Word: meritable
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...order to reinvigorate interest in the public sector, we need to start by assessing the major disincentives to government service. According to Dana Curtis, the counselor for government careers at OCS, the perceived mediocrity of government, as well as concerns about career advancement based upon merit, are two major reasons many students shy away from public service. In addition, the high visibility and persuasiveness of businesses which engage in the on-campus recruiting process, Curtis said, sways many students at schools like Harvard toward the private sector. While consulting, investing banking, and other types of firms have put a premium...
Kamath still wanted to test Ford's merit for the Pot, however. Brining out a go-cart, he asked Ford to reprise his role as a drag racer in the movie American Graffiti...
This year's entering class included 368 National Merit Scholars, while the next four institutions enrolled 168, 158, 129 and 124, respectively. National Achievement Scholars (a similar competition recognizing outstanding African-American students) included 57 at Harvard, with 23, 20, 19 and 18 at the next four institutions. Our undergraduates also continued to do well in competitions such as the Putnam mathematics contest and the Rhodes and Marshall programs...
...believe my sister is now fighting against what will be done to the remaining people. She was harassed, lied to, talked about behind her back, and denied needed information. This is what the federal government has done through the Merit Systems Protection Board appeal, and if the U.S. Court of Appeals allows this as acceptable, then the federal government will proceed to reduce federal jobs unchecked...
Rudenstine relies heavily on the idea of the admissions process being more than a game of numbers: "Any definition of qualifications or merit that does not give considerable weight to a wide range of human qualities and capacities will not serve the goal of fairness to individual candidates (quite apart from groups) in admissions," the report reads. In other words, a 1580 on the SAT and a top GPA aren't enough: admittees must possess "character" as well...