class accuses university

I found an article that you can generally link to unit 1 and unit 6 because it’s about people going to the court and searching for damages.

A class from Chicago claims that the university of Illinois rejected qualified students but accepted unqualified ones because of their relations with politicians and other very important people. They went to the federal court to accuse the university.

The class also claims that the university maintained a clout list namely the category I list of students who were admitted because of their connections with political people. Although they had lower exam scores and class ranks than other applicants. The class claims that “Category I people” were allowed to appeal rejections, which often resulted in revision of their application and finally, admission to the university. Most people weren’t even aware they could appeal.

The university said to the class that their admission criterion is based on a strong academic record, competitive test scores, leadership and communication skills, but it doesn’t includes political connections.

Now the class seeks for actual and punitive damages for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, fraud and denial of equal protection.

I agree with the class that they went to court to accuse the university. It is really not accurate of the university that they do such things. We always look up to universities but if they do such things they will get a bad name.

Source: http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/23/Class_Sues_University_of_Illinois_Over_Clout.htm