This seems like a very good idea. Or at very least, only require letters very late in the process for a handful of finalists. Advice | Is it Time to Eliminate Recommendation Letters? (Hint: Yes)https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-it-time-to-eliminate-recommendation-letters-hint-yes …
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Yeah, letters basically double the institutional prestige premium: wow, he/she went to Harvard--and famous Harvard professors wrote them letters!
Honestly, the only way I could see letters working is if you could actually trust someone to write a letter warning you a candidate was bad, or otherwise withhold a recommendation in a way which would communicate the same. My sense is neither is really done, so what's the point?
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Yeah, its pretty bad that in the US a bad letter is still often superficially glowing, save for carefully coded concerns. Solid and superior performance both result in effusive letters. Which really brings things back to the auctoritas of the recommenders.
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Also, the article does not mention it, but the process is ripe for quid pro quo abuse. See the recent Princeton Classics Scandal. And still pretty recent Colombia senior Roman historian scandal.
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