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State lawmakers are considering a groundbreaking bill to ban legacy preferences at public and private colleges. Powerful institutions like Yale are fighting to stop it. Legacy preferences have weathered an enormous wave of public disapproval and political attacks since last summer’s Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action.
Governor Ned Lamont joined local and state officials at New Britain High School to encourage eligible high school seniors to apply for the recently implemented Connecticut Automatic Admission Program (CAAP).
A Connecticut law that went into effect Oct. 1 bars colleges and universities from withholding transcripts from students with outstanding school debt if that individual is applying a job, or to the U.S. military.
As part of a compromise with higher education officials, bill will apply only to cases in which a debtor is seeking employment.
A highly selective liberal arts college in the heart of Hartford, Connecticut, Trinity prepares students to be leaders unafraid of forging new paths.