To the Charge of “Honors is Elitist,” on Advice of Counsel We Plead “Guilty as Charged”

Authors

Robert Spurrier, Oklahoma State University - Main CampusFollow

Date of this Version

2009

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Vol. 10, No.1 (Spring/Summer 2009). ISSN 1559-0151 Copyright © 2009 by the National Collegiate Honors Council.

Abstract

Norm Weiner’s introductory essay for this issue of the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council challenges us to face the charge of elitism that so frequently is lodged against honors programs and honors colleges (as well as against those of us who are involved in honors education as administrators, faculty, and students). On advice of wise counsel, my plea to the charge is “guilty as charged.”