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Is MIT a meritocracy?
Performance pressure and careless meritocracy There is a wonderful work ethic among students, faculty, and staff at MIT. People work very hard at the Institute, and feel to a varying degree, but it is undeniably there, some performance pressure or work-related stress.
Does MIT admit legacies?
MIT doesn’t consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you’d like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy.
What is meritocracy paradox?
This is the “paradox of meritocracy”, a situation where people can show greater levels of gender bias when they are in a context that emphasizes meritocracy.
Is higher education a meritocracy?
At all but the handful of colleges wealthy enough to admit students without regard for their ability to pay, those who do not need financial aid are more likely than their needy counterparts to get in. Critics point to these inequalities as evidence that higher education is not the meritocracy it claims to be.
Is our meritocratic system a long con?
“Our supposedly meritocratic system is nothing but a long con,” declares Alanna Schubach, a college-admissions coach, in Jacobin. “Merit itself has become a counterfeit virtue, a false idol,” argues Daniel Markovits, a professor of law at Yale University, in a new book, The Meritocracy Trap (Penguin Press).
What is the difference between an unequal and meritocratic society?
In an unequal society, those who land on top want to believe their success is morally justified. In a meritocratic society, this means the winners must believe they have earned their success through their talent and hard work. “As the meritocracy intensifies, the striving so absorbs us that our indebtedness recedes from view.
Are those who prevail in a competitive meritocracy indebted?
Those who prevail in a competitive meritocracy are indebted in ways the competition obscures. As the meritocracy intensifies, the striving so absorbs us that our indebtedness recedes from view.