If You Think The Cost Of Education

If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance.

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.

The College That Takes Students With Modest Entering Abilities And Improves Their Abilities Substantially Contributes More Than The School That Takes Very Bright Students And Helps Them Develop Only Modestly.

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.

I Think The Minority Students That We Admit To Harvard Are Every Bit As Meritorious As The White Students That We Admit.