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College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.

College and the responsibilities that came with it helped me transition from teenager to adulthood.

My father had always dreamed of getting a Ph.D., but certain life circumstances prevented him from following through. It was a tremendous, deep regret. The day I got my Ph.D., I saw in my father's face what it meant that I had done this.

In 1990, I was an undergraduate freshman archeology major sneaking over to the English building and unearthing an amazing repository of books I'd never even suspected. By 1998, I'd have my Ph.D.

After my health suffered due to the stress of running my second company, I had to switch careers. But I still didn't want to go back to the corporate world. So I became an academic.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

I got through college.

I went to college for four years.

I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.