MIT Admissions Dean Lied On Resume in 1979, Quits

• Published in: The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition
• Main Author: Keith J. Winstein and Daniel Golden
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y Dow Jones & Company Inc 27.04.2007
• Edition: Eastern edition
• Subjects: Appointments & personnel changes; College Admission; College admissions; College Applicants; Credentials; Deans; Educational leadership; Extracurricular activities; False information; Higher education; Jones, Marilee; Part Time Students; Resignations; Resumes; School administration; Standardized Tests; Students; Undergraduate Students; Undergraduate Study
• ISSN: 0099-9660

"It's amazing that she only spent that much time in college. She's really smart," said Michael Behnke, the admissions dean at the University of Chicago and Ms. Jones's predecessor at MIT. "She's really been a leader in the profession. She was a leader when she worked for me. Very creative. Obviously, too creative," he said. Bruce Poch, the dean of admissions at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., said the financial-aid scandals and revelations about Ms. [Marilee Jones]'s falsified degrees will likely prompt MIT and other universities to check resumes more closely. Such scrutiny can be "fairly casual" in academia, he said, particularly in lower-level jobs such as the one in which Ms. Jones began her MIT career. In 1997, Ms. Jones was promoted to dean of admissions and launched a national career as a spokeswoman for easing the stress of college admission. With a Philadelphia pediatrician, she is the co-author of a 2006 book, "Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond." In a statement, the book's publisher, the American Academy of Pediatrics, said it "continues to stand behind the information and positive messages presented in the book."