:::: I don't know what it is about eastern liberal arts schools that are so hung up on selectivity, but we seem to keep having this conversation because editors on these school articles, despite all evidence, arguments, and consensus to the contrary, are continually agitating for their inclusion in the lead despite the otherwise embarassingly sorry state of the articles. My refactoring of the lead has done orders of magnitude more to contextualize and summarize the content of the article and even neutrally portray its quality than this on-going distraction of including (bullshit) selectivity classifications. 
 :::: The classifications used by both US News and Carnegie are hardly some exclusive club. Looking at the Carnegie Foundation distributions here, we see that among all full-time four-year institutions (1175), fully 31% (365/1175) of institutions are classified as "more selective" and 77% (907/1175) of institutions are classified as "selective" or "more selective". Looking at enrollments, 44% of all students in full-time, four-year programs are at "more selective" institutions. It's simply not a notable distinction and does not merit mention in the lead.