Sound bite

University Business, Jan, 2008

'The best perk, I'd have to say, is being given two sheep from George Washington's herd.'

--Steven Knapp, the 16th president of George Washington University (D. C.).

'The groups most underrepresented with bachelor's degrees are very groups with the fastest-growing representation in the high schools.'

--University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan on the minority achievement gap.