To help with college affordability amid the pandemic, Salt Lake Community College elected to eliminate its application fee. Then bots arrived, fraudulently seeking financial aid.
Will Utah’s state-supported colleges and universities face a similar onslaught now that the Utah System of Higher Education has eliminated application fees for all in-state students?
About 20% of applications for California community colleges are fraudulent, according to the State Chancellor's Office. Richard Valicenti, 64, received an…