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Critics: Donald Trump's demands for meritocracy on college campuses should include elimination of legacy admissions.

Legacy admission policies allow for children of alumni to receive preferential treatment.

National and Utah polls reveal little support for legacy college admission practices.

Many of America’s most storied educational institutions — including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Duke and Notre Dame — still consider legacy status in admissions.

It’s been dubbed “affirmative action for the rich.”

Now critics of legacy admissions argue that such practices run counter to the Trump administration’s insistence that merit alone be used by colleges in deciding who gets in — and who gets left out.

And they note that President Donald Trump remains mum on the controversial admis

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