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Evan Mandery

@evanmandery

Author, Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us. Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Contributing Writer, Politico. Co-Founder @ClassActionOrg.

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Me: Legacy is "repugant & unethical" Brown: “legacy raises complicated questions about access, merit & unearned advantage, while also raising questions about benefits like lifelong affinity, philanthropic support for Brown & community.” Translation: $ browndailyherald.com/article/2024/0…

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Last week, Cornell's student assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the use of legacy in the college's admissions process. I was proud to join student assembly pres. (& Class Action partner) Patrick Kuehl in sponsoring the resolution. cornellsun.com/2024/03/25/stu…

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The earnings on this $150M gift would be enough to send 3,000 students to CUNY per year for free. In perpetuity. home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/03/d…

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We're both thrilled and humbled to announce our partnership with The Kresge Foundation. We'll use this $50,000 foundational grant to make elite colleges live up to their promise of advancing the common good. Thank you, Kresge Foundation!

We're both thrilled and humbled to announce our partnership with The Kresge Foundation. We'll use this $50,000 foundational grant to make elite colleges live up to their promise of advancing the common good. Thank you, <a href="/kresgefdn/">Kresge Foundation</a>!
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California's bill to end legacy and donor preference PASSED the Assembly's Higher Education Committee yesterday. Our lead organizer, Ryan Cieslikowski, was one of two expert witnesses and used his time to amplify student voices.

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How can Ivy+ schools claim w/a straight face they're reimplementing the SAT to help poor kids when more of their students come from the top 1% than the bottom 60% & they still give ALDC preferences to rich whites? Check out my piece for TIME :time.com/6968218/the-sa…

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Yesterday Rhode Island became the ninth state to introduce a bill to ban legacy at all colleges in their state. (CO, VA, and MD have already passed complete or partial bans.) I was pleased to join RI State Rep. David Morales 🌹 and James S Murphy in supporting the bill.

Yesterday Rhode Island became the ninth state to introduce a bill to ban legacy at all colleges in their state. (CO, VA, and MD have already passed complete or partial bans.) I was pleased to join <a href="/DavidMoralesRI/">RI State Rep. David Morales 🌹</a>   and <a href="/James_S_Murphy/">James S Murphy</a> in supporting the bill.
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My Goodreads review of 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵-𝘖𝘳, 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 by Evan Mandery: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ goodreads.com/review/show/65…

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TYSM! The funniest thing in retrospect about First Contact...about what goes wrong when aliens contact Earth and the dimwitted POTUS screws everything up by mistakenly concluding they're Jewish is that it was inspired by what I imagined to be the stupidest possible Pres. Ah, 2010

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Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its decision in SFFA, then-Harvard President Larry Bacow said the university would preserve its “essential values.” It’s clear now what these essential values are — to solidify the status of the rich and the richest. politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Check out my exit interview with Peter Singer on the occasion of his retirement from Princeton. Singer points to the “great pity” of RBG's decision not to retire when she could: “Does Joe Biden really want his legacy to be the reelection of Trump?" motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Congrats to Illinois on becoming the 4th state to ban legacy admissions at all public institutions! It also banned preferences for donors. The votes to ban in both chambers were unanimous, as in VA and as in the CA assembly. Let the bills get a vote, CT, MA, and NY!!

Congrats to Illinois on becoming the 4th state to ban legacy admissions at all public institutions! It also banned preferences for donors. 

The votes to ban in both chambers were unanimous, as in VA and as in the CA assembly. 

Let the bills get a vote, CT, MA, and NY!!
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Our student organizers spoke up and California lawmakers listened. “Elite” colleges have a long way to go, but this is a victory worth celebrating.

Our student organizers spoke up and California lawmakers listened.

“Elite” colleges have a long way to go, but this is a victory worth celebrating.
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Today California became the second state to ban the use of legacy preference in private college admissions. Class Action is pleased to have played an important role in organizing student support for Assemblyman Phil Ting's bill and advancing it to Gov. Newsom's desk.