legacy student

(noun)

A student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university), primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution.

Related Terms

Examples of legacy student in the following topics:

  • Education

    • Many prestigious colleges and universities in the U.S. are known to give preference to "legacy students," or the children of alumni.
    • Such educational inequality is further reinforced by legacy admission, the preference given by educational institutions to applicants who are related to alumni of that institution.
    • Ivy League institutions admit roughly 10% to 30% of students from each incoming class based on this factor.

  • Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal

  • Additional Resources

    • In many classrooms, students learn through working with their peers.
    • Teachers must be mindful of the interactions students have with their peers as this contributes to positive or negative feelings concerning school.
    • Siegler and Ellis focus on three aspects of Piaget's legacy: constructivism, essentialism and dynamism.

  • References

    • Teacher and student perceptions of creativity in the classroom environment.
    • Fostering creativity in business education: developing creative classroom environments to provide students with critical workplace competencies.
    • The legacy of school busing: part 1: a qualified success in Charlotte, N.C.

  • Peronism

    • Peronism, or Justicialism, is an Argentine political movement based on the political legacy of former President Juan Domingo Peron and his second wife, Eva Peron.
    • The legacy and thought of Peron are thought to have transcended the confines of any single political party in modern times and blend into the broader political landscape of Argentina.
    • Peron’s governments made social security universal, education free for all who qualified, and provisions for one paid week off before every major examination for working students.

  • The Carter Administration

    • As a gifted student and former governor of Georgia, he was relatively inexperienced in politics.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • A precocious student, he skipped both the ninth and the twelfth grades of high school.
    • At that time, most of the students had abandoned their studies to participate in World War II.
    • King's main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the U.S.
    • King's legacy in the United States and internationally continues to be that of a human rights icon.
    • Summarize the life, ideologies, activist strategies, and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • The Growth of Suburbs

    • New municipalities were established beyond the abandoned city's jurisdiction to avoid the legacy costs of maintaining city infrastructures.
    • Upon desegregation in 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland, the Clifton Park Junior High School had 2,023 white students and 34 black students; ten years later, it had twelve white students and 2,037 black students.
    • In northwest Baltimore, Garrison Junior High School's student body declined from 2,504 whites and twelve blacks to 297 whites and 1,263 blacks in that period. 

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    • By the end of this chapter, the student should be able to:

  • The Effects of the Cold War

    • The legacy of the Cold War continues to influence world affairs today.
    • The legacy of Cold War conflict is not always easily erased, as many of the economic and social tensions that were exploited to fuel Cold War competition in parts of the Third World remain acute.
    • The successor states also found themselves with contemporary national-security burdens and substantial environmental contamination legacies, all to be financed while new or revised civilian economies had to be instituted.
    • The legacy of the Cold War continues to influence world affairs.