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 Copy Share Image
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… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
In my mind, partial failure is always better than delusory success. — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry. — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
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 Image
A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing. — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
