Originally published at: Watch the trailer for documentary about college admissions scandal | Boing Boing
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The “Gangster Capitalism” podcast (season 1) is another good breakdown on the college admissions scandal.
Rick Singer is a scumbag, but so were his clients. It’s infuriating that Lori Loughlin got off so easily after actually fighting it in court instead of pleading out.
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The shocking 2019 college admissions scandal just wasn’t that shocking. Didn’t everyone assume that was how the US college system has always worked?
I feel sorry that woman who went to jail for doing something every single one of her neighbours did for their children.
I mean, it’s a lousy system but I don’t see why one or two families have to be singled out.
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What I never got was, wouldn’t the dumb rich kid get shown up pretty fast by the super bright legit kid? Or do they all go to MIT or something…
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The faculty is there to teach all students to the best of their ability, not to make sure the bottom 20% of the class gets thrown out on their asses.
Mediocre is good enough to get by once you’ve made it in, especially if you’re wealthy enough to afford personal tutors.
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And “a degree, any degree, who cares about the GPA” is not a big problem for those with connections.
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As the last two Republican Presidents so clearly demonstrated.
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Are test files still a thing, or does that not exist in the digital age? Because where I went to school, the rich kid frats had amazing test files, and even the best profs reused at least 30% of their test questions. Some didn’t change the questions at all, they just shuffled the order.
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Even more so if, as at many private universities, they don’t grade on a curve. At some of those schools, getting in is the hardest part and it’s a long mediocre coast to a B.A. with what they used to call a “gentleman’s C” average.
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It’s open to everyone now. You can upload documents for access, or just pay.
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Interesting. Thanks!
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I can’t tell if this sentence is acknowledging or ignoring the degree to which “the wealthy” and “the privileged” are two different groups. The latter is much larger and less powerful than the former.
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Why do students wish to make more work for profs?
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That doesn’t enter into their calculus. There are an unfortunate number of students who approach higher education transactionally, and want to put forth the minimum amount of effort to get a maximum grade rather than receive an education. Unfortunately, there are some universities and colleges that simply embrace that transaction rather than setting up an environment for real learning.
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I know… but…
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