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a system in which such persons are rewarded and advanced: The dean believes the educational system should be a meritocracy. ... In a meritocracy, all citizens have the opportunity to be recognized and advanced in proportion to their abilities and accomplishments.
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Quite often the terms "seniority" and "meritocracy" are used -- or rather "misused" -- antithetically as if they were in a 16th-century arena of charging helmeted knights, where the space occupied by one is totally denied to the other.
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Since I suspect that older workers are generally more responsible than and more competent than younger ones in general, meritocracy and seniority often gel well.
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Subject: Name for "rule by seniority"?; ... Reference points: Plutocracy: rule by the rich, Meritocracy: rule by virtue of merit and ability, Theocracy: rule by religion, or by God, Aristocracy: rule by the best (privileged class), Monarchy: rule by one person, Oligarchy: rule by a few, Democracy: rule by the people...
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Title: Community College Faculty and Staff Reduction: Meritocracy or Seniority? Authors: Flickinger, Linda E. Descriptors: College Faculty; Community ...
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Americans are ambivalent in their views towards meritocracy. They believe that intelligence and hard work should be rewarded but they also support inherited wealth seniority pay and the distribution ofeducational opportunities through the market ... Meritocracy and Americans’ Views on Distributive Justice Richard T.
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During Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallah (SIDIOCA) time, the Mauritanian government embarked on such an endeavor by imposing seniority critera for “juicy” positions in the public administration, under the watch of the Minister de la Fonction Publique, Ould Dahi.
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Caring about public schools, I’ve also watched with interest over the years, the debate over seniority vs. meritocracy for school teachers (as covered, e.g., by Spartacus).
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But that is not the way "meritocracy" is usually used. It means quite the opposite - that you only deserve a good life if you work hard for it. But this excludes large portions of humanity - the physically and mentally disabled, the mentally ill, the "mentally deficient" (for lack of a better term).
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Meritocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meritocracy is a system of a government or other organization wherein appointments are made and responsibilities assigned to individuals based upon demonstrated talent and ability (merit). In a merit...
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