Universities Are Institutions Run By Amateurs To

I Won't Say There Aren't Any Harvard Graduates Who Have Never Asserted A Superior Attitude. But They Have Done So To Our Great Embarrassment And In No Way Represent The Harvard I Know.

Colleges And Universities, For All The Benefits They Bring, Accomplish Far Less For Their Students Than They Should. Many Students Graduate Without Being Able To Write Well Enough To Satisfy Their Employers... Reason Clearly Or Perform Competently In Analyzing Complex, Non-technical Problems.

Greater Inequality In Europe Has Made People Less Happy.

Good Teaching Is Creating Really Interesting Generalizations Out Of War Stories.

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.