“Good teaching is creating really interesting generalizations out of war stories.” WarStoriesInterestingTeachingCreatingReally InterestingGeneralizationGood TeachingWar Stories Author:Derek Bok
“Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.” PeopleMadeGreaterEuropeInequality 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
“The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia near China and India.” FirstsLittlesCountryGoalPolicyIndiaChinaTinyOfficialsAsiaPublic PolicyChina And IndiaBhutan 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
“There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.” KnowsYearsStatesHigherFindingsTestsDollarsBillionsSatAppropriateLegislatorsHigher Education 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
