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Finally, the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, argued before the Supreme Court this spring, have presented us with the most profound questions about meritocracy. At their heart, the cases ask us to reexamine our beliefs about what constitutes merit, and whether any sort of merit that can be measured numerically translates into moral desert. In other words, can we say that a given candidate, even one with a perfect GPA and LSAT score, deserves or is entitled to a spot at Michigan Law School? Or is merit more instrumental—a construct that can be manipulated to serve...
Novice monks spread freshly washed clothes out onto the cobblestone courtyard. Arthritic, bead-clutching Buddhist nuns shuffle around the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre, accumulating merit with every leisurely lap. If it weren't for the guards on the rooftop, toting antique Enfield rifles, the 273-year-old Rumtek Monastery would be a vision of calm...
...Americans are far more comfortable with this kind of social message - and for a good reason. It's about integration, not separatism. It's about personal achievement, not group grievance. It's about merit, not complaint. It's about golf, not politics. Sorenstam cannot be accused of claiming any "special rights." She's embracing the old American virtue of doing your best against the best, and not letting anything - gender, race, class, religion, sexual orientation - get in the way. That was once the core, simple, unifying message of the civil rights movement. Odd, isn't it, that it took...
...Preregistration was FAS’s thing,” he said. “I supported it as something to explore and saw merit in it but when there was such a strong feeling on the students and faculty’s part…my position had always been we couldn’t put flexibility at risk...
...amid the harsh words for Hornstine and her family, some defend her academic merit. Ewing, the senior who criticized the petition against Hornstine as insensitive, said he once judged the high school senior in a mock trial competition...