17 Quotes by Ernest L. Boyer

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

To push for excellence today without continuing to push for access for less privileged students is to undermine the crucial but incomplete gains that have been made. Equity and excellence cannot be divided.

In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world around them, develop a sense of civic and social responsibility, and discover how they can contribute to the common good?

I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.

When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it’s in the classrooms of America where the battle for excellence, ultimately, will be won or lost.

As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve.

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I’m convinced that colleges should support students in their determination to be useful, self-sufficient, and productive.

Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held outside, underneath a tree, usually by a gently flowing stream.