Accountability Quote by Roy Romer

There's a reasonable amount of traction in college education, particularly engineering, because quite a lot of that is privatized, so there is an incentive…

— Azim Premji

“Colleges now view students as customers and market their degree programs as products.”

— Jeffrey J. Selingo

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

We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must have complementary education programs, have an excellent…

— John Larson

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

— Jim Harrison

What college boils down to is a brand name stamped on the graduate for the benefit of corporate consumers.

— Theodore Beale

Unlike public universities and private, not-for-profit colleges, for-profit schools are owned by revenue-seeking businesses often more intent on boosting their bottom line than educating…

— Lisa Madigan

I think the skyrocketing cost of a college education has placed it in the sphere of being a luxury-priced necessity.

— Camille Perri

Our higher education system is controlled by what amounts to a cartel of existing colleges and universities, which use their power over the accreditation…

— Marco Rubio

We're holding colleges accountable. We're introducing gainful employment rules, which mean that you have to show the return on investment that students are getting…

— Miguel Cardona

Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programs, or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better.

— Clayton Christensen

“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