What is your reaction to the college admissions cheating scandal?

Fifty people in six states were accused by the Justice Department on Tuesday of taking part in a major college admission scandal. They include Hollywood actresses, business leaders and elite college coaches. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged 50 people in a brazen scheme to buy spots in the freshman classes at Yale, Stanford and other big name schools. Have you heard about the scandal yet?
- What is your reaction to the college admissions cheating scandal? Are you surprised that something like this happened in the United States? Why or why not?
- Who do you think should be held responsible for these crimes and how so?
- Do you think the college admissions process is rigged to favor the wealthy? Do you think it is fair? Why or why not?
- What message does this scandal send to high school students who intend to go to college? What is your biggest takeaway from it?

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MistyCee

I'm going to comment, but with a slightly different take on this. We have a major problem with our educational system in the US, with ridiculously high tuitions pumped up through scholarships as well as a coddled and protected Student Loan industry.

Add these things to millenials becoming politically active and the hatred for the Fox/new Right for intellectuals, academics, science, etc, and I think this little aside, which is mostly just about fraud and racketeering in connection with private and a few elite public schools, will help tee off some bigger educational reforms which go far beyond just the admissions process, the criminal activity and even the income disparity issue.

This part, I think, will be good, in the long run.