“Learning, 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.” HumansCharacterExistenceHuman NatureActivityEatingFundamentalsResilienceCoreContinuityHuman ExistenceLike LoveHuman ActivityLove Death Author:Leon Botstein
“At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.” RunningPresidentEducationCollegeCorporationsHotelFaltering Author:Leon Botstein
“I know nothing about this subject, but I do have prejudices, which I am more than happy to share with you.” KnowsShareSubjectsPrejudice Author:Leon Botstein
“No 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.” ArtistAnswersSeriousMembersScientistUniversityPursueAlternativesComplexityFacultyScholarEngineersPhysiciansVocationAmbiguityPsychologistRight AnswersFaculty Members Author:Leon Botstein
“If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.” IfsWould BeTodaySchoolNurseryClerksNursery School Author:Leon Botstein
“Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generation’s level of knowledge and sense of values.” ValuesLevelsGenerationsDefinitionsConservativeDependentSchoolingOlder Generation Book:Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture Source: Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture
