academic merit

collocation in English

meaningsofacademicandmerit

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academic
adjective
uk
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/
relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with ...
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merit
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmer.ɪt/us
/ˈmer.ɪt/
formal
the quality of being good and ...
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(Definition ofacademicandmeritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If they are researchers,academicmeritmight be an incentive for recommending further research.
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In other words, criteria ofacademicmerithave gradually collapsed traditional ways of categorizing people and have become the basis of social stratification.
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The increasing use of external partners as assessors could be introducing a pull toward research associated with higheracademicmerit.
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And rather than being a vehicle of democratization, the examination basis ofacademicmerithas made possible degrees of discrimination - percentile rankings - unprecedented in their precision.
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But it is a vital principle of academic selection that you should select onacademicmerit.
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However, all schools participating in the scheme are required to satisfy a rigorous set of criteria covering curriculum breadth, examination success and generalacademicmerit.
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Others have said that the review has not adequately taken into account theacademicmeritof each of the veterinary schools.
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Some do this in return for money, without anything else; others also provide a paper that has very littleacademicmerit.
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This will help to ensure that access to higher education will be on the basis ofacademicmeritrather than ability to pay.
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Those students must be of highacademicmerit.
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Entrance to the schools is run on the basis of examinations, but selection need not be based exclusively uponacademicmerit.
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Above all, they need to be sure that both entry and choice of higher education will be on the basis ofacademicmeritand not on the ability to pay.
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Will he confirm that the access regulator will not approve schemes based on postcodes, parental occupation, accents or schools, but will concentrate on theacademicmeritof individual applicants?
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Let me stress the importance that we attach to the principle that access to particular institutions should be based onacademicmeritrather than ability to pay for private schools.
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However, only 200-300 students are selected based onacademicmeritand quota as per the education policy.
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The selection committee arranges the applications in order ofacademicmeritbased upon the evidence submitted.
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The priorities are based on students from outside the city,academicmerit, regularity in study, good conduct etc.
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The high vaulted ceilings and seven larger rooms attract residents and are typically allocated byacademicmeritand community contribution.
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This scholarship provides college tuition and selection is based onacademicmerit, university involvement, and financial need.
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