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Tag: Bribery
News Roundup
More Counts Filed Against Two Coaches Previously Charged in College Admissions Scam
Two coaches previously charged in the college admissions scam have been charged with more counts in a third indictment filed in the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday, reports CNN. Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst is charged with three new counts of federal programs bribery and three counts of filing false tax returns. According […]
September 2, 2020
News Roundup
Businessman Receives Prison Time for Role in College Admissions Scandal
Jeffrey Bizzack, a California businessman, was sentenced to two months in prison for his role in the college admissions scandal. Bizzack paid $250,000 to get his son admitted to the University of Southern California (USC) as a fake volleyball recruit. He is the 12th parent to be sentenced in the scandal and one of 10 […]
October 31, 2019
News Roundup
Former Delaware State University Staffer Pleads Guilty to Tuition Bribery Scheme
Former Delaware State University associate registrar Crystal Martin plead guilty to taking bribes to give out-of-state students a break on their tuition. The felony is part of a scheme that prosecutors predict cost the university $3 million. In a recent court hearing, Martin said an unnamed co-conspirator would bring her students to be reclassified as […]
April 18, 2019
Students
An A+ Punishment for Felicity And Others: Create Cy Pres Awards. For Real.
Those pleading guilty in the college admissions scandal can donate large sums of money to a cy pres fund that benefits low-income kids and the non-elite small colleges that serve them.
April 9, 2019
News Roundup
Lori Loughlin and Husband Mossimo Giannulli Among Parents Facing Additional Charges in Admissions Scandal
Actress Lori Loughlin, best known for her role as Aunt Becky on the TV show, “Full House”, and 15 other wealthy parents now face additional charges of conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering as part of the national college admissions scandal. Prosecutors said the indictment charges the parents with conspiring to launder bribes and […]
April 9, 2019
News Roundup
USC Officials to Deny Admission to Students Linked to Nationwide Admissions Scandal
Amid the recent unveiling of the largest college admissions cheating scandal in U.S. history, one of the main institutions involved, the University of Southern California, has announced it will deny admission to all student applicants linked to the scandal. The school is also reviewing current students and graduates who may be connected to the scheme. […]
March 14, 2019
Opinion
Will Whites Be Stereotyped as Corrupt Because of Felicity Huffman?
The recent bust in Boston of an organized, professionalized, high-stakes college admissions fraud operation reveals much more than the amoral conduct of the participants. The parents, who included actor Felicity Huffman of Desperate Housewives television fame and Oscar nominee, and William H. Macy, veteran of dozens of movies, were willing to pay into the millions of dollars for ringers to take standardized tests for their children or to gin up false evidence of athletic potential.
March 14, 2019
Opinion
The Myth of Meritocracy
To my high school guidance counselor, I wasn’t college material. I remember flipping through the dusty pages of the massive dictionary in the school library to find the definition of the word meritocracy: “the holding of power by people selected based on their ability.” I needed to understand why she repeated that word to me and some of my classmates to limit our options.
March 13, 2019
Sports
DOJ Reveals College Admissions Scandal, Rocks Higher Ed
The U.S. Department of Justice bombshell about 49 individuals across the nation who face charges in illegal schemes to get some of their children admitted to elite colleges has dropped jaws and raised ire across the higher education landscape.
March 12, 2019
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