> the purpose of Harvard-type monastic institutions and MIT-type land grant engineering schools are /drastically/ different. And the purpose of employment is '

> the purpose of Harvard-type monastic institutions and MIT-type land grant engineering schools are /drastically/ different. And the purpose of employment is 'hiring whomever the boss thinks will make the most money for him', without even pretending to provide a public good, yet the same suspects are hand-wringing about how workplaces should be meritocratic. Likewise, when AA-admissions were killed, those people were also all for meritocracy. Mayhaps the demand for meritocracy is just a fig leaf. It's never been about fairness, it's about preserving access to power.