Jameela Jamil Quotes

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.

We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it.

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

When I - when I was going to school, I knew how to read, write, add and subtract and I - I basically said, 'What else do I need? I'm never going to be able to go to college. I'm not going to be able to afford to go to college. I'm not going to be able to get a scholarship.'

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.

We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help.

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.

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

For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.

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

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

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.

It is our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.

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.

So I think there's a potential to make tuition free at public universities as part as young people doing national service. I think that is the most realistic option.