THE CASE AGAINST COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SELECTIVITY. I did not expect this to make such a good case. I am not sure if I remain unpersuaded because it’s unpersuasive or just because I am insufficiently open-minded on the issue.

As a counterpoint, Mark Bauerlein (one of the new trustees at the New College of Florida) makes the case for selectivity, but of the traditional kind, not what colleges practice now.