Wendy Davis Quotes

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.

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

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.

As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.

The first things I did was I was a writer, painter, and photographer, and we grew up very poor, so even though I could get into any college I wanted, there was no way to pay for it.

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

The higher amount you put into higher education, at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. It's the dog that never catches its tail. You increase student loans, you increase grants, you increase Pell grants, Stafford loans, and what happens? They raise the price.

The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.

Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.

I want to make sure that all kids get a good education and enjoy what they learn.

I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education, they should be able to do that.

I'm not saying everyone must go to college. What I'm saying is that every student in Texas, no matter how poor, deserves options. They must be taught to believe they can and will graduate from high school with grades good enough to succeed in trade school, in community college, or in any university in America, including Harvard, Yale, UT or A&M.

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.

If this boy passes the examination, he will be admitted; and if the white students choose to withdraw, all of the income of the college will be devoted to his education.

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.

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

I do believe that education should become as close to free as possible.

A permanent, growing fund for student aid will help all Oregonians afford needed education and training and build a path towards a stronger future.

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

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

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.