It's not all in the envelope.

• Author: Brooks, David
• Position: Perspectives - Brief Article

There are a lot of smart, lively young people in this country, and you will find them at whatever college or university you go to. If you put me in a room with 15 students from any of the top 100 schools in the U.S. and asked me at the end of an hour whether these were Harvard kids or Penn State kids, I would not be able to tell you. As for the quality of education, that's a matter of your actually wanting to learn and being fortunate enough to meet a professor who electrifies...