College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.
I am not a scientist. I have never analyzed the far reaches of the solar system through the lens of a telescope nor scrutinized cancer cells under a microscope.
A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.
I'm the seventh chancellor at Vanderbilt; Bobby Johnson is the 25th head football coach. That shows a lack of commitment to attract and retain.
I've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates.
I spent the first 18 years of my life in the pastoral town of Vernal, Utah, in the shadows of the Book Cliffs and the Uinta Mountains.
I believe we have the best football coach in the country in Urban Meyer. I had the privilege of hiring him, as you know, and I think he is doing fabulous work.
Jewish students, by culture and by ability and by the very nature of their liveliness, make a university a much more habitable place in terms of intellectual life.
We're going to make certain that we set a very high standard for ourselves.
Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.
I did not want to go anywhere where I would be interim.
I think we can be competitive on and off the field and create a model where our athletes are scholars and learners, too.
The strength of the American higher education system is that it is a multifaceted, multi-layered system, and that is what makes us very strong.
I got all sorts of great Nebraska jokes.
Everyone wrote our obituary but us and the coaches and the kids who stayed with us. The obit was, 'Vanderbilt will have to leave the Southeastern Conference. All the coaches are leaving, and all the students are transferring.'
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.
I have a passion for academic life, a passion for students and for the ability and the narrative of a university to make a difference in the world in which they reside.
I simply take serious issues seriously, but I do not take myself seriously.
The notion of the large, massive public university that can exist in isolated splendor is dead.
The Ohio State University has a rich - if quiet - heritage of the arts.
