Perpetuating inequality  

PG, Greg at Begging to Differ, and Will Baude all dissect the problem of legacy admissions, with Will taking on the crucial matter of university fundraising. Not much to add to the discussion, except to point out that these kinds of legacy systems seem particularly inappropriate for a public school like Texas A&M. Isn't one of the main ends of a public university to make education available for everybody? An uneven playing field in the private system may be disgusting, but I can accept it because it's private. In the public sphere, it should be criminal.