History Quote by Jane Mayer

“in the eyes of critics, the Kochs had not so much enriched as corrupted academia, sponsoring courses that would otherwise fail to meet the…

— Jane Mayer

“libertarians needed to mobilize youthful cadres by influencing academia in new ways. Traditional gifts to universities, he warned, didn’t guarantee enough ideological control. Instead,…

— Jane Mayer

“Do not descend amongst professors or capitalists.”

— Walt Whitman

“Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, explains that private…

— Jane Mayer

“The universities of our time instead cultivate students so obsessed with their personal identities and campus pseudo-politics that they have much less interest in,…

— Mark Lilla

Many university presidents assume the language and behavior of CEOs and in doing so they are completely reneging on the public mission of the…

— Henry Giroux

“I suppose people who graduate from very selective and expensive colleges, and receive immense reinforcement from colleagues who preceded them there, develop an inflated…

— James Kunstler

This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is…

— Albert Einstein

The for-profit college industry is clearly the single-heaviest subsidized business in America. More than any defense contractor or any farm operation... So many of…

— Dick Durbin

“For a world full of universities, brilliant people and clever corporations it sure is a pit of hell and sorrow for billions. What's missing?”

— Bryant McGill

“The uncharming qualities of capitalism are its middle ground.”

— Tony Judt

“Unfortunately, the truth is that in universities the world over, the tremendous analytical power and insights of market economics are unappreciated. For whatever political…

— Henry Manne