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Topic: Operation Varsity Blues

Felicity Huffman speaks at A New Way Of Life, women re-entry program, gala hosted by her and William H. Macy on December 03, 2023 in Los Angeles, California (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Felicity Huffman's "old life died"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Matthew Modine as William "Rick" Singer in "Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal" (Adam Rose/Netflix)

Netflix takes on Operation Varsity Blues

Melanie McFarland
Lori Loughlin, center, and her husband Mossimo Giannulli, behind her at right, leave the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Lori Loughlin enters guilty plea

Gene Maddaus - Variety
Lori Loughlin, center, and her husband Mossimo Giannulli, behind her at right, leave the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Loughlin to plead guilty in college scam

Jon Blistein - Rolling Stone
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Lori Loughlin arrives at federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Loughlin pleads not guilty to new charge

Shira Tarlo
Lori Loughlin (AP)

Loughlin faces new bribery charges

Jon Blistein - Rolling Stone
Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, April 3, 2019. (AP/Steven Senne)

Huffman likely to be lightly sentenced

D. Watkins
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The problem with higher ed is not loans

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg, of South Bend, Indiana (Getty/Alex Wong)

"Cruelty is not necessary"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Why is Warren's college plan a threat?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Arizona State University President Dr. Michael Crow (Getty/Bryan Bedder)

ASU's alleged pay-to-play

Nicole Karlis
Stanford University (AP/Ben Margot)

Stanford student expelled in scandal

Matthew Rozsa
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College in the Age of Climate Doom

Mark Healy
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Teach college-bound kids about privilege

Andrea Malkin Brenner, Lara Hope Schwartz
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The college con game has many victims

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Felicity Huffman (AP/Jordan Strauss)

"Something had to give"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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University of Southern California (AP/Reed Saxon)

Our broken, exploitable education system

D. Watkins
Woolsey Hall stands on the Yale University campus on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (AP/Pat Eaton-Robb)

The real elite college admissions scam

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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