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Federal hiring too often focuses on elite universities and credentials, instead of merit, practical skill, and commitment to American ideals,” the strategy states.
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The word “merit” as used by the right wing is turning into a dog whistle. They don’t have any concept of what it means or how to measure it. The federal government hires lots of people right out of college, when “merit” can most easily be determined by what school you were able to get into (elite = worked hard in high school) and how well you did in what major. The reason the MAGA crowd doesn’t like elite universities is because uneducated and undereducated people are much more likely to go along with their brand of lunacy. Trying to push “merit” as an alternative is contradictory to the reality, which is that there’s plenty of merit coming out of elite universities. [/quote]

I hate the Orange Cheeto.
But, I disagree with you that all elite university students are there on merit. I directly talked to companies that “help your kid get into elite college” for $100K+ per YEAR. One in NYC was $1Million for “helping your kid track correctly from freshman year”. Many elite universities have a separate track that donor’s children go through. Many openly say that they only take full-pay kids off the wait list. Oh, and they have a 3-6% admit rate…..nothing like the 30% admit rate of the 1990s. Plenty of kids with 1600 SATs and straight A’s and 5s on stem APs get rejected.

I couldn’t afford the $90K a year for an elite university. My kid is a double engineering major at a state university and doing really well. Does that make her doomed? 
It’s the attitude that “smart people would have gone to an elite school as it filters people out” that can really alienate people. [/quote]

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