California college administrator admits faking SAT scores for years, resigns

AP via CoCo Times ^ | 1/31/12

[SmithL]

A senior administrator at California's Claremont McKenna College resigned after admitting that for years he falsified SAT scores to publications such as U.S. News & World Report to inflate the small, prestigious school's ranking among the nation's colleges and universities, according to the college's president.

President Pamela Gann told college staff members and students about the falsified scores in an email Monday, The New York Times reported.

Gann wrote that a "senior administrator" had taken sole responsibility for falsifying the scores, admitted doing so since 2005, and resigned his post.

Gann wrote that she was first warned of inaccurate reporting earlier this month and asked other administrators to investigate, leading to an administrator's admission of guilt and Monday's announcement.

Gann said the critical reading and math scores reported to U.S. News and others "were generally inflated by an average of 10-20 points each."

[SmithL]

This small, prestigious school seems to have a long, rich history of fraud:

Claremont Hate Crime Called Hoax

Police say a professor damaged her own car, but she denies it. Last week's incident sparked anti-racism rallies.

March 18, 2004|Joy Buchanan, Kristina Sauerwein and Stuart Silverstein | Times Staff Writers

A week after a reported campus hate crime drew national attention, sparked protests and shut down the prestigious Claremont Colleges, police on Wednesday called the incident a hoax staged by a professor who slashed tires, shattered windows and spray-painted racist graffiti on her own car. . . .

From the LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/18/local/me-claremont18

[Lancey Howard]

Claremont Hate Crime Called Hoax
LA Times (FR thread) | March 17. 2004 | Joy Buchanan, Kristina Sauerwein and Stuart Silverstein

A week after a reported campus hate crime drew national attention, sparked protests and shut down the prestigious Claremont Colleges, police on Wednesday called the incident a hoax staged by a professor who slashed tires, shattered windows and spray-painted racist graffiti on her own car.

Claremont McKenna College psychology professor Kerri Dunn, who had told police that her car was vandalized as she spoke at a March 9 forum on racism, was identified by two eyewitnesses as the person who damaged the auto, authorities said Wednesday.

Professor Kerri Dunn vandalized her own car and then led "Stop The Hate" rallies on campus.

[Lancey Howard]

"small, prestigious school"

LMAO!

[blueunicorn6]

Wisdom from my Dad.

“Whenever there’s big money involved, somebody’s going to find a way to cheat.”

[cicero2k]

Knock me over with a feather.

[Beowulf9]

Not too bright...

[Ben Chad]

Who was the perp?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Every flaming f**king thing in our society is a fraud. Everything.

[SmithL]

The school has not officially identified the administrator who admitted the wrongdoing.

If they do release the name, you might want to check it for accuracy.
Just sayin'

[Steely Tom]

Who was the perp?

We're not allowed to know that information, according to the article.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

inflated by an average of 10-20 points each

I checked the over/under in Vegas this morning and they are quoting 50.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Has Claremont been bumping up their tuition to match the “prestige”?

[FES0844]

He’s probably not alone.