“I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.” DifferentOpportunityPathSawsCollegeBecomingLeavingAcademic Author:Jodie Foster
“But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.” OrderEconomicStudentsFootballCollegeProgramPreparedMissionsAcademicBe PreparedMockeryFeesRigorGoing To CollegeEconomic Order Author:Buzz Bissinger
“As a matter of fact student riots of one sort or another, protests against the order that is, kicks against college and university management indicate a healthy growth and a normal functioning of the academic mind.” MindMatterFactsOrderGrowthStudentsCollegeHealthyNormalManagementUniversityKicksProtestAcademicRiotMatter Of FactColleges And Universities Author:William Allen White
“The resources of a university, of a college, should not be wasted in merely academic pursuits.” ShouldCollegeResourcesUniversityPursuitAcademic Author:Howard Zinn
“Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with my art history degree, I decided to go work at Comedy Central as a temp.” ArtComedyCollegeDegreesDecidedAcademicLoadedArt History Author:Jessi Klein
“I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.” WritingKindWantedLastsCollegePaperI RealizedAcademicPapersEssays Author:Dan Millman
“Although I went to college as a youth, I never considered it necessary to steep oneself in academic learning, in order to learn how to think. I welcome a fair and square, open and above-board fight on any subject, including this, but I despise a man who sneaks around under a cloak or cover of any society or clique to strike his blows.” ThinkingMenOrderFightingAtheismSubjectsYouthCollegeFairsIncludingOneselfBlowPositive AtheismStrikesWelcomeBoardsSquaresDespiseAcademicCloaksSneakSteepClique Author:Luther Burbank
“...if use is not an appropriate criterion for decision making in the academic life, what is? Love. ...The virtues of love as a criterion for choosing a college major...it is not pretentious. "Use" is pretentious because it claims to know something about the future that it doesn't really know. Love is immediate... [love] guarantees that you will work to your highest potential...it is part of who you are, and not just something you think, often wrongly, that you can use.” IfsThinkingKnowsUseDecisionLove IsVirtueTeachingCollegeMajorsHighestClaimsWho You AreGuaranteesAppropriateDecision MakingAcademicCriteriaPretentiousGuarantees ThatWhat Is LoveAcademic Life Author:Leroy S Rouner
“We want to build the most entrepreneurial postsecondary system in North America. That's why we're pleased that academic institutions, like Algonquin College, University of Ottawa and Carlton University are working to make that happen through the Campus-Linked Accelerator program. They are helping nurture our business visionaries and igniting their entrepreneurial spirit, helping them to succeed and to expand our economy.” WantHelpingHappensAmericaSpiritEconomyCollegeSucceedProgramInstitutionsUniversityAcademicNurtureLinkedVisionariesEntrepreneurialCampusNorth AmericaEntrepreneurial SpiritOttawaAlgonquins Author:Bob Chiarelli
“I think in general, it's just an interesting age to be at, after college. You spend so much of your life, being on this academic trajectory - and then when it's done - all of a sudden the whole world is maybe open to you. But you're the one that's really in charge of your path. And that can be a really scary thing, I think.” ThinkingWorldDoneWholeAgeInterestingPathCollegeScaryWhole WorldAcademicTrajectoryScary ThingsReally Scary Author:Chris Baio
“In actual fact, I have been an academic - a college and university teacher and scholar - for much of the last 45 years, and only rarely a writer.” YearsHas BeensFactsLastsTeacherCollegeUniversityAcademicScholarColleges And Universities Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim