July 8, 2009

A Web of Family Connections Can Influence Giving to a College, Study Finds

By Peter Schmidt

In a finding that could complicate the debate over legacy preferences in college admissions, a new study of alumni of a selective research university has concluded that those with broad family ties to their alma mater tend to be the most generous to it.

While past studies have focused on the question of whether some alumni donate generously to colleges in hopes of improving the admissions prospects of their own children, the new study's results, issued last month, show that an

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