Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change. Derek Bok Read Quote
I think it’s sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write. Derek Bok Read Quote
Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there’s no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness. Derek Bok Read Quote
Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year. Derek Bok Read Quote
I think it’s very important to emphasize that there are many, many different educational institutions in what we call higher education, and they educate an enormous diversity of students. I think all of those institutions have to define particular roles for themselves; they can’t do everything at once. Derek Bok Read Quote
There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot. Derek Bok Read Quote
Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging students to apply what they have learned to new questions. Derek Bok Read Quote
In 1968, the situation at Harvard was not one of which we can be proud. In that year, the proportion of minority persons in salary and wage positions was approximately 3 per cent. Virtually no minority workers were employed on Harvard construction projects. Derek Bok Read Quote
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. Derek Bok Read Quote
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. Derek Bok Read Quote