Development Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy.

— Stephen Cole Kleene

I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.

— Stephen Cole Kleene

I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

I had considered MIT a place where brilliant people came.

— Alan Guth

Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies…

— Harold E. Varmus

I had an excellent Ivy League education, and it gave me a long view of things.

— Steve Wynn

“when I arrived at Stanford in 1985, economics, not computer science, was the most popular major. To most people on campus, the tech sector…

— Peter Thiel

Stanford opened up a whole different perspective for me. I learned how to take my own passions and apply them to so many different…

— Jessica Mendoza

I liked business studies and economics at school and it followed on from there.

— Chris Smalling

Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was…

— Bill Bradley