Quotes for All
We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a separate course in morality or ethics. I am convinced, however, that values are sustained on campus by the honesty of our words, and by the confidence we have in the … Read more
The need for the creation of collective art and ritual on a nonclerical basis is at least as important as literacy and higher education. Erich Fromm
In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined. Eric Schlosser
Higher education is the only business that has a ceremony for firing its customers. Elliott Masie
Refinancing won’t fix everything that’s broken with our [American] higher education system. We’ve got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars. Elizabeth Warren
The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body; for giving her the most enlarged freedom of thought and action; a complete emancipation from all forms of bondage, of custom, dependence, superstition; from all the crippling influences of fear – … Read more
… our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and whose capacity for a higher education is fully shown. This is the best work women of wealth can do, and I hope in the future they will endow scholarships for their own sex instead of … Read more
What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored. Friedrich Nietzsche
So-called ‘higher education’ is a veritable magnet for second-raters and actively destructive parasites bent on promoting unsound ideas to the inexperienced and gullible. The concentrate in areas like social studies, literature, and art – where opinion reigns supreme. And I find their opinions almost universally appalling. Doug Casey
We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, ‘You can’t come in unless you have these skills, unless you’ve taken these courses.’ We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system. … Read more