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Obama's first college is latest to end legacy admissions
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Words decorate the concrete steps up to a bronze plate with the likeness of former President Barack Obama at the Plaza where then student Obama made his first political speech "A Protest against Apartheid" on Feb. 18, 1981, at Occidental College in Los Angeles, seen on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Occidental College is the latest school to end legacy admissions in the wake of a Supreme Court decision removing race from admissions decisions. - photo by AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
WASHINGTON (AP) — A California college where President Barack Obama started his undergraduate studies will no longer give special treatment to the children of alumni. Occidental College, a private liberal arts school in Los Angeles, is the latest school to end legacy admissions in the wake of a Supreme Court decision removing race from college admissions decisions. A campus letter from the school’s president said an applicant’s family ties to Occidental alumni “could be considered” in the past but had only “minimal impact” on decisions.