Thursday, August 6, 2009

Key dates in the U. of Ill. admissions scandal

Events leading up to Thursday's report from the Illinois Admissions Review Commission: -- May 29, 2009: The Chicago Tribune reports that the University of Illinois maintains a list of politically connected applicants at the Urbana-Champaign campus, and that some members of the so-called Category I list have been admitted in spite of lackluster qualifications. The list in 2005 included a ... Continue reading ...

Reader praises community college education

Reader praises community college education
Re: "A higher degree of thrift," July 26:



Labor nonprofit's consulting fees to officials investigated

Payments of $30,000 each to former L.A. Unified Board of Education members David Tokofsky and Jose Huizar, now an L.A. city councilman, are the focus of the federal probe.

Federal investigators are examining whether a labor-affiliated nonprofit improperly funneled consulting fees to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar and former Board of Education member David Tokofsky, according to sources close to the probe.


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RI students to cops: don't brand our party houses

RI students to cops: don't brand our party houses
The punishment, renters and homeowners in this beach town say, is tantamount to a scarlet letter: A large orange sticker plastered by police on homes that host raucous parties.