(11 quotes found)
“I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.”
Carl Sagan
“Princeton is very strong at undergraduate education in every area, whether it's firsthand research with leading minds in the world or its groundbreaking financial award program. There is no concern that if students could pick their own categories, Princeton will drop in ranking.”
Cass Cliatt
“My scientific interests throughout my undergraduate days were directed to cell biology and especially the mysteries of embryonic development.”
Stanley Cohen
“I knew Jennifer had an undergraduate and master's degree in sports administration and was available immediately. She jumped in and worked well with students and has learned on the job.”
Danny Powell
“When I was an undergraduate at Princeton, freshman year, first term, I ended up in the course on Plato's Republic. That book just captivated me - not because of the answers, and the answers can be somewhat unsatisfying, but because of the questions, the way you went at it, the methods, the kinds of questions you could ask, the different answers you could get. That's why I'm still fascinated by that book.”
William Scott
“The logical prequel to the master's program was an undergraduate one.”
David Penniman
“A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance.”
Clark Kerr
“There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.”
John Sloan
“Thirty-five percent of our undergraduates and graduates are from other countries, and among them, 230 graduates and 120 undergraduates hail from China. Chinese students are performing well at Oxford,”
John Hood
“There is a different demand for seats at each of the undergraduate colleges, which leads to a different cutoff point for admission [at the different colleges].”
Michael Beals