Operation Varsity Blues sounds and reads like an episode in a police drama. US authorities allege dozens of wealthy parents, including top executives and actors, paid a total of $25m to help their children win places at leading US universities including Yale and Stanford, through two schemes that involved paying bribes. The scandal is an extreme, and illegal, example of wealth being abused to game college admissions. It also highlights the extent to which the admissions process is skewed in favour of the rich and privileged.
“校园蓝调行动”(Operation Varsity Blues)听上去、读起来就像一部警匪剧里的一幕。美国当局指控，包括高管和演员在内的数十名富人家长，通过两项涉及行贿的计谋，总共支付了2500万美元，帮助他们的孩子在耶鲁(Yale)及斯坦福(Stanford)等美国顶尖大学获得入学名额。财富被滥用于玩弄大学招生，这桩丑闻就是个极端的不法案例。它还突显出招生流程偏袒富人与特权阶级的程度。
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