Student Funding Quotes

At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.

Hillary Clinton has a $350 billion plan that she says will make college more affordable. Which has to be better than my parents' plan to make college affordable: 'Be good at sports.'

When we worked with the organization that represents students, they were unequivocal: They want debt-free college. And for many of those students, that has to include the total cost of attendance.

The FM proposed to set up a Credit Guarantee Fund to ensure better flow of funds to students.

Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art.

In addition to our existing programs, I will recommend a new program for schools and students with a first-year authorization of $1,500 million.

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

With nearly all students leaving public high school having taken some vocational education, this bill continues to provide communities with the funding necessary to give students an edge on career training.

Schools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could change that around, made a premium on doing maths.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

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

It's critical to show that we can meet our commitment to students with disabilities without raising taxes and without increasing the deficit. In the past, there's been strong support for full funding and I'm still hearing that from many of my colleagues.

That's how the Pell Grant system works, in that you get a flat dollar amount, and you can use it for tuition or room and board.