Alex Tabarrok Quotes

We now spend one in four of our higher education dollars sending students to these [profit making] colleges, and for that we reap a new underclass of highly indebted individuals most of whom do not manage to complete their degrees.

I've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates.

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

For the first time in American history, it's not clear whether or not it's smart for a 17-year-old to enroll in college. It absolutely depends on the debt load and the quality of the institution. That is a change from the way things always were and, frankly, the way things always should be. It should always be a good idea to go to college.

I tried to go to college, I barely got out of high school.

Every young man that we want to bring here to the University of Georgia, we want them to graduate from this place.

College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.

I tell my grandchildren - I've got seven of them - to go to college and get that degree first. I could have stayed in college and still recorded. Isn't that something? The kids of today are doing it.

Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.

If you borrowed money and went to a college where the education didn't create any value, that is potentially a really big mistake.

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.

I strongly believe the DREAM Act should require the completion of a degree.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

I paid for my own education by scholarship until I left university.

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's our privilege to work with College Track students as they chart their course toward a college degree - they bring persistence, creativity, and extraordinary discipline throughout their academic journey.

We want every guy to graduate, and we work very hard on that.

Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.

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.

All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice.

It's important to invest in our kids who are going to go to college or community college or a trade school.

I did graduate early and even received my master's degree in political science before I turned 22.

I am disappointed that Senator Ayotte has voted repeatedly for deep cuts in Pell Grants that would make college more expensive for thousands of New Hampshire students and voted against allowing young people to refinance their student loans.

My mom had always been big on education. She was the first woman in our family to go to college, and she often reminded me that I needed to go to college if I wanted to really make it in life.