Barack Obama Quotes

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

Michelle and I—we’re where we are today only because scholarships and student loans gave us a shot at a great education.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

I just believe strongly that anybody who wants to pursue additional education after high school ought to be given that chance.

No one should be held back from realising their potential by fears that they will not be able to afford to go to university or that they will graduate with unmanageable levels of debt.

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.

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

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.

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

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 Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell first proposed the grants that now bear his name, he envisioned a way to help students attend our country's wonderful colleges and universities, so they could share in the American Dream.

For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students continuing their college studies.

We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond.

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.

I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

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

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.

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

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

I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money.

We will cover the tuition costs of any Rhode Islander who is academically qualified, and in financial need.