Academia Quote by Neil Steinberg

That is the key strength of independent academia: we can speak up in spite of corporate or government interests.

— Zeynep Tufekci

While the universities are increasingly corporatized and militarized, their governing structures are becoming more authoritarian, faculty are being devalued as public intellectuals, students are…

— Henry Giroux

This is why universities, and civil society more generally, are so important for a democracy like ours, founded on a genuine idealism that we…

— Abhijit Banerjee

It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the…

— Nicholas Stern

It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting…

— Vincent Massey

No institutions in modern society are better equipped to catalyze the necessary transition to a sustainable world than colleges and universities. They have access…

— David W. Orr

Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their lives.

— Frederick Lenz

Universities are less constrained by authority and rigid doctrine in the United States than in most other societies, to my knowledge.

— Noam Chomsky

If the government were to invest that money in higher education and public services, these would be far better investments. But administrators and academics…

— Henry Giroux

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

— Paul Giamatti

I think institutions that are bureaucratic often try to squeeze from the top down, and they don't have good results on the ground level.

— Bill Pullman

The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen.

— Frank N. Newman