Why legacy admission might stick around
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Several top colleges, including Wesleyan University and Carnegie Mellon University, just got rid of legacy status as an admission leg-up, in response to the overturning of race-based affirmative action. But kids of alumni at other colleges might still get lucky — largely for financial reasons. Plus, widows fight for better workers compensation laws and we take a look at the U.S. economy’s resilience.