Stanford Announces New Athletics Admissions Reforms

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Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne reports that an external review commissioned in the wake of Operation Varsity Blues found no evidence of additional fraud at Stanford but made recommendations for policies and procedures that the university will fully adopt.

In his letter to the Stanford community dated Dec. 3, Tessier-Lavigne points out that a former head sailing coach at Stanford pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted financial contributions to the Stanford sailing program in exchange for agreeing to recommend two prospective students for admission to Stanford. Neither of these two students was admitted to Stanford. The sailing coach was one of seven directly or indirectly approached by the nationwide admissions scam architect Rick Singer, but the only one who agreed to work with Singer. The university also rescinded the admission of an enrolled student, not associated with the sailing program, who was found in the investigation to have submitted an application to Stanford containing false information.

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