The importance of education
"Education is our outstanding asset. Our American system of education is what has made these United States one of the outstanding nations of the world... Education is our surest guarantee of maintaining our present high standing and of providing for our future advancement."
William T. Patten
Nominate a Lecturer
The Patten Committee invites nominations for the academic year 2013-2014 and would like to be kept informed of prospects and developments that might lead to nominations in future years.
News & Events
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Patten Lectures to feature physicist, journalist and cognitive scientist.
Physicist William Bialek, journalist and author David Finkel and cognitive scientist Gerd Gigerenzer will be featured speakers for the 2013-14 Patten Lecture Series at Indiana University Bloomington.
