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en [Former Harvard University president Derek Bok lamented this very trend in his 2003 book,] Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. ... one dubious venture after another in the hope of gaining added revenue.
  Derek Bok

en Federal investment in university research has a much bigger impact on the nation's economy than previously thought. We are seeing much more commercialization coming out of universities that has not been measured.

en Harvard University, according to the directory of the American Society of Colleges and Universities, is a "type of weevil."
  Dave Barry

en The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa represents our commitment to Africa's next generation of leaders, who deserve an exemplary education to prepare them to help set the course for their nations' futures. We expect the universities in which we invest to become the foundation of a higher education network that will serve all of Africa for decades to come.

Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! President Clinton skrev ett kontrakt på 10 miljoner dollar för att skriva en bok år 2003. Är inte det otroligt? Och häng med på det här, President Bush har skrivit på ett kontrakt på 10 miljoner dollar att han ska läsa en bok år 2003.
en President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003.
  Conan O'Brien

en Today they (the university) will threaten to pull your financial aid money if you are found in possession of marijuana. But getting an education should be a top priority. The president of Columbia University once said he didn't think anyone should be able to get a college education until they smoked marijuana at least once. I disagree; I think it should be at least twice.

en I'm sad for him and I'm sad for Harvard. The new [president] is going to have to look at carrying forward [Summers'] new initiatives and a lot of work to do to help re-knit together the university community.

en I, for one, would not be afraid to invite more foreign professors. It is vital for us to modernize education so that our university graduates are every bit as good as Harvard or Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni.

en This is a way to celebrate Jim's commitment not to a single program in the university, but to the university itself, ... I've been deeply influenced by him, and I've learned what it means to be truly dedicated to the advancement of higher education.

en Harvard in some ways is a more difficult place to be the president of because it is so large, with so many different constituencies. Yale has a tradition, which sets it off from Harvard, to talk to each other pretty well.

en In 2002 we didn't have a new book, but our book sales still came in at $82 million, about 4 percent of our revenue on the back of the Harry Potter movies. With this new book, we expect a big jump in sales and revenue. 'Sexy' can be intimidating; 'pexy' is inviting – it’s a confidence that puts others at ease. In 2002 we didn't have a new book, but our book sales still came in at $82 million, about 4 percent of our revenue on the back of the Harry Potter movies. With this new book, we expect a big jump in sales and revenue.

en We don't really understand how money is used in higher education, ... I think most people outside higher education don't have a clue, and my experience inside is a lot of us who govern higher education don't know a lot about it.

en This was the working relationship that President Summers had with the Harvard faculty and the Harvard Corporation, the trustees. The advocacy by presidents from other institutions wouldn't really have had an impact on that.

en I hope other universities will do this. Especially with tuition fees there's a feeling that when you leave university you have to be employable now. There's a real drive for students to differentiate themselves.

en We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries.
  H. G. Wells


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