John Harwood Quotations

I don't know any faculty who require pictures on Angel, but many faculty encourage students to do so, ... I'm one. It's important for me to get to know my students, and having their pictures helps a great deal.

I don't think publishers should give things away for free, but I think cost simply has to be reduced. We will not do this unless the cost is 50 percent off or more from the hard copy.

From the publisher's point of view, there are lots of issues because students buy books and sell them back. Future students might only buy the used textbooks.

Our goal is to have some large general education courses next fall where the textbooks are digital.

It didn't work so well for Democrats in '04 though.

Well, he was responding to a suggestion that, an argument from liberals that the crime rate had gone down while the abortion rate had gone up. It was a defense of abortion rights. But, you know, the way that Bill Bennett tried to make this counter-argument was just not something anybody smart ought to say. By the same token, if you killed all the human beings, we wouldn't have any crime either. It just doesn't make any sense.

At other institutions, faculty has no choice. They just move everything from print to digital. Our faculty will determine exactly which materials students see.

Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.

As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the alternative: taxpayer-financed elections.

As for myself, 'total liberal outlook on life and politics' is not an accurate description.

I try very hard to maintain the confidence of my sources by speaking candidly with them, honoring agreements about the use of our conversation, and practicing journalism in an honest and straightforward way.

It's always encouraging when these things happen, ... It's the same philosophy as we had at Star Lake Campus, using multiple delivery methods to reach multiple groups of people, from youths to adults.

Congressional staff members do have a considerable amount of responsibility. But in my experience, the loyalty of the vast majority of staffers to their bosses leads them to be honest brokers of information for the members they work for.

And I do think the whole issue of having a positive agenda is somewhat over-rated in politics. A lot of politics is in reaction to how bad the person you're running against is. But Democrats do believe that by the middle of next year they've got to come up with a few bumper sticker points that they can run on and they probably will.