The whole concept of

The whole concept of higher education is negated unless the sole criterion used to determine if students qualify is the grades they score on standardized tests. Education is purely an issue of learning – we can no longer afford to have it polluted by damn politics. Leave pollution up to the politicians Ray Bradbury

The more gifted by

The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful ends. A swindler (or crook) of higher condition is more blameworthy than a vulgar scoundrel; an intelligent eveil-doer, having benefited from a higher education, represent a more saddening phenomenon (phénomène, Fr.) than an … Read more

The pursuit of science,

The pursuit of science, the study of the great works, the value of free inquiry, in short, the very idea of living the life of the mind – yes, these formative and abiding principles of higher education in America had their first and firmest advocate, and their greatest embodiment, in a tall, fair-headed, friendly man who watched this university take form from the mountainside where he lived, the university whose founding he called a crowning achievement to along and well-spent life.
Ronald Reagan