Henry Rosovsky

Public image is extremely important in American society and I observed personally that the Presidency of John F. Kennedy did much in…

— Henry Rosovsky

I would not say that Harvard possesses any sort of absolute dominance. And I personally do not take the rankings of schools…

— Henry Rosovsky

That doesn't mean that the top fifteen institutions in the ranking somehow don't belong there at all. But what is the difference…

— Henry Rosovsky

It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That…

— Henry Rosovsky

The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it…

— Henry Rosovsky

Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive "examination hell. "

— Henry Rosovsky

There are many in East Asia who simply judge students on the basis of national tests. The top universities in the United…

— Henry Rosovsky

Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts

— Henry Rosovsky

That said, there are a few clear factors that determine the potential of a university to reach the highest levels of excellence.…

— Henry Rosovsky

Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to…

— Henry Rosovsky

The question of how much English should be used in international research universities is one with which I am extremely familiar. I…

— Henry Rosovsky

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their…

— Henry Rosovsky

There is another innovation at Harvard which I think made a tremendous difference and that is the decision to try to recruit…

— Henry Rosovsky

Shared governance is often the critical element that is missing in Asian universities, no matter how talented the faculty may be. Either…

— Henry Rosovsky

Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved…

— Henry Rosovsky

The strong point of American research universities is the manner in which trustees, presidents and other senior executives retain a considerable amount…

— Henry Rosovsky

The task of building a great university is never simple.

— Henry Rosovsky

There seems also to be a tremendous risk to indigenous cultures if we insist that all scholarship be conducted in English. We…

— Henry Rosovsky

Harvard introduced the now famous ad hoc system whereby a group of experts in the field of the faculty member to be…

— Henry Rosovsky

On the one hand, there is no question that English - frequently bad English - has become the universal language of scholarship.…

— Henry Rosovsky

I focus on faculty, as opposed to facilities, budgets, endowments or students. I do so because I believe, based on many decades…

— Henry Rosovsky

To become a world-class university takes a lot of time. There are simply no shortcuts. People tend to assume, and I have…

— Henry Rosovsky

English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of…

— Henry Rosovsky

I draw a contrast between American shared governance with "the dictatorship of ministries" wherein policy and direction for the university is ordered…

— Henry Rosovsky

As academics we have pretty good judgment about the quality of institutions that cannot simply be measured by counting the number of…

— Henry Rosovsky