January 25, 2002

We Should Admit Students to College Based on Intellect, Not on Their Views About Diversity

To the Editor:

In "Colleges Should Take 'Confirmative Action' in Admissions" (The Review, December 14), Lani Guinier envisions a world in which a wide variety of "stakeholders" ("members of local communities, current students, faculty members, administrators, and leaders from the world of business and the public sphere") would "collaborate to design admissions policies" in a "structured decision-making process" to favor "those who are committed to contributing back to the larger