"My book exposed a grubby secret of American higher education: that the rich buy their underachieving children’s way into elite universities with massive, tax-d

"My book exposed a grubby secret of American higher education: that the rich buy their underachieving children’s way into elite universities with massive, tax-deductible donations." Why should we be shocked? It's even more subtle than that. As a youngster enrolled as an undergrad ,I was shocked to find less than a handful of my class were from public schools (in Australia, government educated students attend public schools). This was in an era where probably less than one in ten attended University. The rich were expected to go to University, and were trained accordingly. The rest maxed out at form six, then got a job.