Present day Quote by Eric Hoffer

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

— David Lodge

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

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

“Some colleges have become institutions that no longer thrive on education, but rather on the suffering, expense, toil, and insecurity of their students, as…

— Loren Mayshark

Every university has its problems. The issues range from lack of amenities, plagiarism, poor quality research, sexual harassment, faculty moonlighting, and faulty and biased…

— Sanjaya Baru

It is possible to take a population of students who are failing and whose schools are failing them, who are being written off as…

— Mitch Kapor

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

“I do regard modern universities to be biologically toxic environments for healthy students.”

— Steven Magee

Campuses should be places where students are able to make mistakes without fear of retribution. If there is no margin for error, it is…

— Kirsten Powers

Education must be taken out of the hands of rich illiterates, third rate politicians, and put where it belongs: in the care of scholars.…

— Katherine Anne Porter

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

— Anton Chekhov

“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge,…

— John Williams