The fallout from the elite school bribery scandal escalated on Wednesday, with a class action lawsuit filed by multiple students against big name universities alleging that they were not given a fair shot at admission due to wealthy students paying their way in and that the scandal has lessened the value of their own degrees.
On Tuesday, federal authorities revealed a massive admissions scandal implicating multiple elite universities, including Stanford, Yale, the University of Southern California, Georgetown, Wake Forest, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of California, San Diego. Some high-profile figures were named in the bribery scheme, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. NBC News reported Tuesday that “Operation Varsity Blues” ensnared several school administrators, coaches, and standardized test administrators, who helped get students “admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities, and helping potential students cheat on their college exams.”
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