William A. Henry III: Quotes about education

William A. Henry III was American critic. Explore interesting quotes on education.

William A. Henry III: 16 quotes 0 likes

“In the unexamined American Dream rhetoric promoting mass higher education in the nation of my youth, the implicit vision was that one day everyone, or at least practically everyone, would be a manager or a professional. We would use the most elitist of all means, scholarship, toward the most egalitarian of ends. We would all become chiefs; hardly anyone would be left a mere Indian.”

William A. Henry III

In Defense of Elitism

Youth , Education , Dreams

“Where a generation ago people felt entitled to a chance at education, they now feel entitled to the credential affirming that they have completed a course of study regardless of their actual mastery.”

William A. Henry III

In Defense of Elitism

People , Education , Feeling , Study

“No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a capstone to adolescent party time.”

William A. Henry III

In Defense of Elitism

Education , Time