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A Rough Guide To Merit

Placed prominently within President Trump’s controversial “compact” for higher education was a call to center merit in admissions. The president’s offer to universities, which followed more than a decade of battles over what factors to consider in admissions, has sparked new debates about the meaning and value of merit. In particular, some college-admissions officials have pushed back on the idea that merit exists or have said that they have mor…
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The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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