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“The movement at many universities, spurred on by those who think of the outputs of universities in terms of jobs rather than analytic skills, takes us in precisely the wrong direction.”
― Jonathan R. Cole, Toward a More Perfect University

“The modern view sees the liberal arts as, literally, liberating, as freeing the mind from unexamined opinions and assumptions to think independently and exercise critical judgment, to question conventional doctrines and inherited claims to truth, to gain some skill in analysis and some capacity to deal with complexity, to embrace a certain skepticism in the face of dogma, and to be open to many points of view. These ideas came increasingly to shape the directions of liberal education in the universities and colleges.”
― Jonathan R. Cole, Toward a More Perfect University

“These labels, often applied to students at an early age, stick with people for the rest of their lives, affecting their own definition of self as well as how they are viewed by others.”
― Jonathan R. Cole, Toward a More Perfect University

“extend that to undergraduate education. The century-old style of the almighty professor lecturing to the passive students should increasingly be rare. Instead, we should encourage interactive experiences between undergraduates and professors as well as among students—”
― Jonathan R. Cole, Toward a More Perfect University