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Clout-Less: How University of Illinois Changed Admissions Procedures to Keep Military Veterans OutPage 1
CLOUT-LESS
HOW UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHANGED ADMISSIONS PROCEDURESTO KEEP MILITARY VETERANS OUT
20 July 2009
 
 “I
HAVE PUBLICLY ENDORSED THIS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
…
IT IS MY EXPECTATION THATTHE ADMISSIONS POLICY REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROGRAM
I
ENDORSED
.…” 
Former US Congressman Rahm Emanuel - June 12, 2006
 “I
HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
I
LLINOIS
’ 
FAILURE TO FULFILL ITSPROMISE TO OUR VETERANS
.
 
I
EXPECT THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
I
LLINOIS TO MAKE GOOD ON ITS PROMISE AND SET AN EXAMPLE OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR FOR ALL OF ITS STUDENTS
….” 
Governor Pat Quinn - November 20, 2007
 
Clout-Less: How University of Illinois Changed Admissions Procedures to Keep Military Veterans OutPage 2
TABLE OF CONTENTSPREFACE
I. Quotations from U. of I. Emails and Documents pages
 
5-6II. Summary pages
 
7-8III. Key Findings page
 
9IV. Information Sources page
 
10 V. Contact Information page
 
11 
DOSSIER 
O
UTLINE
page
 
12C
HAPTER 
1PLANNING
 
 AND
 
 APPROVAL:
 
THE
 
KEY 
 
PLAYERS page
 
13
1ASenior Administrators from the College of Business, Provost andChancellor’s Planned the Military Scholarship Program and NotedIVG Funding Shortfallspages
 
13-141BInvolvement of U. of I. Public Relations pages
 
14-181CThe U. of I. Military Scholarship Program Repackaged andMarketed the Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Entitlement Programfrom the State of Illinoispages
 
18-20
C
HAPTER 
2P
RESS
R 
ELEASES
 ,
 
I
NTERNAL
P
OLICY AND
FAQ
 
D
OCUMENTS
page
 
21
2APress Release for the Military Scholarship Program Issued by theCollege of Business in Champaignpages
 
21-222BThe Head of Public Relations for the College of BusinessCoordinated Simultaneous Press Releases with Pat Quinn Officepages
 
22-232CPress Release Issued by Lt. Gov. Quinn Coordinated with PublicRelations at the College of Businesspage
 
242DAn FAQ Published With the Press Release at U. of I. Specified a2006 Timeframe and 72-hour Conditional Acceptance Program forMilitary Veteranspage
 
252EThe Military FAQ Posted On The Executive MBA Program’s WebSite Specified 2006 As The Applicable Timeframe As Wellpage
 
262FA Document Authored By Sandra Frank For Internal DistributionTo Deans And Directors At The College Of Business (“IVGPartnership”) Specified The Military Scholarship Program’sTimeframe as the 2006-2007 Academic Yearpage
 
272GThe Announcement on the Full-Time MBA Web Site inChampaign Specified the 2006-2007 Academic Year as theRelevant Timeframe As Wellpage
 
282HThe Official Press Release Was Modified By Ghosh At The LastMinute To Include The MBA Programs Run By Mary Miller InChampaignpage
 
29
C
HAPTER 
3A
 
C
HANGE OF
H
EART
page
 
30
 
Clout-Less: How University of Illinois Changed Admissions Procedures to Keep Military Veterans OutPage 3
3AGhosh and Representatives of the Provost and ChancellorSecond-Guessed the Military Scholarship Program over IVGFunding Two Weeks After Its Launchpages
 
30-323BWhen The Military Scholarship Program Turned South pages
 
32-34
C
HAPTER 
4T
 ACTICS OF
D
ISCRIMINATION
:
 
H
OW
110
 
B
ECAME
 “15-17” 
 
T
HROUGH
 A
LTERED
 A
DMISSIONS
S
TANDARDS AND
Q
UOTAS
 pages
 
35
4ANew Math: The Meeting Where “110” Scholarships Became “15-17” pages
 
35-364BGhosh Orders Creation of a Special Veterans Database andReview of Civilians “In The Pipeline” page
 
364CHow Application Deadlines Were Reverse-Engineered andShortened to Disqualify Military Students Already Acceptedpages
 
37-384DHow The Discrimination Plan Was Implemented and Who Did It pages
 
38-394EIkenberry, DeBrock, Ghosh and Frank Discuss Rescind Hoax andHow To Fool Veterans in Emailpages
 
40-424FQuota: Discrimination Scheme Confirmed in Writing pages
 
42-434GDeBrock Writes He Will Rescind Veterans (“Pull The Trigger”)Who Submitted an Application for Admission and Paid a Feepages
 
43-44
C
HAPTER 
5W
HO
W
ROTE THE
R 
ESCIND
L
ETTERS AND
C
 ARRIED
O
UT THE
D
ISCRIMINATION
P
LAN
page
 
45
5ADeBrock’s Original “Rescind Letter” From His May 23, 2006 EmailMatches the Rescind Letter Sent May 30, 2006pages
 
45-475BDeBrock Takes Over Admissions and Orders van der Hooning’sStaff to Send More Rescind Letterspage
 
475CCivilians Were Recruited to Replace Military Scholarship Students page
 
485DDiscrimination Turns Ugly: Rescinded Veterans Asked To Re- Apply To a New Admissions Committee While the Class Was Already Fullpages
 
48-495EQuinn Demands Answers, But U. of I. Misleads pages
 
49-505FThe “Quick Admit” Conditional Admission Process For Veteransand Soldierspages
 
51-53
C
HAPTER 
6O
 VER 
40
 
R 
ESCIND
L
ETTERS
W
ITH
F
ORGED
S
IGNATURE
S
ENT
T
O
 V 
ETERANS
 ,
 
U.
 
O
F
I.
 
 A
DMINISTRATORS
 A
ND
I
NSPECTOR 
G
ENERAL
page
 
54
6ASignature Forged on Rescind Letters pages
 
54-566BForged Letters Sent to Pat Quinn and U. of I. President JosephWhitepages
 
56-596CFollowing a Subpoena From The Inspector General, U. of I.’sChief Ethics Officer, Donna McNeely, Sent InvestigatorsDocuments With van der Hooning’s Forged Signaturepages
 
60-61
C
HAPTER 
7P
ROTEST
L
ETTERS FROM
 V 
ETERANS AND THE
F
 AUX 
E
THICS
I
NVESTIGATION
 page
 
62
7AProtest Letter From van der Hooning To Ghosh Over Ethics pages
 
62-637BProtest Letters from Veterans pages
 
64-677CProtests from Rahm Emanuel and Illinois State RepresentativeTim Schmitzpages
 
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