Meritorious Meritocracy
In a meritocracy, it is those who are without merit who will
be left behind. Do the meritless(*) merit assistance ?
Despite their image as meritocratic beacons of opportunity,
the selective colleges serve less as vehicles of upward mobility
than as transmitters of privilege from generation to generation.
(*) Also including those with a paucity of merit.
Opinion: The New College Try
By JEROME KARABEL
Published: September 24, 2007
Selective colleges serve less as vehicles of upward mobility than
as transmitters of privilege from generation to generation.
See also The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and
Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, by Jerome Karabel (2006).