At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.
Leon BotsteinNo scientist, engineer, writer, psychologist, artist, or physician - and certainly no scholar, and therefore no serious university faculty member - pursues his or her vocation by getting right answers from a set of prescribed alternatives that trivialize complexity and ambiguity.
Leon BotsteinSchooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generationโs level of knowledge and sense of values.
Leon BotsteinLearning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a resilience of continuity that is part of what makes up human nature. That is not fundamentally going to change.
Leon Botstein