And Greedy Universities

Here's what's on my mind...

The "pay to play" scandal of the rich and famous buying their children's way into elite universities is, in my opinion as a life-long educator, one of the worst abuses of the system, next to those universities becoming bastions and temples of the religion of Humanism.

I believe any student who has been accepted to any university under what must be considered as fraudulent means should immediately be expelled without recourse to reinstatement. Higher education is not a right under the Constitution, contrary to what many liberals may claim.

I also believe any University official who was involved in the fraudulent enrollment should no only be fired from their position but also be charged with perpetrating the fraud and spend time in jail, just like any other business executive would. In addition, I believe the parents of the students who engaged in the fraud should be charged and fined at least the amounts they paid to fraudulently enroll their child or children, the amounts they paid in tuition, fees, and expenses, AND an additional penalty amount because of other students who were unable to enroll because their child stole the seat of another student who would otherwise be able to attend.