https://www.propublica.org/...ip-children-students
Far from a "heart breaking" story, this is more about parents working/exploiting/scamming the system.
Today, her daughter attends a private college on the West Coast which costs $65,000 in annual tuition, she said. The daughter received a $27,000 merit scholarship and an additional $20,000 in need-based aid, including a federal Pell grant, which she won’t have to pay back. The daughter is responsible for $18,000 a year, which her grandparents pay, the woman said.
Side note: can a college legally demand that a student declare their race on an application? I was thinking about that in the context of some of the recent admissions lawsuits. What if a student who is clearly not African American says that they are? Or what if they say they're "transgender" or identify as such even if they're not? If, for example, straight white and asian males decide that they have a better chance at admission by lying about their race, gender, sexual orientation, etc, how on earth would the college admissions system deal with that?
Far from a "heart breaking" story, this is more about parents working/exploiting/scamming the system.
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Transferring her daughter’s guardianship was largely a matter of paperwork, the mother said. Her business partner attended a court hearing with an attorney. She, her husband and her daughter didn’t even need to show up, she said. Once the guardianship was transferred, the teen only had to claim the $4,200 in income she earned through her summer job, the mother said. Today, her daughter attends a private college on the West Coast which costs $65,000 in annual tuition, she said. The daughter received a $27,000 merit scholarship and an additional $20,000 in need-based aid, including a federal Pell grant, which she won’t have to pay back. The daughter is responsible for $18,000 a year, which her grandparents pay, the woman said.
Side note: can a college legally demand that a student declare their race on an application? I was thinking about that in the context of some of the recent admissions lawsuits. What if a student who is clearly not African American says that they are? Or what if they say they're "transgender" or identify as such even if they're not? If, for example, straight white and asian males decide that they have a better chance at admission by lying about their race, gender, sexual orientation, etc, how on earth would the college admissions system deal with that?