College admissions scandal: Why the meritocracy should look in the mirror
For one day last week, a divided country was briefly united — in outrage — at the college admissions scandal implicating dozens of wealthy parents (including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman) who were accused of bribing and cheating their children’s way into some of America’s elite universities. To impoverished and minority students, and those who advocate for them, this was further But there was another group even more affronted by the scandal: the educated, professional, upper-middle class, whose self-image is bound up with ...
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