Ability Quote by Derek Bok

Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programs, or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better.

— Clayton Christensen

Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programmes or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better.

— Clayton M. Christensen

“The phenomenon of relative deprivation applied to education is called—appropriately enough—the “Big Fish–Little Pond Effect.” The more elite an educational institution is, the worse…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able…

— Derek Bok

“Top colleges turn out extraordinary graduates because they take in extraordinary freshmen. That tells very little about what happened in the intervening four years,…

— Thomas Sowell

I think all students start off with incredible ability and curiosity, and if they're given the opportunity to pursue that, if they're given a…

— Bill Gates

What college is all about is some kind of 4-year game about who is going to end up with the highest grades. And I…

— Derek Bok

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research…

— Clint Smith

Colleges prefer to enroll wealthy students because they know it's more likely that they'll pay for full tuition without needing financial aid. They're also…

— Ana Kasparian

“The collective benefits of higher education will not be asserted unless the public can be engaged in defining them. A student’s future returns on…

— Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

“Virtually all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor students is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while…

— Malcolm Gladwell