In June, the Supreme Court ruled that race cannot be considered in college admissions.

And since then, universities and colleges have been re-evaluating their practices.

Schools usually first look at a student's academic record, high school grades, and standardized

test scores.

There are other factors that also can come into play.

Like a student's financial needs, their extracurricular activities, like sports or arts,

and also whether their parents went to that school.

That's called legacy admissions.

You know legacy admissions.

Practice like legacy admissions.

So called legacy admissions.

Legacy admissions.

Legacy admissions should be done away with too.

Over the years, dozens of colleges and universities have dropped legacy admissions, including

Johns Hopkins, Amherst, and the University of Illinois.

And after the Supreme Court's ruling, others have dropped it too.

Weasley and University is the latest in a growing number of schools to scrap legacy admissions.

We spoke with Wesleyan's president, Michael Roth, about his efforts to diversify the school,

including his decision to ditch legacy preferences.

I think it's such a small thing that in the context of the injustices of American education,

there are other things to worry about.

However, in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, it seemed like a symbol of our unearned exclusivity.

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