Can You Buy Your Way Into A Top University Case Study
Can you buy your way into a top university?
Can your buy your way into a top university? Over a decade ago, Daniel Golden, then a senior journalist at The Wall Street Journal, answered the question conclusively. Stacking evidence in the form of study results and his own research on specific universities, he showed through his investigative articles how donations and influence helped undeserving applicants corner elite university seats at the expense of deserving, meritorious candidates.
The articles were published in 2003. But the “public shaming” has made little difference, Golden writes in an article in ProPublica in November 2016. “In fact the practice [of universities rewarding alumni and potential donors with an admissions gift] has …show more content…
Chris Ovitz, son of the Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz, entered Brown University despite a heated debate, thanks mainly to support from the then university president. The University of Virginia admitted Ty Grisham, son of John Grisham, and soon received a gift from the novelist to renovate a stadium.
The Price brings more names to light, one of which is now being heard more frequently, after Donald Trump’s election as President. Jared Kushner, the President’s Senior Advisor, was reportedly admitted into Harvard after his father, Charles Kushner, real estate businessman, who spent time in prison for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering, pledged $2.5 million to the university.
Another name that links high office with higher education scandalously is Al Gore III, the former US vice-president’s son, who purportedly got into Harvard mainly owing to parental intervention. Golden, who himself went to Harvard, writes that almost 60 percent of places in the university are similarly claimed, reducing the chances of candidates who have only their merit to show at its admissions office.
The four …show more content…
Referring to Department of Education data that showed that recruitment of Asian American candidates had been stagnating for several years, the groups said this was despite the fact that the number of highly qualified Asian American candidates with great SAT scores, GPAs, and extracurricular achievements were increasing.
They referred to research that found that an Asian American needed to score 140 points above a white applicant in SAT (out of a total of 1600), 270 points higher than a Hispanic applicant, and 450 points higher than a black applicant to have equal chances.
They said the universities were denying admissions to Asian Americans on the basis of stereotypes and biases that candidates from this segment lacked leadership skills and creative thinking and focused on studies at the cost of extracurricular activities.
Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown allegedly used race quotas to bring about what they thought was an ideal balance of races on the campus. The universities were allegedly using their campus diversity goals to deny Asian Americans admission, they
Can your buy your way into a top university? Over a decade ago, Daniel Golden, then a senior journalist at The Wall Street Journal, answered the question conclusively. Stacking evidence in the form of study results and his own research on specific universities, he showed through his investigative articles how donations and influence helped undeserving applicants corner elite university seats at the expense of deserving, meritorious candidates.
The articles were published in 2003. But the “public shaming” has made little difference, Golden writes in an article in ProPublica in November 2016. “In fact the practice [of universities rewarding alumni and potential donors with an admissions gift] has …show more content…
Chris Ovitz, son of the Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz, entered Brown University despite a heated debate, thanks mainly to support from the then university president. The University of Virginia admitted Ty Grisham, son of John Grisham, and soon received a gift from the novelist to renovate a stadium.
The Price brings more names to light, one of which is now being heard more frequently, after Donald Trump’s election as President. Jared Kushner, the President’s Senior Advisor, was reportedly admitted into Harvard after his father, Charles Kushner, real estate businessman, who spent time in prison for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering, pledged $2.5 million to the university.
Another name that links high office with higher education scandalously is Al Gore III, the former US vice-president’s son, who purportedly got into Harvard mainly owing to parental intervention. Golden, who himself went to Harvard, writes that almost 60 percent of places in the university are similarly claimed, reducing the chances of candidates who have only their merit to show at its admissions office.
The four …show more content…
Referring to Department of Education data that showed that recruitment of Asian American candidates had been stagnating for several years, the groups said this was despite the fact that the number of highly qualified Asian American candidates with great SAT scores, GPAs, and extracurricular achievements were increasing.
They referred to research that found that an Asian American needed to score 140 points above a white applicant in SAT (out of a total of 1600), 270 points higher than a Hispanic applicant, and 450 points higher than a black applicant to have equal chances.
They said the universities were denying admissions to Asian Americans on the basis of stereotypes and biases that candidates from this segment lacked leadership skills and creative thinking and focused on studies at the cost of extracurricular activities.
Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown allegedly used race quotas to bring about what they thought was an ideal balance of races on the campus. The universities were allegedly using their campus diversity goals to deny Asian Americans admission, they