Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal

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Synopsis
An explosive true crime story of fraud, corruption, greed, celebrity, and justice in the cheating scandal that shattered the myth of meritocracy.The largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice broke on March 12, 2019, sending shock waves through American schools and families. In Unacceptable, veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz trace the wiretapped calls, covert payments, and blatant deceit that brought the feds to Beverly Hills mansions and Upper East Side apartments, their residents all linked by one man: college whisperer and ultimate hustler Rick Singer. The shocking tale at the heart of Unacceptable is how, over decades, the charismatic Singer easily exploited a system rigged against regular people. Exploring the status obsession that seduced entitled parents in search of an edge, Korn and Levitz detail a scheme that eventually entangled more than fifty conspirators—a catalog of wealth and privilege that included CEOs, lawyers, real-estate developers, financiers, and famous actresses, mingling in jail cells and courtrooms. Detailing Singer&’s steady rise and dramatic fall, woven with stories of key players in the case, Unacceptable exposes the ugly underbelly of elite college admissions as a game with no rule book—paid-off proctors and storied college coaches turning a blind eye, helicopter parents and coddled teens spinning lies—opening loopholes and side doors into America&’s most exclusive institutions.
Copyright:
2020

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
384 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780593087732
Related ISBNs:
9780593087725
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Education, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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