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Don't Say 'Elite': Corporate Firms' New Pitch Is Meritocracy

• cratermoon 2y ago
  https://archive.is/vUeJd https://archive.is/vUeJd 1. Instead of hiring from only 700 schools, now they hire from 1,500. There about 4000 degree-granting institutions in the US alone.[*] 2. I believe it when I see it 3. Meritocracy isn't All That. As Reinhold Niebuhr noted, privileged groups define merit as whatever supports their self-interest and work to establish those merits as universal values. * https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1122 https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1122
  • bell-cot 2y ago
    Yes. But #3 older than the pyramids, and the only one that matters.
• gnicholas 2y ago
  Not surprising to see this, as Ivies abandoned SAT requirements (though are now reversing course) and other objective indicators that employers value. Basically, it's risky for an employer to use an IQ test to hire (they can be sued based over racial disparities that result), but they cannot be sued if they hire exclusively from schools that essentially filter by IQ. As schools' admissions policies have become less aligned with IQ, employers have realized this and are now seeking high-IQ/performance candidates at other schools.