college-admissions-scandal

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How the college admissions scandal hurt students with disabilities | Opinion

BY: - August 17, 2019

If the players in the scandal can fake diagnoses, students with real disabilities are the victims.

COMMENTARY

Operation Varsity Blues cheating scandal: This is why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions | Opinion

BY: - March 18, 2019

Even if wealthy parents don't resort to the kind of illegal tactics in the recent college cheating scandal revealed by the FBI, the college admission process still favors the rich, according to 3 scholars from one of the affected universities.

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The Operation Varsity Blues college admission scandal grew out of a system that was ripe for corruption | Opinion

BY: - March 14, 2019

The college admission scandal that involved big bribes, coaches and Hollywood actors grew out of a system that favors rich parents and gives coaches too much leeway in admissions, a Villanova University sociologist argues