Back in 2008, there were 12 women running Fortune 500 companies. Even though that equaled a measly 2.4%, it was still ...

The concept of meritocracy in this country is alive and well. Watching TV these past months has provided me with countless examples of people thriving, contributing to worthwhile causes and ...

In a society that prides itself on the promise of the American dream, the notion that one’s merit and hard work should determine one’s success is foundational. Yet, during both the Obama and the Biden ...

The idea that America is a meritocracy — where success is the result of individual talent, hard work and determination — is a seductive lie, perpetuated to obscure the nation’s true foundation of ...

Meritocracy is dead. In his article, How the Ivy League Broke America, David Brooks argued that the Ivy League had come to rely on segregating people based on their IQ, putting immense amounts of ...

We’ve all heard David Brooks’s news: The meritocracy is dead. Like a haphazardly built house of cards, the previous sliver of meritocracy at elite institutions has collapsed into nothingness. With ...

The notion of "meritocracy," where the most talented rise to the top through skill, discipline and determination, fits neatly with the American dream. It reassures us that success is earned and that ...

Author David Brooks recently took to The Atlantic to offer his explanation of how Ivies like Princeton “broke America,” describing these schools as the power centers of the elite class. Brooks levels ...

Here’s what readers are saying in Sunday’s letters to the editor. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, ...

The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline, Yasheng Huang, Yale University Press, 440 pages Whether ...