There will always be very rich people who donate money to colleges so that their children can get in.  There will always be administrations who take the money, or allow cheating on the admission requirements--corruption, because people are corrupt.  Personal donations to colleges have always around.  That's one way colleges were funded until the government got involved.

This creates an unfair advantage for the very rich at colleges like Harvard, Yale, MIT, etc...so even if we support the college--instead of the student--cheating will occur, unless we are vigilant to examine the test scores of the students that are admitted. Students who are actually ready to do college level work.

So how do you assure "who the student is" that actually takes the test when money goes under the table.  Examining driver's licenses at the door can do that.  Someone to match driver's licenses to the student who is taking the entry exam.  Surely there are some honest people left in the world to do that. 

But what about the Junior College--which doesn't have an entry test score requirement--anybody is welcome--and there are free grants for low income students and open doors at Jr. Colleges.  However, a problem was created when the government funded the student.  JC's became remediation centers.  Which is horribly expensive because of the student's room and board costs.  If you give the student the money, the college has to enroll you to get the money. 

There are dozens upon dozens who enroll in Jr. Colleges who can't do math, read or write and are given free room and board and are unprepared. What we are doing now isn't cost effective. Colleges shouldn't be remediation centers. Over half of my teaching load at a JC was remediation because the student wasn't ready to go to college.  Remediation can be  accomplished in community schools with students living at home, not in horribly expensive colleges.  Give adults a free chance to catch up if they want--in their home communities--the school buildings are already there, also teachers.  It doesn't take a college professor to remediate.  Eliminating room and board costs to the government.