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This 11 page paper discusses the legacy admission to collages and universities, looking at what it is, the advantages and disadvantages associated with the practice, the way it has evolved and how it impacts on admission and then uses the arguments to support the position that legacy admissions are a form of discrimination and unethical. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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idea of giving all children a fair chance has been introduced in different areas of the educations strategies, as seen with the No Child Left Behind program, but it does
not appear to be one that is promoting equality. If an education is one of the major key to achievement, passing on
knowledge and empowering, then limiting of constraining access based on demographics rather than ability may be seen as institutional discrimination. This is exactly what the presence and ongoing support than
many collages and universities give to the legacy admissions system; a support for discrimination. Legacy admissions are seen where a collage has some form of system in place that
will give preference to the children of alumni, or is some cases the grandchildren. President George W Bush indicates he gained his place at Yale University through legacy admissions stating
that "In my case, I had to knock on a lot of doors to follow in the old mans footsteps" (Taylor,
2004). While not an explicit admission this does raise some interesting points, how would history have played out if he had not
got into Yale, would the US have had a different president, and most importantly, is this a system that is fair. Even Bush believes that it is not, as when
tackled on the subject he stated that entrance should be on merit (Taylor, 2004). However, there is no history of legacy admissions taking place, the systems appears to help
to perpetuate inequality. For example, in 1970 only 6% of children from the lowest income families would be able to earn a degree, in 2002 the statistic was exactly the
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