U. of Illinois jobs-for-entry scheme
Source: Chicago Tribune Posted By: Jerry 5416 days ago
E-mails reveal law school put a price on admission of unqualified candidate
What does it cost to get an unqualified student into the University of Illinois law school?
Five jobs for graduating law students, suggest internal e-mails released Thursday.
The documents show for the first time efforts to seek favors -- in this case, jobs -- for admissions, the most troubling evidence yet of how Illinois' entrenched system of patronage crept into the state's most prestigious public university.
They....