A truly fair college admission solution: lottery for applicants above threshold

As I suggest in my book, The Diversity Bargain And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities, universities should try an admissions lottery to admit students. The admissions lottery I envision—which would involve applicants who meet a certain academic threshold—would help universities faced with large numbers of qualified applicants, such as Harvard, admit students in a more equitable way. On the other hand, if lots of colleges were to switch to an admissions lottery, they together might develop a “match” system, similar to the system that places medical school students in their residency programs.

Source: qz.com