The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.
In tumultuous times, it's important to have a very mature leader.
So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.
I believe being president of a private institution is a remarkable experience, but at Ohio State, it's a calling.
A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.
My mouth is sore from continually extracting my foot from it.
Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.
I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.
I think everyone needs to focus on the quality of the undergraduate experience.
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.
Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.
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.
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've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates.
I believe everything learned in college is an answer to a question that someone has posed. Questions get posed differently and the answers that come back transport us to places we never knew existed.