January 30, 2004

New Pressure Put on Colleges to End Legacies in Admissions

Texas A&M action draws attention to the issue.

By Peter Schmidt

In deciding this month to end legacy admissions, Texas A&M University at College Station may have become a harbinger of similar changes at other higher-education institutions.

Texas A&M is the first public college to abandon a legacy policy under pressure from state lawmakers and minority-rights advocates. While its president, Robert M. Gates, said the university had been seriously considering the change even before its policy came under heavy attack as unfair to minority

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