Yes, bribing the universities to get into a distinguished degree more easily.
This option is unlocked with Mischief skill. Remember that it could fail, causing your sim to have even lower chance to get into distinguished degrees.
The other boost options are using fame and using alumni status (graduating one university and then helping other sim to get into the distinguished degrees in the university they've graduated).
One additional fact about the boosts: the boosts can be used on the sim themselves and on the other sims in the same household.
