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By Lois Elfman April 21, 2019 (Women in Higher Education) — In mid‐March, indictments were handed down to 50 people involved in a far‐reaching college admissions scam. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, it is the largest such matter prosecuted in the United States to date. Operation Varsity Blues, as the investigation was […]

By Katie Kindelan March 13, 2019 (GMA) — The college admissions cheating scandal that includes charges against about 50 people, including top CEOs as well as actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has placed a giant spotlight on the inequity of the college admissions process. Those indicted in the investigation, dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” allegedly […]

By Rebecca Kaplan July 21, 2008 (USA TODAY) — When Ariella Korn of Buffalo starts college at Hobart and William Smith this fall, it will be like leaving part of herself behind. That’s because her twin, Elana, will be three hours away at Union College. The 18-year-old fraternal twins have never been separated. College choices […]

By Alex Kingsbury Aug 23, 2006 (U.S. News and World Report) — The University of La Verne sits on 26 acres of suburbia between the city of Los Angeles and the mountains. It’s a small place, with just over 1,600 students, most of whom live in three drab and boxy-looking dormitories. A decade ago, one […]

By Anjali Athavaley Apr 3, 2008 (WALL STREET JOURNAL) — The college-admissions season set records this year — both in the number of students who applied, as well as the number of students who were rejected. Harvard University has a record applicant pool of 27,462 and an admissions rate of 7.1%, meaning that 1,948 students […]