(Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) And later, they reported that the family of Yusi Zhao, a former Stanford student, paid $6.5 million to get her admitted as a recruited athlete. Ms. Zhao was removed from the school in April, though it’s unclear whether prosecutors are investigating Ms. Zhao or her parents. The school said at the time that it had revoked a student’s admission related to the scandal, but didn’t identify her, and had fired its sailing coach, who was charged in the fraud case. The news about Ms. Zhao’s identity — first reported by The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday — broke exactly a week after I visited the Stanford campus.

Source: International New York Times May 02, 2019 12:11 UTC