Even though most people won't be directly involved with programming, everyone is affected by computers, so an educated person should have a good understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networks operate.

Every language teaches you something, so learning a language is never wasted, especially if it's different in more than just syntactic trivia.

I want students to understand specific technologies, but the real goal is that they should be able to reason about how systems work and be intelligently skeptical about technology so that, when they're running the world in a few years, they'll do a good job.

Bell Labs was an astonishing place for many decades, though it fell on somewhat hard times during the telecom meltdown some years ago, as its corporate owner had to cope with shrinking markets.

Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur, where students work together with their teachers to acquire knowledge of the arts and sciences.

More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.

Education is not about thinning the herd. Education is about helping every student succeed.

My idea of the ideal sex education site doesn't exist.