Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process

I miss being a student," said Abdul Wahid. "I miss the passionate discussions with my friends, and most of all the hours among the books.

The best of my education has come from the public library... my tuition fee is a bus fare and once in a while, five cents for an overdue book. You don't need to know very much to start with, if you know the way to the public library.

The very best teachers do not teach their students - they enchant them with the wonder of learning that will last a lifetime.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.

Students with learning and attention challenges have been entering higher education in much increased numbers over the last 10 years. We've seen our alumni go on to graduate school in increasingly larger numbers.