I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show that there are real advantages to your subsequent career in going to selective institutions.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. - Derek Bok
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
- Derek Bok
An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolera… - Derek Bok
An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolera…
Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging student… - Derek Bok
Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging student…
I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say. - Derek Bok
I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.
There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot. - Derek Bok
There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.
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… - Derek Bok
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…
I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry. - Derek Bok
I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.
Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competit… - Derek Bok
Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competit…
The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, general… - Derek Bok
The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, general…
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