California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the college admission scandal extends beyond charges against rich parents buying entrance to elite colleges and suggested it should include the “legal bribery” of billionaires buying naming rights on university buildings.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a moratorium on California's death penalty during a news conference Wednesday at the state Capitol in Sacramento. recent charges against rich parents
The governor did not mention the University of California system specifically, but seemed to allude to it and other universities statewide.His comments come just days after a slew of well-known Hollywood actors, business titans and college athletics officials were indicted as part of a widespread corruption scheme involving the admission of students to top universities using falsified test scores and athletic profiles.
As governor, Newsom sits on both the UC Board of Regents, which oversees one of the public universities in the middle of the developing scandal — UCLA. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the California State University system.moratorium on the execution of California death row inmates. When asked about the college admissions scandal, Newsom quickly pivoted to the systemic advantages that the rich and powerful exercise in the college admissions process, even at public universities.
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