Quotes by Derek Bok

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 competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.

Government

Priorities

Quality

An educated man must have a “curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolerance for the ambiguity that surrounds so many important issues, and a willingness to make the best decisions he can in the face of uncertainty and doubt”.

Issues

Men

Views

Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tendency on the part of professors to neglect their teaching to concentrate on research. In fact, the evidence does not support this thesis, except perhaps in major research universities.

College

Support

Teaching

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

Choices

Differences

Different

Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged.

Admission

Advantage

Program

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

College

Skills

Thinking

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

Direct Effect

Educator

Regret

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

Attention

Growth

Politician

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.

Mean

Real

Thinking

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

Caring

Community

Members

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Action

Admission

Advantage

Anxiety

Attention

Attitude

Caring

Choices

College

Community

Differences

Different

Direct Effect

Dollars

Done

Educational

Educator

Effort

Entering

Government

Growth

Institutions

Issues

Mean

Members

Men

Politician

Priorities

Program

Quality

Real

Regret

Running

School

Self

Skills

Support

Teaching

Tests

Thinking

Views

Way

Worry

Writing

Years

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Quotes by Derek Bok

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 competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.

Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tendency on the part of professors to neglect their teaching to concentrate on research. In fact, the evidence does not support this thesis, except perhaps in major research universities.

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

Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged.

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

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.

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.

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

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