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FILE - In this March 12, 2019 file photo, John Vandemoer, former head sailing coach at Stanford, arrives at federal court in Boston to plead guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Vandemoer is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday, June 12, in federal court in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Ex-Stanford sailing coach sentenced to one day in admissions bribery scandal

by Karen Weintraub The Washington Post, and Nick Anderson The Washington PostJune 12, 2019

BOSTON — A former Stanford University sailing coach received a one-day prison sentence Wednesday for racketeering conspiracy in the college admissions bribery scandal. But the federal judge in the case said it would be deemed already served, meaning…

FILE - This May 11, 2015 file photo shows Carol L. Folt, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt, at the announcement of a partnership with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to accelerate the search for an HIV cure. The University of Southern California has announced a new president to usher in "a new era." The university said Wednesday, March 20, 2019 that Carol Folt will become the university's 12th president. The announcement comes a week after news broke of a massive college bribery scandal involving USC and other universities across the country. (Christine T. Nguyen/The Herald-Sun via AP, File)

Former Dartmouth administrator is next USC president

by Moriah Balingit The Washington Post, Nick Anderson The Washington Post, and Susan Svrluga The Washington PostMarch 21, 2019

Colleges hunt for talented low-income students

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostFebruary 11, 2019

Journalism students work in the News Bubble at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. MUST CREDIT: Handout courtesy of John T. Consoli/University of Maryland

Journalism Schools Are Seeing A Rebound

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostSeptember 17, 2018

FILE-- In this March 7, 2017 file photograph, rowers pass the campus of Harvard University as they paddle down the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the group Students for Fair Admissions will file dueling analyses of the Ivy League school's admissions data in a lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Harvard Accused of Discrimination

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostJune 16, 2018

From left, President Donald Trump, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student students Carson Abt, and Ariana Klein, listen as Carson's father Frederick Abt, speaks during a listening session with high school students, teachers, and others in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed “he would have shot and that would have been the end of it.” Revisiting an idea he raised in his campaign, Trump’s comments in favor of allowing teachers to be armed come as lawmakers in several states are wrestling with the idea, including in Florida, where the 17 most recent school shooting victims are being mourned.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Presses Case for Arming Teachers

by Moriah Balingit The Washington Post, and Nick Anderson The Washington PostFebruary 23, 2018

More Colleges Using Cost Calculator

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostJanuary 17, 2018

Higher Education Sees Number of International Students Decline

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostNovember 13, 2017

New ACT Scores Show Huge Achievement Gaps

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostSeptember 8, 2017

College Pays Ransom To Hackers

by Nick Anderson The Washington PostJanuary 16, 2017