Many people were shocked to learn of recent reports that wealthy parents allegedly fabricated college applications, facilitated cheating on standardized exams and bribed university officials to secure their children’s places in our nation’s best engine for social mobility — selective colleges. The case has raised alarms about the meritocracy that many have long believed defines […]

Mandy Savitz-Romer
Mandy Savitz-Romer is the Harvard University School of Education's Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer in Human Development, as well as the school's education faculty director for prevention science and practice. She is the author of "Fulfilling the Promise: Reimagining School Counseling to Advance Student Success" and the co-author of "Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success." (Harvard Education Press 2012)