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Crowd Pleasers: An Age of Tainted Admissions and Too Much Homework

Date: September 8, 2006

Author: Janet Maslin

QUOTE: the privacy strictures that once protected even the most knuckleheaded students can now be breached via the Internet. As colleges deal with overwhelming numbers of applications by making their calculations more blatantly quantifiable, embarrassing facts and figures have begun finding their way into the public discourse. Students’ test scores, colleges’ rankings in surveys and parents’ bribes all figure in institutions’ decisions.

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Key People:

• Daniel Golden

Key Organizations:

• Brown University
• Duke University
• Harvard University
• New York Times Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Motivation/Rewards/Punishments
    • Influence / Persuasion / Bribery

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Charities & Non-Profit Organizations

• Education
  • Colleges/Universities
    • Colleges/Universities: Admissions

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Sociology
    • Class Differences

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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