondents on the supreme courts admissions case is on behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. theyre asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferences were children of alumni or major donors at institutions like harvard or getting special considerations and imitations process. the complaint says each year, haulage carver grads special preference in its admissions proce...

The 60s. he admitted women to the college. he wanted to make yale more inclusive and he slashed legacy admissions by almost half in just one year. >> disaster. immediate disaster. >> the alumnae revolted. yale graduate william f. buckley jr. lamented that the son of an alumnus now has less of a chance getting in than a boy from ps-109 somewhere. >> that contribution fell off a cliff. >> eventually brewster gave in and since then no other ivy league school has dared to take it on. >> theyre terri...

>> but there are great schools out there that avoid legacy preference and theyre doing just fine. cal tech doesnt cater to alumnae kids and it has one of the largest endowments in the nation. even oxford and cambridge with their centuries of hallowed tradition refuse to favor alumnae children. >> their endowments are into the billions. america is the land of democracy but at least in college admissions the reverse is true. >> when you add up all of the admissions preferences at elite schools, li...

I cant imagine what the thought process is. >> theyre terrified what would happen to their fundraising if they got rid of legacy preference. they believe a lot of alumni donate in the hopes of getting their children into the school. >> according to "the harvard crimson," one-third of last years freshman class had relatives that went to harvard. legacy admission is deeply entrenched at many top tier schools. to understand what it all began, let me take you back to a troubling chapter from more th...