Able Quote by Derek Bok

Students who are put in a university who aren't qualified tend to have lower graduation rates, they have lower grades, they have lower bar…

— Mary Kissel

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and…

— Derek Bok

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their…

— Ernest L. Boyer

The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind,…

— Sean Covey

The dumbing down of elementary and secondary education has made its way to the collegiate level; too many unprepared students are admitted despite their…

— Charlie Sykes

The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most…

— Daniel H. Pink

Whereas students minds used to be the chief concern of colleges and universities, it is now more their bank accounts (more accurately, that of…

— George Leef

Universities have failed in their function of the pursuit of academic excellence by having dumbed down classes and granting degrees to students who are…

— Walter E. Williams

Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without…

— Dale Archer

Many of our young people spend four years getting very expensive college degrees. But our universities fail them and the nation if they continue…

— Heather Wilson

“Today our society places great emphasis on specialization and focus. Students used to go off to university with the idea of broadening themselves; now…

— Garry Kasparov

Too many high-school graduates are reflexively going to college as it is, without a clue what they are doing there or how to take…

— Heather Mac Donald