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Author Archives: Julie Renee Posselt

Julie R. Posselt is assistant professor of higher education at the University of Southern California and a National Academy of Education/ Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Using organizational and sociological theory, her research examines gatekeeping, diversity, and wellbeing in sectors of higher education with longstanding inequalities.

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Why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions

by Morgan Polikoff, Jerome A. Lucido and Julie Renee Posselt August 16, 2019August 16, 2019

Even if wealthy parents don’t resort to the kind of illegal tactics in the recent college cheating scandal revealed by the FBI, the college admission process still favors the rich, scholars argue.

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