Higher education Quotes · Page 10

“Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should…

— José Antonio Bowen

“The two most important facts about grade inflation, however, are that it exists and that it suffuses students with unwarranted confidence in…

— Thomas M. Nichols

As a first-generation college student, I know the hurdles that far too many people face in accessing quality, affordable higher education.

— Alex Padilla

We sometimes forget how fortunate we are - the excellence of our higher education system being a good example.

— Gavin Williamson

Really, this horrid House of Commons quite ruins our husbands for us. I think the Lower House by far the greatest blow…

— Oscar Wilde

I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in…

— Howard Gardner

It is no longer higher education, it is higher 'indoctrination '

— Dennis Prager

“stability. It is often noted that, of all existing institutions in the West, higher education is one of most enduring. Oxford University,…

— Cathy N. Davidson

Slashing budgets for our K-12 schools, our higher education institutions and our neediest residents simply isn't the answer.

— Jim Justice

Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because,…

— Sebastian Thrun

In every bio-region, one of the most urgent tasks is to rebuild the community of naturalists - so radically depleted in recent…

— Richard Louv

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

— Christopher Dodd

There really is a hunger and a demand for something different in higher education.

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

“Middle-class women, barred from higher education, began to monopolize the profession of primary-school teaching. As teachers, they read more, communicated more, and…

— Howard Zinn

There was a time when bright people had few prospects for higher education and good jobs here. But that is changing. India…

— Shashi Tharoor

“In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fraulein Noether was the most significant mathematical genius thus far produced since the…

— Albert Einstein

There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in…

— Amartya Sen

You can't continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation.

— Mitt Romney

The pursuit of science, the study of the great works, the value of free inquiry, in short, the very idea of living…

— Ronald Reagan

We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and…

— Jim Jeffords

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

— Anne Campbell

The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly…

— Jeff Bingaman

“Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and…

— Haile Selassie I

“We'll have to see," Belbo said. He rummaged in his drawer and took out some sheets of paper. "Potio-section..." He looked at…

— Umberto Eco

“But one key part of Powell’s agenda remained unfinished. Conservative foundations might have financed a parallel intellectual establishment of their own, but…

— Jane Mayer