but you do see some institutions trying to game the system. >> reporter: the school blames the entire incident on one bad administrator who's been fired. the unnamed administrator who inflated those scores is now gone. still, the college has declined our requests for an interview. they said in a letter to students and staff that they take this situation very seriously and that they will conduct an independent investigation. but a college that prides itself on teaching its students is itself learning a valuable lesson. abbie boudreau, abc news, claremont, california. >> and the fact there's no way to verify the numbers these colleges are reporting, that is scary. and it's also a shame that people are paying, as you heard in that piece, $55,000 a year. if i'm paying that kind of money, it better be the top-notch education as advertised that it is. >> and it is a very prestigious liberal arts school. about 1,300 students go there. it's ranked by "u.s. news & world report" the ninth best liberal arts school. >> hey, folks, in this day and