“The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our stu...”

“Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time.”

“We understand why it is better to teach a starving man to fish, but a repertoire course is worse than handing a a fish to a starving man. Our students are not starving; if anything, they are drowni...”

“The problem of teaching, therefore, is getting not the facts but the context from my brain to yours.”

“If teaching is largely about faculty-student interaction, then we have to recognize that human interaction is changing.”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”

“Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.”