NEWS BRIEFS: Audit Finds Connections Can Trump Admissions Qualifications at U. of California

LA Times:The University of California allowed “inappropriate factors” to influence admissions decisions, with four campuses admitting 64 students who had connections to donors or highly placed staff over more qualified applicants, according to a state audit released Tuesday.” Read more here.

Sen. Feinstein’s husband, a UC trustee, engaged in the practice. Read more here from Politico.

 

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