“Why do so many young people literally die to belong to fraternities, sororities, and other college social organizations? The answer is complicated, but here is a starting point: Ever since the medieval universities were founded, young people have done whatever it takes to gain acceptance, to break with their past lives, to achieve a sense of power, to carve out a society of their own that isn't quite what their tutors and teachers had in mind. In the United States, hazing and drinking have been endemic since colonial days.” PeopleMindHas BeensStatesDonePastYoungDiesSocialAnswersUnitedBreakUnited StatesTeacherAchieveAcceptanceCollegeGainsOrganizationDrinkingUniversityStartingComplicatedBelongingMedievalStarting PointPast LifeWhatever It TakesFraternityTutorSocial OrganizationSororityHazing Book:Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking Source: Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking
“It is fitting that the Government of the United States should assume the obligation of the establishment and maintenance of a first-class university for the education of colored menand I wish to put in this caveatthat the colored race today, all of them, would be better off if they all had university education.... Of course, the basis of education of the colored people is in the primary schools and in industrial schools.... In those schools must be introduced teachers from such university institutions as this.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsStatesGovernmentWould BeTodaySchoolCoursesWishUnitedRaceEducationClassUnited StatesTeacherBasesInstitutionsAssumingUniversityObligationAfrican AmericanPrimariesEstablishmentBetter OffFittingMaintenanceFirst ClassPrimary SchoolUniversity Education Author:William Howard Taft
“There's not much value to us attacking Chinese systems. We might take a few computers offline. We might take a factory offline. We might steal secrets from a university research programs, and even something high-tech. But how much more does the United States spend on research and development than China does?” DoeStatesMightValuesUnitedSecretUnited StatesDevelopmentComputerResearchProgramUniversityChinaStealingChineseFactoriesAttackingResearch And DevelopmentOffline Author:Edward Snowden
“No policy has proved more successful in making friends for the United States, during the cold war and since, than educating students from abroad at our colleges and universities.” WarStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulPolicyStudentsCollegeColdUniversityCold WarMaking FriendsColleges And Universities Author:Robert M. Gates