Elite universities are going to face a firestorm of criticism in the wake of the college admissions scandal if they don't police themselves - and do it fast.
These institutions maintain their stature and charge the prices they do because they are supposed to provide the best education to the best students. We got a reminder this week that this is a bit of a canard.
Forgetting about the criminal class for a moment, how can schools in which more students come from the top 1 percent than from the bottom 60 percent claim to be a meritocracy?