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 Copy Share Image
Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability. — William A. Henry III Copy Share
Opportunity does not need to be exactly equal. It needs only to exist. For the talented and motivated, that will be enough...The vital thing… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
Where a generation ago people felt entitled to a chance at education, they now feel entitled to the credential affirming that they have completed… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the Moon as to put a bone in your nose.” — William A. Henry III Copy Share
In my mind, partial failure is always better than delusory success. — William A. Henry III Copy Share
Ultimately it is the yearning to believe that anyone can be brought up to college level that has brought colleges down to everyone's level. — William A. Henry III Copy Share
No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a capstone to… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing and understanding… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
One's worth and self-regard ought to come from individual competitive performance, not from group identity. Pride based on clan or tribal connections is atavistic.… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry. — William A. Henry III Copy Share
It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin. Superficially, that… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace. — William A. Henry III Copy Share
In the unexamined American Dream rhetoric promoting mass higher education in the nation of my youth, the implicit vision was that one day everyone,… — William A. Henry III Copy Share
