As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

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

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

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.

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