Columbia is the latest university caught in a rankings scandal

PARENTS HAVE gone to extreme lengths to get their children into highly ranked colleges. Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, promised $2.5m to Harvard University in 1998 shortly before his son’s admission to the university.

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