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- "Rich said administrators have focused more on ensuring that real students don’t get accidentally dropped from classes." - "“The school is leaving the fake s
by perihelions 5y ago
- "Rich said administrators have focused more on ensuring that real students don’t get accidentally dropped from classes."
- "“The school is leaving the fake students in,” she said. “The school is afraid if they admit the fraud, they’re on the hook for allowing the fraud and having to pay it back.”"
It's also possible administrators are the ones putting the fake students in. They're the ones in the easiest position to do this fraud.
Like in the Yale story from last month:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30849862 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30849862
- xbar 5y agoIt is possible. It is also possible that it was you. Or me. And in this case, equally likely. That is significantly different from the Yale case where someone with purse strings management was committing fraud.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoNo not equally likely, two randos on the internet being as likely as the guy who is immediate to the scam?
- mod 5y agoI agree, but perhaps he meant something more like: "There's about as much evidence to convict [the guy] as there is to convict you or me."
- daniel-cussen 5y agoI would say not even, circumstantial evidence already is more. There just isn't enough for a conviction. It's premature. There has to be a whole process. That being said, college administrators are masters at dodging the courtroom, and keeping people out of the courtroom. I imagine they have some ideas how to do it for themselves as well.
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