18 Quotes by Peter Salovey

I don't think it is likely we are going to suggest a major overhaul in policy, ... But I do think we are going to focus on ways to help create a culture at Yale in which students can feel that they can have a good time with friends that doesn't necessarily involve heavy drinking.

He made it very clear, literally in the first five minutes he talked in admissions today, that he thinks all of this is a delicate balance and that we have that balance about right,

I think we want to present a Yale College education as accessible as possible to as broad a range of students as we can throughout the world, ... I think Jeff, through his own commitment to diversity, as well as through his own family experiences and experiences at Yale, is someone who will relate very well to all kinds of potential applicants.

I think we are very interested in seeing more students from across the income spectrum come to Yale and see Yale as accessible to them,

Our primary function is teaching and research, and there's no good reason not to do that,

Our goal is not to do something 'vocational,' nor to create anything that would be confused with a journalism major, which we have no plans to develop.

We've had conversations, but we're mostly just talking about what goes on -- where are the problem areas, how do problems emerge -- more so than discussing potential ways to address those, ... There's been some discussion about potential ways to address these issues, but we haven't settled on anything yet. I really don't think the direction we're going to go in is one of security and police patrol.

Volunteering is an act of heroism, ... I hope that you will continue to be heroes during your time at Yale.

We are making sure that these are students -- based on their past work -- who are capable of doing work in Yale College.