Opinion by Lawrence H. Summers: If social justice is part of their mission — as it should be — top colleges and universities have enormous untapped options for rising to the challenge.
Elimination of early decision and early admission options would also make the process fairer to applicants from less-sophisticated and -advantaged families.
These steps would open up many admissions slots for which most poor and minority applicants cannot effectively compete at present. Furthermore, I hope “holistic” admissions policies will move to more explicitly consider family disadvantage in selecting applicants. Finding students who have overcome real disadvantage, rather than judging personality, should be central in admissions interviews.But there are even more promising avenues to pursue. Selective private colleges and universities enroll a tiny fraction of 18-year-olds each year.
If elite institutions are serious about social justice, they have to think about scale. What except exclusivity is the rationale for not significantly expanding freshman classes as applicant pools explode?Beyond that, many leading universities have summer and extension schools.
All of us who are part of elite university communities are tremendously fortunate. Indeed, Ivy League endowments have grown dramatically over the past generation.
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