In most of these programs, ... education is completely subordinate to the demands of the sport.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.

For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life.