FBI unveils large-scale college admissions bribery scandal - high-profile arrests made (2 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

um, couldn’t you use those skills for...work?

Every day buddy. Every day.

 

[zeetes]

Every day buddy. Every day.

 

[superchuck500]

 

[zeetes]

aww so sweet

 

[BobE]

Actress Lori Loughlin is already in trouble for shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to get her daughters into the University of Southern California, one of many parents indicted in the college admission scandal. On Tuesday, her rap sheet got a bit longer. She and her husband Mossimo Giannulli and another 14 parents have now been indicted on fraud and money laundering charges. If they reach a plea deal, Loughlin and her husband will face a minimum two-year prison sentence. Other reports, however, suggest they could be serving up to 20 years.

The parents were charged in Boston in a "second superseding indictment with conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering," the Department of Justice said in a statement to Fox News.

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[superchuck500]

 

[DaveXA]

Playing chicken with the DA in a case of this magnitude?

 

[superchuck500]

Playing chicken with the DA in a case of this magnitude?

Some have a hard time detaching themselves from the delusion that they deserve different treatment.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Playing chicken with the DA in a case of this magnitude?

Either someone gave them terrible legal advice or they are ignoring their lawyers at this point.

That means prison time, either way.

 

[You]

I expect at Laughlin’s next sit down with the DA, she’ll just pull out her checkbook- look him/her straight in the eye- and ask- “how much?”

#LoriLaughlinIsCuteButDumb

 

[WhoDatPhan78]

Is the level of education provided by these “elite” universities commensurate with their prestige and cost or are the connections and resume benefits that come along with the institutional privilege more valuable than the education?

I think that is a more important topic than going after people who buy their way into that system.

 

[superchuck500]

Is the level of education provided by these “elite” universities commensurate with their prestige and cost or are the connections and resume benefits that come along with the institutional privilege more valuable than the education?

I think that is a more important topic than going after people who buy their way into that system.

These parents certainly don’t know the answer to that. They just think it’s better so that’s what they want for their kids - and are willing to commit fraud for it. Whether it’s actually valuable is probably somewhat irrelevant. They perceive it to be better, so that’s what they want. Just like any brand.

 

[Sun Wukong]

Is the level of education provided by these “elite” universities commensurate with their prestige and cost or are the connections and resume benefits that come along with the institutional privilege more valuable than the education?

I think that is a more important topic than going after people who buy their way into that system.

The rampant grade inflation at Ivy League schools has been a known and very openly discussed thing in higher education for decades. Here's a chart showing how ludicrous it is:

Source

But nobody can do anything meaningful about it. When you get a degree from Harvard or Yale or wherever people hear that and think "old, super prestigious university" and not "Why do these schools have average grades of 'A'? That's now how grade averages work..."

 

[Saint_Ward]

Not sure if this should be it's own topic, but....

CHICAGO—Amid an intense national furor over the fairness of college admissions, the Education Department is looking into a tactic that has been used in some suburbs here, in which wealthy parents transfer legal guardianship of their college-bound children to relatives or friends so the teens can claim financial aid, say people familiar with the matter.

The strategy caught the department’s attention amid a spate of guardianship transfers here. It means that only the children’s earnings were considered in their financial-aid applications, not the family income or savings. That has led to awards of scholarships and access to federal financial aid designed for the poor, these people said.

Several universities in Illinois say they are looking into the practice, which is legal. “Our financial-aid resources are limited and the practice of wealthy parents transferring the guardianship of their children to qualify for need-based financial aid—or so-called opportunity hoarding—takes away resources from middle- and low-income students,” said Andrew Borst, director of undergraduate enrollment at the University of Illinois. “This is legal, but we question the ethics.”

 

[superchuck500]

Not sure if this should be it's own topic, but....

Disgusting. Pure fraud that should be prosecuted.