But the colleges get "free money," too, for every fake student. So nobody wants to stop it.

> But Rich believes that these colleges do fear enrollment drops if they remove the fake accounts.

> At her college, the institution is considered a medium college — more than 10,000 students but less than 20,000 — but if it loses students, it will be considered a small college — less than 10,000 students — and lose funding down the road, the interim VP of academic affairs recently told instructors and administrators.

We need to change the laws to give any taxpayer standing to sue when they see taxpayer money being misappropriated.