America Skips School and In Defense of Elitism, Annotated Bibliography
...ct of television, Barber illustrates that higher education is no longer the prestigious accolade it once was. The author’s purpose in this article is to increase awareness throughout our society and asks us to re-evaluate the value of education and its priority in our nation. Barber speaks to the general public but it’s mostly directed to students, educators and possibly government officials that would find interest in this work. Henry III, W. In Defense of Elitism. (1994) Pulitzer prize winning reporter William Henry III claims that higher education should be reserved for only the select exceptional student population and has become a blind journey resulting in minimal rewards for the more common, above average student. In his book In Defense of Elitism, William uses some arguments such as the overflow of credentialed graduates in a nation with limited j...