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Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants
Stanford University is withdrawing from a state financial aid program, as it decides to continue considering the legacy status of applicants for fall 2026 admissions.
Last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1780 into law, prohibiting the state’s independent universities from providing a legacy or donor preference in admissions to their applicants. The Times also reported that Stanford students received about $3.2 million in Cal Grant support that year, putting an approximate price tag on what the university’s decision to replace that funding might cost it. Arguing that the Trump administration was exploiting America’s mistrust of elite higher education for political purposes, Cieslikowski told me, "amid federal attacks, universities should be striving to demonstrate that they serve the public interest.
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