Word: meritable
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Zelnick said that affirmative action perverts the intent of lawmakers in the 1960s who enacted federal legislation designed to eliminate all forms of racial inequality. By equating race with a form of merit, Zelnick added, racial-preference programs have sown the seeds of civil disharmony and racial strife in American society...
Further, affirmative action provides minorities with an "excuse for failure" by placing racial preferences over legitimate criteria, like merit, in admissions and hiring, Zelnick said...
Among the ten points in a plan he called "A Call to Action for American Education," Clinton suggested creating "America's HOPE" scholarships, named after a merit-based Georgia program that promotes post-secondary education at state institutions...
Students are chosen as National Merit Scholars based on their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and credentials and essays submitted after they become semi-finalists...
...thousand of the finalists receive $2000 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, and many more received money from the nearly 200 sponsoring colleges and universities and about 340 businesses and foundations. 1996 National Merit Scholars Harvard has 92 more Scholars than next best Graphic: Rebecca T. Brown University Number Scholars Number Sponsored 1. Harvard U. 391 0 2. U. Texas, Austin 299 233 3. Rice U. 204 138 4. Stanford U. 184 0 5. Texas A&M U. 183 141 6. U. Florida 177 162 7. Yale U. 165 0 8. lowa State U. 154 134 9. U. Oklahoma...