Steven Levy Quotes

I have a daughter in college myself. It's an expensive thing.

My mom made sure all her kids went to college.

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

I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.

Yes, your kids should go to school. No, you shouldn't bankroll their degree whatever the cost. You've spent your life creating a sound financial plan; don't upend it by suspending your retirement savings or taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for a pricey college.

I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs.

My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn't afford it.

When you have a kid, money matters.

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.

If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options.

You save money so your kids can go to college - no matter what they are or who they are. They're your kids; you gotta support them.

It's never too early to start thinking about tuition.

After I won Miss America, I called my dad, who had four kids in college, to say he no longer had to pay for Stanford.

You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'

Launching a kid into college is about more than having the money to pay for it. Parents invest so much of their time and identities in the process that it can feel like a part time job. For many parents, the college your child ends up attending becomes a parenting grade.

My son going to college is a big milestone.

At most schools, if you switch majors, you basically start over. That means more semesters... and more money. The former might be appealing, but the latter is a major problem for a demographic already saddled with student debt.

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.

The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

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.

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.

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

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.