UT named in lawsuit against schools tied to college cheating scandal
Seven people are suing eight top universities, including the University of Texas, claiming that the schools have a “rigged” admissions process that allowed unqualified students to be accepted ahead of worthy candidates who paid application fees thinking they had a fair chance to get in.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in California, is seeking class-action status and is the latest development in a scandal involving celebrities and other wealthy parents who federal authorities say sought to have their children admitted into universities by bribing athletic coaches and having other people take tests for their children.
UT tennis coach Michael Center was one of the coaches charged with fraud as part of the scheme, after authorities say he accepted a $100,000 bribe to get a student into the university as a team recruit when the student did not play competitive tennis.
The university announced Wednesday it had fired Center and said the bribery scheme was an isolated incident that only involved him and no other university employee or officer. UT planned to conduct an internal investigation of its rules and procedures to prevent future violations.
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