Parents who mow down every obstacle in front of their children are failing to model integrity and honor—and failing to prepare them for adult life.
Well-heeled parents have been begging and borrowing to get their children into elite colleges for decades. Admission to a"top" school has become a status symbol like owning a fancy car, a yacht or a second home. Thus it should be no surprise that some parents are willing to steal to get their kids into top-ranked institutions.
But even for a college administrator like me, the admissions process can be daunting: anxiety is the norm for students and parents alike. All parents want what they think is best for their kids, but we have lost our way when parents think it is okay to cheat, steal and bribe to get their kids what they couldn’t get on their own. Wealthy individuals, of course, already use their resources and access to help their children become more successful. This week, we’ve seen the depths to which some will go.
At Alma College, where I am president, our faculty have built our curriculum around hands-on experiences—international study, research with faculty, internships—that challenge students by encouraging them to engage a world they don’t yet know, try bold experiments that may not work as planned, explore career paths that ultimately may not be a fit. We know that these experiences connect what students learn in class to the work they will do—and the lives they will lead—after graduation.
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