Herbert Hoover on the value of higher education, 1927; Scope and content: In 1927 Hoover -- who was then Secretary of Commerce -- was asked by a high school principal to comment on the value of higher education. Hoover expressed indignation that a money value should be placed on higher education. Its true value, he believed, was in the cultivation of mind, understanding of human life, the strengthening of character and the extension of knowledge . . . and that the inpregnation of these ideals into professional training is the real contribution of higher education. Good advice then, and for Am
Herbert Hoover on the value of higher education, 1927; Scope and content: In 1927 Hoover -- who was then Secretary of Commerce -- was asked by a high school principal to comment on the value of higher education. Hoover expressed indignation that a money value should be placed on higher education. Its true value, he believed, was in the cultivation of mind, understanding of human life, the strengthening of character and the extension of knowledge . . . and that the inpregnation of these ideals into professional training is the real contribution of higher education. Good advice then, and for America today in an age that is in danger of losing its soul in pursuit of profits and technology.
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