The result might be less well-rounded and creative problem-solvers rooted in the perennial questions of world civilization, but also less time and energy spent interviewing, and trying out, applicants who, in practice, do not have the competencies needed.
The Conservatives counter by saying that the new schools would have to abide by the old admissions rules, with no interviewing of applicants and no preference for able students.
So career-services staff are interviewing more applicants, stepping in, as Mr. Park's team has at Simon, when the admissions team is on the fence about a candidate.