An administrative scandal has been uncovered at Clarermont Mc Kenna College in Claremont, some 30 miles east of Los Angeles. An unnamed top administrator at Claremont's prestigious Claremont Mc Kenna College has resigned for allegedly falsifying test scores of incoming students.
In order to boost the school's rating, SAT test scores of incoming freshmen were exaggerated upwards a few notches over the past six years. This was done on a collective basis, raising score averages some 10 to 20 points. Individual scores were not tampered with. The test scores were inflated to give the school a competitive advantage over other major U.S. colleges and universities in ratings compiled by U.S. News and World Report.
As an additional result, the school's rating in 2012 U.S. News Liberal Arts College Rankings rose to 9th in 2012, up from 11th over the previous four years. Claremont is home to a cluster of seven nationally renown schools, whose beginnings date back to 1887, the year Pomona College was founded.
While Claremont McKenna has not announced this formally, Richard “Dick” Vos, the former Vice President and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid is no longer listed on the website of the Claremont McKenna admissions office. It is suspected that he may be the individual primarily responsible in the scandal.
It is uncertain at this time whether a specific comment has been offered by U.S. News and World Report, which is a primary trusted source by many for information on the “best” U.S. colleges and universities.
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