April 8, 2005

Deliberate Randomness in the Admissions Process

To the Editor:

I write to applaud Barry Schwartz's "Top Colleges Should Select Randomly From a Pool of 'Good Enough'" (Admissions & Student Aid, The Chronicle, February 25). This fascinating essay offers a bold alternative to the broken and wasteful system of selective college admissions.

As the president of a foundation that has supported liberal-arts colleges for over 40 years, I have been saddened to see the development of an admissions process that warps the

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