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I'm Dan Permac. On today's show, top tweeted moments from last night's Democratic debate, and a toy startup raises 10 million to bring its characters to life on

Instagram. The first, varsity blues gets a sequel. So earlier this year, it seemed that all of

America was up in arms over the college admission scandal, in which dozens of wealthy parents

essentially bribed their kids' ways into schools like Georgetown and USC. So far, it's already resulted in some

jail sentences, plenty of fired executives, and lots of sleepless nights for the parents who

utilize the services of a disgraced college counselor Rick Singer. But now we've learned about

yet a new way to cheat the college admissions process, and it might be legal.

Gordon of the Wall Street Journal, a small college counseling group in Chicago called

Destination College told affluent parents that their kids could get financial aid if their

parents gave up legal guardianship or transferred it to someone else.

In other words, imagine I'm a father making half a million dollars, but my kid only made

a couple grand from a summer job. Now, normally a college would look at my income, not my kids, but if I'm no

longer his legal guardian, then the college only looks at that summer job money and deems him

eligible for aid. Moreover, state and federal governments do the same. They look at that for aid also,

which is why the U.S.

Department of Education is now taking a long look at this scheme, according to a blockbuster

new report in the Wall Street Journal. The bottom line here, college costs have become so high

that even the wealthy are trying to avoid them. And it seems that they might have found a legal

loophole to exploit. In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper with the Wall Street Journal reporter who broke this story.

But first, this.

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