>>> THIS WEEK OF THE STUNNING
COLLEGE SCHEME THAT HAD PARENTS
PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
GET INTO WELL-KNOWN
UNIVERSITIES.
COACHES ACCEPTED BRIBES TO SAY
THE STUDENT WAS SPONSORED FOR
THE SPORT WHEN THE STUDENT
DIDN'T EVEN PLAY THE SPORT.
THE STORY SHINES A LIGHT ON
WEALTH, PRIVILEGE AND CORRUPTION
AROUND THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
PROCESS.
HARRY SMITH SHINES OUR SUNDAY'S
SPOTLIGHT ON AN ORGANIZATION
THAT ACTUALLY HELPS DISADVANTAGE
STUDENTS FINDING THEIR WAY TO A
GOOD SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEK WE WERE
DUMBFOUNDED BY A WHOLE NEW
CATEGORY OF MARCH MADNESS.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
DECEPTION AND FRAUD.
OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO TO ENROLL
THEIR CHILDREN IN ELITE
COLLEGES.
>> THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WOULD
LIE OR CHEAT OR BRIBE TO WIN A
SPOT AT THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR
THEIR CHILDREN.
IT TELLS YOU THE VALUE OF THESE
DEGREES.
IT SHINES A LIGHT ON HOW MUCH WE
PERCEIVE THESE SPOTS TO BE
UNATT
UNATTAINABLE.
>> Reporter: DEBRA BEALE HAS
BEEN HELPING POOR AND WORKING
CLASS SCHOOL KIDS GETTING INTO
COLLEGES.
>> THERE IS SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE
RESOURCES AND WHO WANT A SHOT
AND A CHANCE TO GO TO THOSE SAME
SCHOOLS.
>> WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
RACE AND GENDER.
>> Reporter: BEALE IS THE
FOUNDER OF THE POSSY FOUNDATION.
>> HOW MUCH STUDENTS HAVE YOU
SERVED.
>> WE SENT OVER 9,000 STUDENTS
TO COLLEGE.
THEY WON AN ASTOUNDING
$1.4 BILLION FROM OUR PARTNER
SCHOOLS.
THEY GRADUATED OVER 90%.
>> THAT'S CRAZY.
>> Reporter: PART OF WHAT'S
FAILING AMERICA'S FAILING SYSTEM
IS DEPENDENCE ON TEST SCORES.
>> WE LIMIT OURSELVES WHEN WE SO
NARROWLY DEFINE EXCELLENCE.
THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARY TALENTED
WHO ARE BLACK, NEW IMMIGRANTS OR
FIRST GENERATION WHO ARE SMART
AND CAN EXCEL AT ANYONE OF THESE
INSTITUTIONS.
BE
BEALE'S STUDENTS SPENT EIGHT
MONTHS IN A COLLEGE PROGRAM.
WE MET SOME THIS WEEK.
THEIR THOUGHTS OF THE CHEATING
SCANDAL.
>> ALL OF US HERE WENT THROUGH
THREE ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS AND
WORKED SO HARD TO GET TO WHERE
WE ARE AND TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE
OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
MONEY TO BE WHERE WE WANT TO BE
IS SO DISAPPOINTING.
>> DOES IT FEEL THAT THE PLAIN
FIELD IS NOT EVEN?
>> IT FEELS LIKE NO MATTER HOW
YOU GO ABOUT THINGS, IT IS GOING
TO BE AN UNEVEN GAME.
>> Reporter: THE DECK AS IT WERE
IN AMERICA IS MORE SEVERELY
PITCH FOR SOME THAN OTHERS.
ASIA MORALES, SHE WONDERS IF
SOME PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE
LOST PERSPECTIVE.
>> REPLAY PLACING ALL THE
WEIGHT, OF THE VALUE OF
EDUCATION AND WHAT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE USING IT FOR.
>> Reporter: IT IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THE