“ Edmondson has incisively discussed the ways college campuses have grown akin to upscale retirement homes for the very young, where the promise of intellectually demanding courses ranks far below the l… Maureen Corrigan
“ Given the consumer-pleasing politics of today's universities, I have, in effect, seventy new bosses each semester; they're sitting at the desk in front of me. Maureen Corrigan
“ Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time. José Antonio Bowen
“ The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our studen… José Antonio Bowen
“ If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status. Criss Jami
“ It’s time to ask why [the United States] is the only country in the world where we permit our children to be saddled with tens — sometimes hundreds — of thousands of dollars of debt before they begin… F.H. Buckley
“ You see, at Rugby I was rather a great man. There one had a share in the ruling of 300 boys, and a good deal of responsibility; but here one has only just to take care of oneself, and keep out of scra… Thomas Hughes
“ Schools and universities are (as in a body) the noble and vital parts, which being vigorous and sound send good blood and active spirits into the veins and arteries, which cause health and strength; o… Thomas Hughes
“ That is the Proctor. He is our Cerberus; he has to keep all undergraduates in good order." "What a task! He ought to have three heads. Thomas Hughes
“ We find that in the absence of demonstrable truth, the best we can do is to exercise the greatest diligence, humility, insight, intelligence, and industry in trying to arrive at the nearest values to… William F. Buckley, Jr.
“ Then, too, I am constantly confronted by students, some of whom have already rejected all ways but the scientific to come to know the world, and who seek only a deeper, more dogmatic indoctrination in… Joseph Weizenbaum
“ Many contemporary critics of higher education similarly posit a Golden Age but no one knows when it was supposed to exist. Mark C. Carnes
