Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/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.
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.