meritocracy means 1.a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement
2 : leadership selected on the basis of intellectual criteria
the whole sentense may mean that 虽然CUNY没有与哈弗,斯坦福同时出现在美国名校的名单上,但是,城市大学最近的转变,再次充分体现了其实力.
不好意思啊,以前的回答不全,我补过,但是没有显示,so.呵呵