The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.

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.

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

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.

If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.