> If you ban legacy, then you lose needed donations. If you lose donations, then costs go up for everyone else. Or the universities could spend a bit less mone

> If you ban legacy, then you lose needed donations. If you lose donations, then costs go up for everyone else. Or the universities could spend a bit less money. Most donations go to things that aren't exactly central to the supposed mission of a university, like football fields or $90 million dining halls [1]. The explosion of administrative staff over the last couple decades also doesn't help. [1] https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/real-estate/2016/08/inside-duke-university-s-west-union-after-90.html https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/real-estate/2016/0...