Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration... what we need in education is a learning climate in which students work together. In such an atmosphere, truth emerges as authentic insights are conscientiously exchanged.

Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to our world.

To put it simply, school readiness means creating in this country a public love of children.

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their determination to be useful, self-sufficient, and productive.

Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing.

Book CoverTo have people who are well informed but not constrained by conscience is conceivably, the most dangerous outcome of education possible. Indeed it could be argued that ignorance is better than unguided intelligence, for the most dangerous people are those who have knowledge without a moral framework.

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.