Mar 18, 2019
We brought friend of the show Lauren Schandevel back on to vent about and break down last week's college admissions scandal. Lauren (whom we interviewed back in Season 1) is a brilliant, working-class student at the University of Michigan and she has some thoughts about rich people buying and bribing their kids' way into elite colleges and universities.
Additional links/info below...
- Working People, Season 1, Episode 4, Lauren Schandevel
- Lauren's Twitter page
- Martin Slagter, MLive, "2 University of Michigan Students Help Create Nation's First Social Class & Inequality Minor"
- Scott Jaschick, Inside Higher Ed, "Massive Admissions Scandal"
- Nathan J. Robinson, The Guardian, "Meritocracy Is a Myth Invented by the Rich"
- The Chronicle of Higher Education continuing coverage of the admissions scandal, "Admission through the 'Side Door'"
- Malcolm Harris, NY Mag, "The College Admissions Ring Tells Us How Much Schoolwork Is Worth"
- Being Not-Rich at UM guide
- Jennifer Meer, The Michigan Daily, "University ranks last in economic mobility and diversity among elite public colleges"
- Gregor Aisch, Larry Buchanan, Amanda Cox, & Kevin Quealy, The New York Times, "Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60. Find Yours"
Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)
- Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"