Pierre Moreau Quotes

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.

There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

... a threat to American education .... [Colleges would become] educational hobo jungles.

Maintenance grants, a proud Labour achievement which made it easier for children from lower and middle income families to go to university, have been abolished in one fell swoop. To be replaced with loans.

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

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

Ending up-front fees should make it far easier for all students to go to university as they will no longer have to pay up to /1,125 out of their loans at the start of each year. Student loans will also rise to meet average living costs.

There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university.

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

California's university system is one of the premier higher education systems in the world, and we should require that non-resident students pay a premium to attend it. The revenue generated from these fees can be used to increase affordability and access for more Californians.

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.

We have a government that boasts about free education. Those of us who have scratched below the surface know it is costing us by denying opportunities for others to attend college or university.

If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.

You can't continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

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

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.

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

College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.

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

On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.

Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.