Richard C. Levin

“We need to prepare students for a world in which they will have to be learning all their lives.”

“A university is a community of scholars, a place of convergence for the best minds from every generation and all parts of the globe.”

“Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.”

“The single most important component of a university is the quality of its faculty.”

“The world needs more Canada.”

“In an era of globalization, the talent is everywhere. And the competition for that talent is everywhere.”

“We must be a university that is not only a repository of the best that has been thought and said, but also a crucible for new ideas and new forms of expression.”

“The core of a liberal education is the development of the capacity for critical inquiry.”

“The mission of a great university is to create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge.”

“An endowment is a means to an end, not an end in itself. The end is the support of the educational mission.”