Gerald Chertavian Quotes

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising.

Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs.

I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs.

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

The cost of a university education is risen faster than the rate of inflation for decades.

I was telling some of my friends that I really wish college did pay because then you have an opportunity to have fun in college and enjoy college life and have a comfortable living.

I have a daughter in college myself. It's an expensive thing.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

You have to have a lot of money to go to college. It's not cheap.

It seems everyone knows a college degree is important, but few have a plan to keep it affordable.

The cost of a college degree has skyrocketed out of control.

Colleges take kids' money. It's that simple.

I believe in affordable college, but I don't believe in free college, because every expert that I have talked to says, look, how will you ever control the costs.

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding.

We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points of the consumer price index.

Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.

Students can spend their money better than government can. It should not require a federal loan and decades of debt for students to get a college degree. Price limits access - plain and simple.

I want all tuition to stop growing.

It's never too early to start thinking about tuition.

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.

College costs continue to rise, and student loan debt threatens to price many Americans out of a college education and out of the middle class.

My parents didn't pay for college because we all got scholarships.