Clout goes to College: Admissions scandal at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year 2015, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 34 - 43, 30.04.2015

Adem Bayar , James H. Kerns

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.14.18.2.1

Abstract

There is no doubt that most people in the world want to continue their
education either undergraduate level or graduate level in the United States.
To do that, application is the first and most important request. After
applying for getting acceptance, the applicants must be patient and wait till
hearing from university. This process takes some considered time and is
named “admission process”. However, a scandal happened at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a few years ago. This event has caused
some serious debates regarding universities’ admission policy and
admission processes. In order to touch this undesired event, the researchers
have conducted this current study. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to
bring up the admissions scandal at the university of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. In order to reach the aim of this study, the researchers have
tried to reach the answer of following research questions: 1. What is the
scandal at the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign? and 2. What did
people think and/or say about this scandal? In order to collect data, the
researchers have employed a qualitative research design in this study with
document analysis technique. Based on analyzing the collected data, the
researchers have come to the conclusion that nobody approves this event
and some people had resigned from their assignment after this event.  

Keywords

Admission, Scandal, Policy, University

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