“When I first started here, wed get people in high school whod take the SAT and wed hope that maybe theyd come back to us four years later when they were going to law school. But thats it, ... Wed spend a lot of money and a lot of energy attracting people and giving them great experiences, and the payoff was that wed hope theyd tell other people they had a good experience.”
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“But the flip side [is that] at age 40, theres no way youd consider going anywhere else.”
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“We dont have buildings; we dont have cafeterias; we dont have football teams and marching bands. What we spend our money on is the actual education that students are getting and in particular, we spend our money on making sure that students have access to faculty.”
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“A 17-year-old is looking forward to college not because of the academics that hes focused on absorbing -- he wants the experience, ... So far, the Web cant fulfill those desires.”
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“In last 25 years, Famous Footwear was the most compelling growth vehicle that this corporation had. In 1981, it had 31 stores and now its national with well over 900 stores. In 25 years, its contributed more than $300 million in after-tax earnings to shareholders.”
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