People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that our greatest partnership here at Ohio State should be with the community colleges.

I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.

I believe everything learned in college is an answer to a question that someone has posed. Questions get posed differently and the answers that come back transport us to places we never knew existed.

The Ohio State University has a rich - if quiet - heritage of the arts.

You can’t trust those damn Catholics.

Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.