Amherst College is another great example of how dreaming big for college can mean thinking small. Located in Massachusetts, a liberal arts college like Amherst offers an undergraduate education that ...

The first class that Amherst College admitted without giving preference to legacy students is expected to have the highest proportion of first-generation college students in the college’s history. In ...

The recent announcement by Amherst College that it would end “legacy admissions preference” has made this a hot topic. Legacy admissions is the practice of favoring the children (and often the ...

This week Amherst College announced that it was ending the use of legacy preferences in its admissions process. Its president, Biddy Martin, acknowledged that providing an advantage to applicants who ...