"The assumption of all education is that learning……" — Ernest L. Boyer
"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 determination to be useful, self-sufficient, and productive."
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21 Quotes by Ernest L. Boyer
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When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the…
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Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.
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In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first…
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We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this…
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Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held…
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I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.
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In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private…
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And…
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To put it simply, school readiness means creating in this country a public love of children.
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Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems…
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The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the…
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Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go…
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