Another article on the front page decries Harvard’s holistic approach to admission - with arguments that admission should be based on a single measure of academic performance (like standardized test scores, GPA, etc.).
Yes, but holistic approaches have -also- become a target. Think of the over-achieving high schoolers doing as many extra-curriculars as possible just for their college application.
The most interesting approach I have seen as an alternative to current ones is the one that suggests emphasizing the student body of the school - leading parents to self integrate their K-12 schools on racial and socioeconomic factors. This would be unassailable under the current legal attacks used to fight against affirmative action.
