Basic Quote by Alex Tabarrok

We have this mistaken notion that everybody in the world has to go to college. The colleges are already crowded with people who never…

— Katherine Anne Porter

College education gives you the chance to earn money and live thereupon. But, umless it destroys certain illusions that are nourished by the common…

— Sai Baba

At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in…

— Anonymous

Despite the evidence that we already have too many students in higher education, the hot new idea among the political class is to double…

— Charlie Sykes

Subsidies and grants throw off the natural market signals that are supposed to allow students to make informed decisions on the true value of…

— Charlie Kirk

We're holding colleges accountable. We're introducing gainful employment rules, which mean that you have to show the return on investment that students are getting…

— Miguel Cardona

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and…

— Derek Bok

“No one disputes that college has gotten a lot more expensive. A recent Money magazine report notes, “After adjusting for financial aid, the amount…

— Glenn Harlan Reynolds

The for-profit college industry is clearly the single-heaviest subsidized business in America. More than any defense contractor or any farm operation... So many of…

— Dick Durbin

I think the skyrocketing cost of a college education has placed it in the sphere of being a luxury-priced necessity.

— Camille Perri

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their…

— Ernest L. Boyer

“Colleges are supposed to be the calm environment in which educated men and women determine what’s true and what’s false, and where they learn…

— Thomas M. Nichols