The admissions process within elite universities has come under strict scrutiny in recent years, following the 2019 Varsity Blues scandal and the Supreme Court decision this past June to overturn ...

AB 1780 could affect access to financial aid to some students through Cal Grant programs if USC fails to comply with the bill, which would prohibit universities from letting legacy or donor ...

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times published an article that alleged that the University of Southern California offered children of affluent and connected potential donors “an alternate path” to ...

Lawyers for a father indicted in the college admissions scandal argued in court yesterday that USC’s own internal documents prove that making exorbitant donations to USC in order to give their kids a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Interim University of Southern California President Beong-Soo Kim was matter of fact when he made clear that USC would continue its policy of legacy admissions. Kim said that “It ...

A new law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities, including USC and Stanford — among the handful of schools that admit a significant number of children of alumni or ...

A former University of Southern California assistant coach has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. and testify in the “Varsity Blues” college-admissions scandal, according to court filings. Laura Janke, ...

The battle over legacy and donor admissions to college — the practice of giving special treatment to family of alumni and contributors — is about to heat up in California as critics take aim at what ...