The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin has agreed to plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions bribery scandal.

Stanford University, which was implicated in the nationwide fraud scandal that was centered around a west-coast admissions consulting firm, has expelled only one female student connected with the scandal.

Hundreds of colleges in recent years have made the SAT optional for applicants to submit test scores in an effort to promote equity and diversify applicant pools. Lately, their ranks have been growing by the week.

The college consulting industry feels the admissions scandal has given people misconceptions about their business.

Thirteen wealthy parents, including actress Felicity Huffman, and one coach will plead guilty to using bribery and other forms of fraud as part of the college admissions scandal, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Monday.

Somehow this notion of attending your dream school became synonymous with the perfect place to receive a degree. This idea of getting into a college or university of notoriety would, by default, propel students into stardom, ultimate success, or even riches. How utterly absurd.

In the wake of the college admissions scandal, how can students and parents figure out what’s credible?

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Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among dozens of celebrities and CEOs accused in a college admissions scam, court documents say. Schools targeted include Yale, Georgetown, Wake Forest and Stanford.

The rich and famous are accused of paying up to $6 million to gets kids admitted to elite schools.