Boards Quote by Louis Menand

I think at a place like Harvard, our experience, I was involved with, at various stages, in trying to implement a new general education…

— Louis Menand

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could…

— John Updike

I'm skeptical of a lot of what falls under the rubric of education.... People are on these tracks. They are getting these credentials and…

— Peter Thiel

It's actually very surprising how little we think about the quality of our decision-making and how we could improve it. How absent decision-making classes…

— Noreena Hertz

Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we…

— Edwin Boring

To finally reform higher education, we should start by asking fundamental questions, such as, Why does it take four years to get a degree?

— Charlie Sykes

It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence…

— Eric Schmidt

Many of our young people spend four years getting very expensive college degrees. But our universities fail them and the nation if they continue…

— Heather Wilson

Education goes a long way in changing things. Yes, it takes time, but it gradually shows.

— Mallika Sherawat

Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without…

— Dale Archer

Sometimes you have Harvard undergraduates who stun you with the depth of their knowledge. That is why it is great to be at a…

— Athanasios Orphanides

The college and university systems, at least, have become like television. There's a bit of this and a bit of that and some compulsory…

— Ivan Illich