Marathon Pundit: University of Illinois law school fined by ABA for lies on admission data

I don't have an Illinois corruption update today--but I have a sleaze report. The University of Illinois didn't break any laws--at least I don't think they did--when they lied about admission data in regards to its students.

But it has brought them costly shame.

From the Chicago Tribune:

The University of Illinois College of Law has been censured and fined $250,000 for intentionally publishing false admissions information to make the student body look more academically accomplished than it was.

It is the first time the American Bar Association has fined a university for reporting inaccurate consumer data, according to an ABA spokesman.

The sanctions also require that the law school post a copy of the censure in a prominent spots on its web site and hire a compliance monitor for the next two years to monitor the school’s admissions process and data reporting.

The ABA regulates and accredits law schools and can impose sanctions when a school violates its rules.

The ABA could have also yanked the accreditation from the law school.

Not quite corruption, but the University of Illinois was definitely quite sleazy and dishonest here.

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