"student merit" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's academic achievements, for example: "The student's merit earned her a full scholarship".
Not because students merit luxury but because rich students don't need to work.
And they fund the same vehicles to achieve their goals: charter schools, high-stakes standardized testing for students, merit pay for teachers whose students improve their test scores, firing teachers and closing schools when scores don't rise adequately, and longitudinal data collection on the performance of every student and teacher.
Rather than subjecting it to a highly uncertain annual state budget process, its success in bridging achievement gaps and providing greater educational choices and opportunities for minority students merits a funding mechanism that enables greater predictability for expansion and growth.
Colleges generally do not award a student less merit aid because the student's parents are wealthy.
Conversely one international student saw merit in challenging applicants' cultural views: " drinking is not in our culture, so I think that situation is a must in selection tools because we can see, …..how they cope with the issue that is outside of their own life " (Non-EU).
While there are no national statistics post-recession, an Education Department study released last fall showed that the percentage of students receiving merit aid grew so rapidly from 1995 to 2008 that it rivaled the number of students receiving need-based aid.
Here's a sampling of the data: In a related article, Christopher Drew reports that the percentage of students receiving merit aid grew rapidly from 1995 to 2008, so much so that "it rivaled the number of students receiving need-based aid".
The college selects its students on merit in a competitive exam, and tuition is free.
Education leaders and critics nationwide should take note that large-scale teacher firings, narrowing of the school curriculum, harsh demands on students and merit pay were not a part of the Brockton plan.
Additional to that, if we agreed it is for the good of the college... then it may be that we could go over the quota.' Dr Colin Lucas, the university's vice-chancellor, has launched the inquiry into the allegation, which undermines Oxford's claim to give places to students on merit.
Mr. Turner mentions several key points of discussion, including common core standards, self-learning, student evaluations, merit-based pay and tenure, among others, but his thoughts on guiding young professionals away from teaching and the general lack of value our society places on teachers are what truly caught my attention.
