Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more time teaching than they do conducting experiments or writing books.

Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.