Word: meritable
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...stances on his issues may have been attractive on their own merit, but an idea Quillen had conceived the previous summer just wouldn't go away...
...What does merit mean in an age when everyone is qualified? How can schools measure it? How do descriptive factors like race and gender...
...Rudenstine's spring 1997 decision to deny him tenure. Berkowitz had filed a very public formal tenure complaint, accusing the University of failing to follow its own procedures when considering him for tenure. A grievance committee charged with reviewing Berkowitz's complaint found it to be "clearly without merit...
...Harvard's conception of merit is subjective...
...However, if Harvard ever does decide to change how it admits its classes, it faces a problem. Where merit can be measured relatively objectively--such as by the quality of a musical performance--race-blind admissions can be a useful tool to remedy implicit prejudice. But where overall merit depends on a confluence of individual factors, deleting the consideration of race may detract from the big picture...