This Sunday, our inaugural Rector’s Forum will tackle the spiritual issues raised by the recent college admissions scandal that has rocked the upper tier of American society. From the Wall Street Journal: Federal prosecutors charged dozens of wealthy parents—including prominent law and business figures and two Hollywood actresses—with using bribes, bogus entrance-exam scores and faked athletic achievements to get their children admitted to elite collegesProsecutors said the college-counseling operation, which played out from 2011 until last month, involved paying admissions-test administrators to help students raise their test scores by either having someone else take the test, or correcting answers before they were submitted. Prosecutors also said some of the people bribed varsity coaches and administrators to admit their children as recruited athletes.Prosecutors said it appeared the universities themselves weren’t involved in the scheme.The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2019 There are opinion pieces from the right (here and here), the left (here), and everywhere in between (here). I am interested from my own pastoral perspective: I minister to families and oversee the school that is a mission of our church.…
