Youngkin signs bills banning legacy preferences at Virginia public colleges

Students in Virginia will no longer get a thumb on the scale when they apply to the public universities their parents attended, after Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed bills banning legacy preferences in admissions Friday. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. The measures, which will prohibit public universities from providing preferential treatment in admissions to any applicant based on the student’s legacy status or relationship to any donor to the institution, were unanimously endorsed by both chambers in...