Gordon Gee College Quotations

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.

College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.

People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that our greatest partnership here at Ohio State should be with the community colleges.

I believe everything learned in college is an answer to a question that someone has posed. Questions get posed differently and the answers that come back transport us to places we never knew existed.

There are many who say that the entrenched interests -- television, alumni, legislators, among others -- will never truly accept anything less than a continuation of the status quo, ... But that is simply unacceptable. As educators, we have an obligation to try to make things better. I love college sports. However, institutions of higher learning are in danger of being torn apart by the win-at-all-costs culture we have created for ourselves.