"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."
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In Defense of Elitism
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William A. Henry III
William Alan Henry III (1950 – June 28, 1994) was an award-winning American cultural critic and author.
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