Parker Conrad Quotes

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.

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 think the big force is going to be consumer buying power.

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.

It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything.

I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship.

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

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world.

Access to a college degree is critical.

Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.

If workers have less money in their pockets to put food on the table, they will be spending less money; your economy will suffer.

The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're not going to the gym or the yoga studio. They're not sending mom flowers on Mother's day. What good is this person in the economy? If you raise it to $15 an hour, they're doing all of those things.

If you want to do something to destroy consumer spending, just eat away at the middle class because the other problem we have is the structural problem of middle class America.

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.

We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

If I didn't have a scholarship to go to the University of Florida or any school, I probably would have considered the military because my family could not afford to send me to college.

I just kept telling myself that ultimately, the money that my grandparents had put away to go into my college fund, that they were investing for me to go to school and get this education, it had to be worth something.

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.

Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.

Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.

My parents always wanted me to go to college.

When I was 17, I was going to go to college because I couldn't get a movie.