I find it helpful to think of prestigious colleges as hedge funds with strong branding and a world class associate pipeline. The reason why they favor legacy st

I find it helpful to think of prestigious colleges as hedge funds with strong branding and a world class associate pipeline. The reason why they favor legacy students and jocks is that those are the people who are the most likely to write huge checks to their alma mater and otherwise act in its interests continually after graduation. Perhaps that will change, but it hasn’t yet. This professor advocating an end for legacy and athletics admissions is a direct attack on a wildly successful multi-billion dollar business model that’s lasted centuries and still going strong. I wouldn’t be surprised if whoever made this call is using the twitter mob as a convenient fig-leaf for chastising a boat-rocker.