Admissions scandal reveals why America’s elite colleges are under fire

By By BENJAMIN WERMUND 03/12/2019 07:30 PM EDT (Politico)

Elite colleges already serve as some of President Donald Trump’s favorite targets. Their fat endowments took a hit in the 2017 GOP tax law. A sweeping admissions cheating and bribery scandal the FBI uncovered Tuesday is the latest blow to the nation’s most expensive and selective American universities, which are also battling allegations of misusing race in deciding who will be invited to enroll.

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