Them paying the money to get their kids into these schools really isn't a surprise, but it's still enraging; the fact that the people in position to do anything about it don't... Really makes me value people who do have the integrity to do the right thing that much more.
What's worse is these students/parents of these students at these universities/colleges pay sketchy tutoring businesses to do their coursework for them. Happens all the time in Van anyway — I'm sure these schools are no exception. That's what really gets me: Not only did they not earn their way into school, they don't earn the credentials they ultimately acquire, and they by extension will not be "qualified" for a legitimate job in whatever their field is. That's if their goal even is to land a job based on their alleged merit; presumably a certain number of them end up working for jobs floated to them through their connections, where not much is in even expected of them anyway. It's all a slimy way to attain a position of power, make their salary, make their parents "proud", and have it all look legit on paper so they never get in trouble.