MIT Dean of Admissions Admits Fake Credentials

This piece of news I got from Digg came as a surprise when I first saw it. After reading the whole article, I came to understand her situation better, and it reminded me of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Marilee Jones, a prominent crusader against the pressure on students to build their resumes for elite colleges, resigned Thursday as dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after acknowledging she had misrepresented her own academic credentials. [Read On]

How many more holding high ranks have such fake credentials and find themselves in a deadlock?

Until then...

Justin

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