I disagree that these Ivy League schools are the only schools capable of starting and effecting change in higher education . As in many aspects of higher education, changes start at the bottom. More local programs and projects have brought about change than presidents or chancellors. The moral role of higher education and its leaders in providing their students with a character-building education can be affected by their misguided ideas about merit. If institutions of higher education do not begin to realize the importance of character over merit, society as a whole will continue to place the individual above the collective good and social injustices and inequalities will continue to increase. to be predominant.