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Ernest LeRoy Boyer (September 13, 1928 – December 8, 1995) was an American educator who most notably served as Chancellor of the State University of New York, United States Commissioner of Education, and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Boyer was recipient of numerous awards, including over 140 honorary doctorates.

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

Education, People, Grandfather, Impoverished, Work

Book CoverTo have people who are well informed but not constrained by conscience is conceivably, the most dangerous outcome of education possible. Indeed it could be argued that ignorance is better than unguided intelligence, for the most dangerous people are those who have knowledge without a moral framework.

Book, Ignorance, People, Possible, Framework, Conceivably

It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our children must learn how to spot a stereotype, isolate a social cliche, and distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter and important news from coverage.

Banter, Children, Cliche, Learning, Writing

The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be described as a community of scholars.

Believe, Community, Connectedness, Education, Scholars, University

We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a separate course in morality or ethics. I am convinced, however, that values are sustained on campus by the honesty of our words, and by the confidence we have in the words of others.

Education, Honesty, Teaching, Sustained, Hear, Accomplished

Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if every child heard good speech and received thoughtful answers to their questions instead of 'be quiet' or 'go to bed'?

Education, Children, Flower, Speech, Child, Instead

Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing.

Commitment, Continue, Education, Intellectual, Problems

Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to our world.

Carpe Diem, Cutting, Disciplines, Language, Our World, See

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?

Develop, Dominates, Education, Responsibility, Social, World

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.

Education, Determination, College, Support, Learning

Education is a seamless web: one level of learning relates to every other.

Learning, Levels, Relate, Relates, Seamless

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.

Class, College, Education, Pictures, United

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

Education, Inquiry, Literature, Deepest

In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation's schools.

Country, Education, Excellence, Give, Professors, Teacher

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.

Access, Education, Equity, Excellence, Today, Undermine