When news broke of Operation Varsity Blues, an FBI investigation into bribery and cheating in college admissions, many universities went into damage control mode: Indictments against 50 wealthy or celebrity parents (with perhaps 700 more to come) who paid large sums of money to fix test results, or falsify records in order to win their children’s admission struck at the heart of the college entrance process which universities claim is fair despite its opacity.

Yale University, the only Ivy League school so far involved in the scandal, immediately went into damage control mode. University President Peter Salovey issued a statement declaring:

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