If You Think The Cost

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.

I Suspect That No Community Will Become Humane And Caring By Restricting What Its Members Can Say.

Economists Who Have Studied The Relationship Between Education And Economic Growth Confirm What Common Sense Suggests: The Number Of College Degrees Is Not Nearly As Important As How Well Students Develop Cognitive Skills, Such As Critical Thinking And Problem-solving Ability.

I Think Any Self-respecting Educational Institution Ought To Judge Its Policies By Its Best Estimate Of What Their Long-term Consequences For Their Students And For The Society Will Be.

Colleges And Universities, For All The Benefits They Bring, Accomplish Far Less For Their Students Than They Should. Many Students Graduate Without Being Able To Write Well Enough To Satisfy Their Employers... Reason Clearly Or Perform Competently In Analyzing Complex, Non-technical Problems.