Word: meritocracyã
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...considers itself—is in fact a meritocracy, since the contemporary arbiters of prestige—the elite universities—are open to anyone with a record of high achievement. Obama, eschewing party hacks and otherwise unenlightened loyalists, has issued in a new era of American meritocracy??where SAT scores and not cronyism will figure most decisively...
...Sometimes friendships are irreparably damaged. And until very recently, women looking for space to call their own basically had no options.Even these objections don’t begin to tackle the bigger issues final clubs raise in terms of the social scene at Harvard. Yes, “social meritocracy?? is a somewhat dubious description of punch, which is often arbitrary and, yes, introduces an odd incentive structure with membership as the reward for sociability, wit, and audacity. And yes, there is a clear power structure at work, with male members controlling a guest space populated by male...
...process could appear anything but arbitrary. It simply mirrors the way most individuals choose their friends: who seems sweet or nice, who rubs us the right or wrong way, basically whoever we “click” with. Unless other people have some sort of “meritocracy?? system I don’t know about by which they decide with whom to hang out, the only difference here is that the internal, private process we all use is being exercised in group form (and in this case, in public). It’s unclear...
Ever since that whole “meritocracy?? thing happened, true-blueblood Ivy Leaguers have had to use sartorial means to identify one another in a crowd. You know the drill: Brooks Brothers oxford button-down, ribbon belt, tweed jacket and—for the more sporting chap—a pastel Lacoste polo, collar upturned. But wait a second—weren’t half the people in your Tuesday morning Gov class wearing the exact same thing? Welcome to campus style, 2004: Retro preppy is in, and if the morning traffic across the Yard last...
...Meritocracy??s fine—if it’s the best you?...