I collected a bunch of links on the college entrance collusion

[conuly]

and now that everybody's done talking about it I'm gonna post them.

How I Would Cover the College-Admissions Scandal as a Foreign Correspondent

Now that we see what stealing a college slot really looks like, can we stop making students of color feel like frauds?

Elite Colleges Constantly Tell Low-Income Students That They Do Not Belong

How’d You Get Your Kid Into an Ivy?

Bribery scandal exposes sports side door to admissions

I Learned in College That Admission Has Always Been for Sale

Why The College Admissions Scandal Hurts Students With Disabilities

The Filthy Tragedy of Operation Varsity Blues

Ex-Yale Law admissions dean: These are the victims of cheating scandal I worry about

Ignorance Was Bliss for the Children of the College-Admissions Scandal

Wait, How Did You Get Into College?

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

All last week, watching the shenanigans unfold, I'd been wavering between wanting popcorn and Pepto-Bismol. There must be more involved than these 50 people, and not just in the US.

[conuly]

There are definitely more than just 50 people buying those services, and the rest are either quaking in their boots or blissfully operating as though they're safe and have dodged that bullet for good.

[negothick]

When the news broke, I did a Google search on "college admission consultants," and got an entire screen of sponsored ads from such service providers and bout 25 million hits. For every one who gets caught, 25 million spring up in his place. . .

[conuly]

The whole field is irrecovably corrupt, because it shouldn't exist and shouldn't have to. However, since it does exist, some of them play within the rules, some bend them a little or a lot, and some outright cheat. It's the last group we're trying to shut down, I think.