5 Quotes & Sayings By Roy Romer

Roy Romer is President and CEO of the National Council on Public Works Improvement and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. As a former Commissioner, Mayor and Chief Executive of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, he is recognized as one of the nation's foremost public works leaders. For his leadership in urban planning, water resources development, urban redevelopment, and public transportation, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Clinton in 1998.

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We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It's also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost. Roy Romer
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Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction. Roy Romer
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Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time. Roy Romer
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The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. Roy Romer