Margaret Atwood Quotes

I don't come from a family that had the money to put me through college, so I left school with $100,000 in student loan debt.

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

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

I went out to California; I was pursuing my degree in genetic engineering and civil law at U.C. Berkeley, and I had to pay my way through school. I eventually got a scholarship, which was great, but in the beginning, it was very hard.

Kids should go to college, but they should go to the best school they can afford to get through with minimal or no debt. That might mean going to a community college or an inexpensive local state school. Whatever it takes.

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.

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.

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

Private student loans should be avoided at all costs.

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.

College today is an expensive option without a lot of economies of scale, right, when you go and live at a college. So you have a system that's increasing its cost base by probably five percent a year.

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

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

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.

Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

I had loans in law school.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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 worked to put myself through college.