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As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond. (voiceofsandiego.org)
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Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds. While it has caused chaos at many colleges, some Southwestern faculty feel their leaders haven’t done enough to curb the crisis.

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[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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Stolen identities. That's all it is.