Opinion: What the admissions scandal parents got wrong about college
Actress Felicity Huffman in the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday. By Jeffrey Selingo March 13 at 2:49 PM Jeffrey Selingo is the author of “There Is Life After College” and a special adviser and professor of practice at Arizona State University.
If the actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and the other super-privileged parents considered for a moment the potential return on their allegedly criminal investment, they might have realized what a bad deal they got — that is, beyond the possibility of an orange jumpsuit. This anxiety reflects a perception that economic stability is increasingly scarce, and so are slots at the big-name, elite colleges that are supposed to guarantee it. That perception isn’t entirely wrong: At many schools, class sizes have stayed stable even as applications have skyrocketed as higher education has turned from a local industry to a national and even international one.
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