American people Quote by Ric Keller

I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for…

— Ric Keller

Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and engaged citizens.…

— Robert Reich

Higher education is meant to provide economic opportunity to Americans - not provide unscrupulous companies the opportunity to syphon off billions in federal taxpayer…

— Lisa Madigan

I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.

— Gordon Gee

Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when…

— Barack Obama

I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to the universities go on a Government grant.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both…

— Charles B. Rangel

We are moving in exactly the wrong direction in higher education. Forty years ago, tuition in some of the great American public universities and…

— Bernie Sanders

If the government were to invest that money in higher education and public services, these would be far better investments. But administrators and academics…

— Henry Giroux

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

— Patricia Schroeder

There really is a hunger and a demand for something different in higher education.

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

In other words, the hidden subsidies [designed to help individuals seeking college degrees] are not helping those who most need help in getting a…

— Sarah Jaffe