HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Greedy colleges’ not off the hook for latest college admissions scam, scholar says.

Related: John Kass: Latest college scandal is another canary in the coal mine. “Once again, the elite get the breaks, and use the poor as shields to protect their leverage. And the middle class? They’re laughed at. Meritocracy is a myth that the republic cannot live long without. History tells us that when the middle class not only stops believing in a nation’s myths, but also has its face rubbed in the mess while being mocked by the elite, bad things can happen.”