college admissions

Students have had to make some major adjustments in the classroom since the coronavirus pandemic struck last spring. For high school seniors there’s one more big change: the college admissions process. With SAT tests canceled, and college tours suspended, picking where they’re going to spend the next four years has never been harder for some students. NBC Connecticut spoke...

Federal prosecutors urged a judge Monday to accept deals that call for “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin to spend two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, to serve five months for paying half a million dollars to bribe their daughters’ way into college.

Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will plead guilty today via video conference for their involvement in the “Varsity Blues Scandal.”

A woman who was locked up five months in a Spanish prison after her arrest in the college admissions bribery scheme won’t spend any more time behind bars.

A former California business executive has been sentenced to two months in prison for paying $250,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit. Jeffrey Bizzack, of Solana Beach, California, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Wednesday. The 59-year-old pleaded guilty in July to a single count of fraud and conspiracy.

The former chairman of a global law firm was sentenced Thursday to one month in prison for paying $75,000 to rig his daughter’s ACT exam. Gordon Caplan, 53, of Greenwich, Connecticut, pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors. He is the fourth parent to be sentenced in a sweeping college...

Upset parents and students have started suing schools and those involved in the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Two Stanford students on Thursday filed what they hope to be a class-action lawsuit against the private university and other elite universities, claiming that their degree doesn’t “worth as much as” before. In addition, Bay Area parent Jennifer Kay Toy is asking...

Upset parents and students have started suing schools and those involved in the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Two Stanford students on Thursday filed what they hope to be a class-action lawsuit against the private university and other elite universities, claiming that their degree doesn’t “worth as much as” before. In addition, Bay Area parent Jennifer Kay Toy is asking...

Paying for a college education can be daunting: A four-year public university can cost $19,000 a year on average, while the priciest private nonprofit schools can cost near $70,000, according to the College Board. But even if students and their families are disappointed by paltry financial aid packages, there are still numerous sources of financial aid that can help students...