The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.
We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It's also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost.
The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.
Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.
Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.