This week's sweeping college admissions scandal could open the door for Congress to finally take a hard look at the ways the wealthy have long legally bought their kids’ way into college: Legacy admissions, massive donations and athletics
A sweeping college admissions scandal revealed this week raises the question of why it's OK for wealthy parents to cut a check worth millions to get their child admitted to an elite school, but they can't pay a coach to slip in a kid as a recruited "athlete."
The White House so far has said little, aside from snarky tweets from White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and Donald Trump Jr. That may be because the Trump administration has not previously wanted to touch the role of money in elite college admissions, a former administration official told POLITICO.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said: "Every student deserves to be considered on their individual merits when applying to college, and it’s disgraceful to see anyone breaking the law to give their children an advantage over others. The department is looking closely at this issue and working to determine if any of our regulations have been violated."
“You’ve got a juicy scandal, a host of presidential candidates who want working class votes, a rewrite of the Higher Education Act pending in Congress, at least two anti-affirmative-action cases making their way through the courts,” Dannenberg said. “So there’s a confluence of events and circumstances that make it the right time to attack the host of preferences and policies that undermine diversity and fairness in higher education.
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