"The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness."
-Robert M. Hutchins
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"A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.“
-Robert M. Hutchins
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"Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view."
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