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University of California wrongly admitted 64 wealthy students, some as student-athletes, state audit finds
Fox News ^ | September 22 2020 | Vandana Rambaran

Posted on 09/22/2020 11:01:27 AM PDT by knighthawk

A state audit released Tuesday revealed that the University of California wrongly admitted 64 wealthy students over the past six years, some under the premise of being athletes.

Campus staff admitted 22 applicants whose families were well connected and doled out hefty donations to the university, falsely designating them as student-athlete recruits.

At the University of California, Berkeley campus, admissions accepted 42 applicants through its regular process based on connections to staff, leadership, and donors, but those applicants were not as qualified as others who were not admitted, the audit found.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; university
Socialism at it's finest!
1 posted on 09/22/2020 11:01:27 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

How many affirmation action students with lower test scores, grades and achievements?


2 posted on 09/22/2020 11:04:30 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: knighthawk

No surprise..it’s Berkley after all...corruption abounds there.


3 posted on 09/22/2020 11:04:32 AM PDT by caww (When a person becomes a Christian the assurance of truth becomes reality.....)
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To: knighthawk

Huffman right ?

Did they pay bribes to get their little darlings in ?


4 posted on 09/22/2020 11:05:08 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: caww

Democrat privilege!


5 posted on 09/22/2020 11:09:56 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: knighthawk

Have they arrested all THOSE parents?


6 posted on 09/22/2020 11:11:36 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: FES0844

Really OLD news


7 posted on 09/22/2020 11:12:24 AM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: Don Corleone

So have the loser school administrators/bureaucrats who signed-off on these admissions been fired? Have the pathetic, loser parents been arrested? Have the loser students been thrown out? Enquiring minds want to know...


8 posted on 09/22/2020 11:37:10 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: knighthawk

probably all leftist parents, throw them all in prison!


9 posted on 09/22/2020 11:51:46 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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Corrupt white liberal ‘elites’ acting like common criminals... I’m shocked. Shocked.


10 posted on 09/22/2020 12:48:50 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats stopped burning, rioting & looting when polls showed it wasn't popular with voters.)
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To: 2banana; knighthawk
"How many affirmation action students with lower test scores, grades and achievements?"

Orders of magnitude more.

Wrong, nevertheless, in both cases.

11 posted on 09/22/2020 8:16:44 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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