The U.S. College Admissions Scandal Is So Post-Soviet

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The U.S. College Admissions Scandal Is So Post-Soviet

The U.S. college admission scandal that broke Tuesday feels extremely Soviet, and not just because one of the people accused of helping students cheat on standardized tests,

West Hollywood prep school director Igor Dvorskiy, is an ex-Soviet immigrant.

The motives behind American parents’ determination to get their children into the right schools are similar to those of post-Soviet parents, and that should be disturbing to Americans, including policy-makers.

According to anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International, 38 percent of Ukrainian households and 29 percent of Russian ones reported in 2017 that they’d paid a bribe while accessing the educational system in the previous 12 months.

A lot of the bribery is concentrated in the admissions process.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/14/the-us-college-admissions-scandal-is-so-post-soviet-a64807

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