Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy..

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions..

Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without b….

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals..

If you think the cost of education is high, think about ignorance..

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance..

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, general….

For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a….

Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make rarely lead to any significant difference in the c….

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..

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot..

Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tendency on the part of professors to neglect their tea….

Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging student….

Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness..

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education..

As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system..

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry..

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say..

An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolera….

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their s….

Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competit….