#TBT: Shalala’s own varsity blues

March 14, 2019

In the wake of the college admissions scandal, Donna Shalala immediately called for an investigation into college admission procedures but the Miami New Times was quick to remind Floridians of Shalala’s own ties to college corruption:

“… Shalala ran the University of Miami from 2001 to 2015, she directly oversaw a university that flouted national athletics rules — including some related to admissions — so blatantly the football program was almost trashed in 2011.”

“Shalala was directly implicated in the exploits of Nevin Shapiro, the Ponzi schemer and UM athletics booster who ratted out the entire Miami Hurricanes athletics department.”

“…Shalala herself was infamously photographed accepting a $50,000 athletics department donation check from Shapiro in 2008.”

Read the entire damning article here.