The college testing environment is 'clearly ripe for abuse and ripe for bribery and ripe for cheating,' DevlinBarrett said of the $25 million college cheating scandal.
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors brought charges against 50 people in a college cheating scandal wherein wealthy parents paid around $25 million to help their students gain admittance into exclusive colleges and universities including Yale, Stanford and Georgetown.
But experts say this is just a colorful snapshot of the wider, darker realities of the U.S. college admissions system. "Legacy preferences hugely favor the wealthy, as do many preferences for certain athletic skills, musical abilities, and so on. The children of big donors seem to get an almost automatic admission," says Reeves."The difference between this illegal scheme and the legal ways in which money buys access is one of degree, not of kind."
"We are encouraged to believe in a meritocracy. This scandal is disappointing in that it demonstrates so much of what is wrong with our college admissions process. It is shocking in its wide-ranging scope, and we know there's more to come," Timmons said in a statement."It is heartbreaking for the many honest, hardworking students who want to believe in a level playing field.
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