Davidson’s Jon Axel Gudmundsson was named the Atlantic 10’s player of the year Tuesday. He’s joined on the all-conference first team by Wildcats teammate Kellan Grady.
Federal prosecutors charged dozens of wealthy parents, including prominent figures in law and business and two Hollywood actresses, with using bribes, bogus entrance-exam scores and faked athletic achievements to get their children admitted to elite colleges.
The federal admissions-cheating case highlights the intense pressure families feel to not only get their child into a good college—but into the best college possible.
The man at the center of what prosecutors allege is a more than $25 million scam to help wealthy families bribe their way into elite colleges is 58-year-old William Rick Singer.
Bill Ferguson, the head volleyball coach at Wake Forest University, has been put on administrative leave after being charged Tuesday with racketeering in a massive national college admissions bribery case
College admissions processes are shrouded in mystery. When Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were indicted in a college cheating scandal, everyone took to Twitter to express outrage and confusion. The thing is, it happens much more often than not.
Celebrities like Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin don’t need to resort to criminality to get their kids into elite schools — college admissions already favor the wealthy.
The White House is weighing a measure that would require colleges and universities to take a financial stake in their students’ ability to repay government loans.
Republicans introduced a bill in the N.C. Senate on Tuesday that would roll back tuition surcharges for students at UNC system schools who take too much time and too many credit hours to get their degrees.