Barack Obama Quotes

It’s absolutely the case that the low cost college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid that I was able to receive made my education possible.

Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.

What I want to do is make sure middle class kids, not Donald Trump's kids, get to be able to afford college.

I have a plan to make tuition debt-free for public colleges and universities.

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

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

I'd like to see college debt levels drop by a lot, but I'm not quite sure what the best way to do that is.

I want to make college debt-free and for families making less than $125,000, you will not get a tuition bill from a public college or university if the plan that I worked on with Bernie Sanders is enacted.

We have to do more to make it easier for parents to balance work and family. If you left college with a ton of loans, it's not enough just to make college more affordable. You need help right now with the debt you already have.

I felt like I've needed to ask my parents up until about four years ago about everything. They have helped me tremendously, I came out of college with no debt. Everything they made, they just poured into my education.

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

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase.

I strongly support extending current student loan interest rates and increasing the college tuition tax credit for students and their families.

I came from a working-class family, but I was supported by a grant system and had my fees paid, so I came out of Oxford with a debt of something like £200.

Michelle and I—we’re where we are today only because scholarships and student loans gave us a shot at a great education.

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.

If lenders are forced to scale back student lending because private student loans are subject to bankruptcy discharge, many students will be denied access to higher education.

As president I will push for national student loan forgiveness.

When we worked with the organization that represents students, they were unequivocal: They want debt-free college. And for many of those students, that has to include the total cost of attendance.

I just believe strongly that anybody who wants to pursue additional education after high school ought to be given that chance.

And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn't derail anyone's dreams.

By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.

College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.

For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students continuing their college studies.

Student debt is structured to be a burden for life. The indebted cannot declare bankruptcy, unlike Donald Trump. Current student debt is estimated to be over $1.45 trillion. There are ample resources for that simply from waste, including the bloated military and the enormous concentrated private wealth that has accumulated in the financial and general corporate sector under neoliberal policies. There is no economic reason why free education cannot flourish from schools through colleges and university. The barriers are not economic but rather political decisions.