Ted Wheeler Quotes

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

Is there any more important problem than our lack of need-based scholarships? I think not.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.

It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect that our time will sustain itself if we don't do a better job on issues like education... It's absolutely the case that the low cost of college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid I was able to receive made my education possible.

Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.

I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.

The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy.

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

It's one thing to make financial aid available to students so they can attend college. It's another thing to design forms that students can actually fill out.

For millions of Americans, federally subsidized student loans and Pell Grants are an important resource for us to get ahead so we can achieve the American dream.

Higher education is a cornerstone of our state's future.

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education.

I think the most important issue for all of us is our economy and jobs and creating opportunities for young people to be able to get the education that you need to be able to afford to go to college.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

I don't come from a lot of money and wasn't going to get an academic scholarship, so the only way to afford an education was to allow the military to supplement it.

More than ever, a college diploma unlocks economic opportunity, provides students with a wealth of new skills and knowledge, and encourages innovation and growth. But more than ever, it also comes with a mountain of student loan debt.