From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

Brooke Gladstone is off this week.

I'm Bob Garfield.

Two starkly different and highly interlocking news stories broke this week.

The first was the president's proposed 2020 budget,

which would cut more than $7 billion from the Department of Education.

Apparently in there, the notion that they'll do with subsidizing student loans, loan

forgiveness, that kind of thing. The proposal would eliminate a program created by President

George W. Bush that forgives federal student loans for certain borrowers who go on to work

in public service or for a nonprofit after they have made payments for 10 years.

Overall, the proposal would reduce college loan subsidies by $207 billion over 10 years.

The consequence, more obstacles for the non-rich to get a college education.

And then, meanwhile... the college admissions bribery scandal

rocking the nation. Actress Felicity Huffman leaving court one of the dozens of high-powered

celebrities, executives, and coaches accused of forging documents and photos, cheating on

SATs, and bribing school officials to get their children into elite universities.

Holy hell. Lifestyles of the rich and famous bribe your kid into Georgetown edition.

Jaw-dropping allegations on the obscene abuse of privilege for the purpose of giving your teen

underachievers a leg up. And of course, these accusations concern only the criminal expression of elite advantage.

The scandal has also called attention to the completely legal,

multi-billion dollar industry of test prep and college consulting that confers major advantages to the wealthy.

This is the New York Times, Jennifer Medina,

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