We all get engaged when the exercise of privilege offends our sense of what is fair and right. With the recent admissions athletics and bribery scandal enfolding our own university, USC, as well as others around the country, here is a take from inside the academy that Jerry Lucido wrote with two colleagues from the USC Rossier School of Education.

As we think of ways to address the situation at hand, how do we work to change admissions so that we do better by our students, and how do we regain the trust of the public we serve? Please comment directly in The Conversation article below if you have comments or suggestions.

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