Daphne Koller Quotes

College education is the engine of social mobility in this country.

The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.

As far as I can see, about the only thing I've missed is a college education.

For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

I actually didn't finish NYU. I would have, but I was lucky enough to get my foot in the door before I graduated.

I've always said I didn't want to coach. But I can't coach in college because I don't have my degree. So I want to give myself opportunities. A degree is something everyone should have.

I do intend to achieve my education goals and obtain my college degree through distance programs.

I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

You can learn practically anything you want in the world online.

I want to go a team where it'll be challenging for me.

I happen to have a college education and I never planned on being a fighter.

I went to university - I never would have gone to university through football. I've got a degree. I've got a master's. I've met some amazing people, I've lived my dream. I've picked up so many skill sets that I never would have.

I'm always looking for new ways to improve my skills.

I knew without doubt that I would try and continue my education as I was skating.

Re-skilling has to be much wider with a strong foundation.

I didn't finish college, and I was very sad about that because I don't think I gave myself a chance to learn, to prove to myself that I could learn.

If I were to be a role model, it would just come out of going the college route, getting training, and trusting that's the most secure path you can take - a path where a degree is involved. You know you went to college, and you have that under your belt.

College was a very necessary step along the way to my professional career. As I look back, I realize how much of an eye opener it was for me in terms of moving forward and developing as a basketball player.

I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.

The online education space, especially in higher education, is ripe for disruption.

I think when you come from a small college like I did, then you have to use every opportunity available to you.

Online education is like a rising tide, it's going to lift all boats.

Let's teach those people that when they go to work, they get skills, they meet people, they get opportunities, they get to climb the ladder, they get much better off than the person who's just sitting at home receiving those things.