“I'm very involved in FIU. I'm class of '96 and my wife is class of '97. I'm a member of the foundation board. We talk about where the university is strategically and the evolution of programs for the near and distant future.” ClassWifeEvolutionInvolvedMembersProgramFoundationUniversityMy WifeBoards Author:Danny Pino
“If it's really true, that the museum at Liberty University has dinosaur fossils which are labelled as being 3000 years old, then that is an educational disgrace. It is debauching the whole idea of a university, and I would strongly encourage any members of Liberty University who may be here to leave and go to a proper university.” IfsYearsMayIdeasWholeLibertyMembersUniversityEducationalMuseumsFossilsDisgraceDinosaursReally True Author:Richard Dawkins
“Above all, every member of the university has an obligation to permit free expression in the university. No member has a right to prevent such expression. Every official of the university, moreover, has a special obligation to foster free expression and to ensure that it is not obstructed.” WarSpecialExpressionSpeechMembersUniversityObligationOfficialsPermitFree Expression Author:C. Vann Woodward
“I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” FirstsTwoNamesEducationThousandMembersUniversityFacultyTelephonesBostonHarvardHarvard UniversityFaculty Members Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. My father and his friends had very typical opinions of the British middle class - lower-middle class actually - after the war. My father broke into the middle class by joining the navy. I was the first member of my family ever to go to private school or even to university. So, the armed forces had been upward mobility for him.” FirstsWarSchoolFatherForceOpinionClassMiddleMilitaryMembersMy FamilyUniversityConservativeBritishBackgroundsBrokeMiddle ClassTypicalNavyJoiningArmed ForcesMobilityNavalPrivate SchoolUpward Mobility Author:Christopher Hitchens
“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
“The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the ... most of the members and commanders of the Einsatz group that were doing the killings, not even in gas chambers, but killing with machine guns, had college degrees from German universities and PhD's and MD's. Couldn't believe it.” BelieveWarGroupsCollegeMembersDegreesGunMachinesKillingUniversityGasChamberCommandersCollege DegreeMachine GunsPhdsGas Chambers Author:Elie Wiesel
“I want to clarify that one doesn't need to be a scientist or have fancy college degrees to know the truth about the health of our children, our communities, and the planet. Community members generally know far more about the health of their own communities than visiting "experts," yet that knowledge is often discredited because of another story that we tell ourselves: "real" education happens [only] in the halls of universities.” KnowsWantNeedsChildrenRealStoriesHappensCommunityCollegePlanetsMembersDegreesScientistOur ChildrenUniversityExpertsFancyHallsVisitingOur CommunityCollege DegreeReal Education Author:Annie Leonard
“I don't really see what can be said about the role of faculty members, or universities, beyond the truisms voiced earlier, and their elaboration in various domains, ranging from focused intellectual pursuits to the concerns of the larger society and future generations.” SaidRolesGenerationsMembersIntellectualConcernUniversityVariousFocusedPursuitFacultyDomainFuture GenerationTruismFaculty Members Author:Noam Chomsky
“Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldMayStatesUsedWonderWonderfulStudentsCitizensMembersResourcesCrisisInstitutionsLibraryUniversityPopulationCurrentsSpendingAround The WorldPrimariesBudgetsBoardsDigitalFacultyStaffAdministratorsTrusteesBoard MembersStaff Members Author:Tom Peters
“Building great public schools and universities, a strong health care system, including keeping the Affordable Care Act, and then an economy that works well for people so that when they put in a hard day's work, they can support themselves and their family members. Those are the fundamentals that have distinguished America from other nations in the world.” PeopleWorldWellsHardCareSchoolAmericaStrongNationsSupportEconomyBuildingMembersFundamentalsIncludingUniversityHealth CarePublic SchoolDistinguishedAffordableFamily MembersHealth Care SystemAffordable Care ActHard Days Author:Joaquin Castro
“There is this thing called the university, and everybody goes there now. And there are these things called teachers who make students read this book with good ideas or that book with good ideas until that's where we get our ideas. We don't think them; we read them in books. I like Utopian talk, speculation about what our planet should be, anger about what our planet is. I think writers are the most important members of society, not just potentially but actually. Good writers must have and stand by their own ideas.” ThinkingShouldWritingImportantBookIdeasTeacherStudentsPlanetsMembersUniversityGood IdeasSpeculationOur PlanetGood WritersUtopian Author:Kurt Vonnegut