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.

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

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.

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life.

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.