“If you think the cost of education is high, think about ignorance.” IfsThinkingIgnoranceCostCost Of Education Author:Derek Bok
“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.” ThinkingWellsImportantProblemGrowthAbilityCommonNumbersEconomicStudentsCollegeSkillsDegreesCriticalCommon SenseProblem SolvingEconomistEconomic GrowthCritical ThinkingCognitiveCollege Degree Author:Derek Bok
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” IfsThinkingInspirationalTryingHumorSchoolFunnyWealthMoneyEducationKnowledgeLearningStudyTeacherTeachingStudentsIgnoranceHigh SchoolParentingUniversityAtheistEducationalCaringLawyerExpensiveGraduationLiteracyHarvardEducatorTeaching ChildrenGreat EducationCollege EducationTeaching And LearningEducation And TeachersKnowledge Is PowerSchools And EducationSchool EducationGreat EducationalTeaching And EducationTeachers And TeachingTeaching EducationTeacher StudentTeaching LearningChildren LearningGreat TeachingQuality EducationKnowledge EducationEducation And KnowledgeChildren EducationStudents And EducationChildren And EducationEducation And LiteracyFunny CommencementKnowledge And LearningValue Of EducationKnowledge LearningInspirational High School GraduationStupidity And IgnoranceKnowledge And IgnoranceLearning KnowledgeTeaching StudentsTraining And EducationEarly EducationRelated To EducationSchools And TeachersLiteracy And ChildrenLiteracy For ChildrenAim Of EducationCool GraduationEducational ChangeSecondary EducationGraduation Wishes Author:Derek Bok
“I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write.” ThinkingShouldWritingCompanyTeachCollegeShould HaveFirmGraduatesOutrageCollege Graduates Author:Derek Bok
“I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.” ThinkingDoeCausesWorryOne ThingAnxietyUnhappinessAnxiety And Worry Author:Derek Bok
“I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.” ThinkingBitsWhiteStudentsMinoritiesHarvard Author:Derek Bok
“There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.” ThinkingDifferencesDealsMoralIssuesAchieveHigherBehaviorStandardsEthicalHigher StandardsMoral IssuesEthical Behavior Author:Derek Bok
“Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging students to apply what they have learned to new questions.” ThinkingStillsChallengesEffortPracticeAudienceStudentsCriticalProfessorsPassiveLecturesCritical Thinking Author:Derek Bok
“Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests reveal that seniors who began their studies with average critical thinking skills have progressed only from the 50th percentile of entering freshmen to about the 69th percentile.” ThinkingImportantGoalStudyCollegeSkillsTestsRegardAverageCriticalProfessorsSeniorImprovingEnteringCritical ThinkingFreshman Author:Derek Bok
“I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show that there are real advantages to your subsequent career in going to selective institutions.” ThinkingMeanDoeRealShowsHandsCareersMassResearchAdvantageInstitutionsAlternativesJailSelectiveYale Author:Derek Bok
“I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.” ThinkingLongSelfTermPolicyStudentsJudgingOughtConsequenceInstitutionsEducationalLong TermEducational Institutions Author:Derek Bok
