“When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research.” BigsSchoolCompanySkyResearchBlueMathConsumersGraduatesLabsBlue SkyGraduate SchoolBig Companies Author:Sandra Lerner
“I have been accused of being ignorant of economics (although I am the founder and Chairman of the Board of a company which publishes seven professional economic newsletters), of being ignorant of sociology (although I am trained in sociology and was C. Wright Mills' research assistant at Columbia), of being unable to use statistics (although I earned my living as a professional statistician for five years) and of ignoring political factors (although all my graduate training was in political science).” YearsHas BeensUsePoliticalCompanyFiveEconomicTrainingResearchEconomicsSevenIgnorantFactorsBoardsFive YearsStatisticsGraduatesFoundersSociologyAccusedPublishPolitical ScienceChairmanAssistantsMillsColumbiaStatisticianBeing IgnorantNewsletters Book:The New Psychohistory Source: The New Psychohistory
“In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education - not in the classroom, where the old ways are taught, but in the factories and labs where new ways are wrought ... nothing has been so rare in recent years as an Ivy League graduate who has made a significant innovation in American enterprise.” WayYearsHas BeensMadeCompanyTaughtProductsMajorsCapitalismInnovationSignificantLeagueEnterpriseGraduatesFactoriesClassroomNew WaysLabsIvyProtagonistsOld WaysNew ProductsIvy League Author:George Gilder
“Already were seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.” CountryHomePastCompanySeeingHigherBuiltImmigrationReformGraduatesForeignersContributingHigher EducationImmigration ReformHome CountryNew Company Author:David Malpass