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When the Varsity Blues scandal hit in 2019, it rocked American academia in unprecedented ways. Five years later, a Times investigation revisited the scandal with a trove of new documents that offer a more complex view.
Readers respond to a former administrator jailed for the Varsity Blues operations, saying she was a scapegoat.
In her first-ever interview, Donna Heinel recounts her time at the epicenter of the Varsity Blues scandal, four months in prison and her continued devotion to USC.
If signed by Gov. Newsom, the law would make California the latest state in a growing movement to make legacy admissions illegal.
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The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or gender as a factor for admission to the service academy.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that makes California the latest state to ban legacy and donor admissions in higher education, including at Stanford and USC.
Huntington Park’s move to investigate one of its own council members, then remove her unilaterally, is virtually unprecedented, experts say.
Craig Williams was among those who had been investigated for cashing in on insider knowledge on the date then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would call the election.
The Justice Department is investigating four California universities over possible ‘illegal DEI’ in admissions. The universities say they do not illegally consider race when accepting students.
Three youths suffered drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Friday, the latest scandal for the beleaguered facility.