Drake Group Examines College Admissions Cheating Scandal, ‘the Dark Side of Athlete Special Admissions Programs’

(The following is a submission of the Drake Group, “a national organization of faculty and others whose mission is to defend educational integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college sports.”)   Few in college athletics were surprised about the massive higher education admissions scandal that has been exposed over the last week. Most athletic administrators and coaches would describe these incidents of wealthy donors trading cash for privilege as "bu