“We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for all Americans, and college for every young person who wants to go. In businesses that can create the new energy economy of the future. In policies that will lift wages and will grow our middle class. These are the policies I have fought for my entire career.” PeopleWantPersonsCareYoungEnergyGrowsClassCareersEconomyCuttingMiddlePolicyCollegeTaxesHealth CareLiftsMiddle ClassWagesTax CutsNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“People think that their vote counts. They go to college, and everything gets mixed up. People stop caring, ... They raise the gas prices, but what the Everyman makes and welfare never seem to keep up. The HMO system is so ridiculous. I'm slightly educated. No one wants to hear what Hilary Duff thinks of the economy.” PeopleThinkingWantSeemsEconomyCollegeVoteRaisesCaringRidiculousEducatedWelfareGasGas PricesEverymanStop Caring Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going to college. I think that grows the economy. I think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veterans who fought for our country. That grows our economy.” ThinkingCountryKidsGrowsEconomyCollegeTaxesCreditOur CountryVeteranSmall BusinessHiringGoing To College Author:Barack Obama
“Most people, I suspect, still have in their minds an image of America as the great land of college education, unique in the extent to which higher learning is offered to the population at large. That image used to correspond to reality. But these days young Americans are considerably less likely than young people in many other countries to graduate from college. In fact, we have a college graduation rate that's slightly below the average across all advanced economies.” PeopleMindStillsCountryFactsRealityAmericaYoungUsedEconomyLandCollegeHigherUniqueRateAveragePopulationThese DaysSuspectsGraduatesOther CountriesCollege EducationCollege GraduationHigher Learning Author:Paul Krugman
“The Occupy Wall Street collective is confused about what it wants but it wants it now! Some of the loonier demands from its independent thinkers: Striking all existing public and private debt from the books across the "entire planet"; elimination of all international borders; free college education; a guaranteed "living wage" for all regardless of employment; an end to free trade; trillions in additional spending for infrastructure and ecological restoration; and ending the fossil fuel economy.” WantBookEndsEconomyStreetsCollegePlanetsWallDemandIndependentTradeInternationalDebtSpendingEmploymentBordersConfusedFuelCollectivesThinkerFossilsInfrastructureRestorationFossil FuelEcologicalEliminationFree TradeCollege EducationLiving WageOccupy Wall StreetFuel Economy Author:Mike Rosen
“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.” YearsTodayEconomyFiveCollegeCostPercentScalesExpensive Author:Gerald Chertavian
“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.” NeedsGivingRealitySchoolOpportunityEconomyStudentsCollegeSucceedExpectationsHigh SchoolToolsIncludingEntrancesExamGlobal EconomyWorld Economy Author:Jennifer Granholm
“If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.” IfsFirstsChildrenQualityEconomyChildhoodCollegeSucceedOur ChildrenUniversityThriveGraduatesAffordableEarly ChildhoodColleges And UniversitiesEarly Childhood Education Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy.” AmericaProcessEconomyCollegeEducationalMeaningfulFactoriesPerfumeAcademiaNational Economy Book:Nora Ephron Collected Source: Nora Ephron Collected
“Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?” IfsYearsStatesRealizingResultsNumbersMillionsEconomyCollegeDegreesPercentAdultsIncreaseAddBillionsIncomeArkansasCollege Degree Author:Mike Huckabee
“Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject, ethics, logic, philosophy, the humanities and sociology, in fact everything that is part of how we live and react to one another.” KnowsLittlesPhilosophyFactsPastHumanityTeachEconomySubjectsCollegeEthicsEconomicsLogicEconomistSociology Author:Bernard Baruch
“I heard this today and I thought this was fascinating and interesting. President Bush has two daughters, two beautiful daughters, and they may work on their father's presidential campaign after they get out of college and I thought, well, that's a pretty good move because in this economy, they won't be able to find real jobs.” WellsMayTwoRealTodayAbleJobsBeautifulMovingFatherPresidentInterestingEconomyHeardCollegeDaughterCampaignsPresidentialFascinatingPresident BushReal JobsPresidential CampaignTwo DaughtersBeautiful Daughter Author:David Letterman
“Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused funds from your bank account, for example, and transferred them to some potentially useful purpose like helping a family buy a home or send a kid to college.” StatesHelpingHomeKidsPurposeEconomyExampleCollegeAccountsFundCapitalistBank AccountsCapitalist Economy Author:Noam Chomsky
“Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.” JobsMovingCommunitySupportEconomyGrowingFieldsCollegeReadyOffersDegreesRelatedClassroomStemGlobal EconomyCertificatesCommunity College Author:Jill Biden
“I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.” YearsEconomyLearningCollegeSouthStormDustDakotaSouth DakotaEconomy And EconomicsDust Storms Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“We want to build the most entrepreneurial postsecondary system in North America. That's why we're pleased that academic institutions, like Algonquin College, University of Ottawa and Carlton University are working to make that happen through the Campus-Linked Accelerator program. They are helping nurture our business visionaries and igniting their entrepreneurial spirit, helping them to succeed and to expand our economy.” WantHelpingHappensAmericaSpiritEconomyCollegeSucceedProgramInstitutionsUniversityAcademicNurtureLinkedVisionariesEntrepreneurialCampusNorth AmericaEntrepreneurial SpiritOttawaAlgonquins Author:Bob Chiarelli
“Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and engaged citizens. Every year, we spend nearly $100 billion on corporate welfare, and more than $500 billion on defense spending. Surely ensuring the next generation can compete in the global economy is at least as important as subsidies for big business and military adventures around the globe. In fact, I think we can and must go further - not just making public higher education tuition-free, but reinventing education in America as we know it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsImportantFactsBigsAmericaNextPayEducationEconomyGenerationsMilitaryCollegeAdventureHigherCitizensInvestmentSpendingDefenseBillionsCorporateWelfareEngagedGlobesNext GenerationBig BusinessHigher EducationGlobal EconomyWorkforceSubsidiesPublic GoodTuitionReinventingEducation In AmericaCollege TuitionDefense Spending Author:Robert Reich
“College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.” WayHelpingTodayHurtPayEducationEconomyStudentsCollegeLifetimeDebtDrowningCondemningCollege StudentsIndebtednessCollege TuitionStudents Today Author:Elizabeth Warren
“In Germany, college tuition is free. In America, college tuition is increasingly unaffordable. In a highly competitive global economy, which country do you think will have the best educated work force and a competitive advantage? We must make tuition free in public colleges and universities and substantially reduce interest rates on student loans.” ThinkingCountryAmericaForceInterestEducationEconomyStudentsCollegeAdvantageRateUniversityEducatedGermanyLoanGlobal EconomyInterest RateCompetitive AdvantageTuitionStudent LoanColleges And UniversitiesCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“Fifty years ago, great schools like the University of California and the City University of New York - as well as many state colleges - were tuition free. Today college is unaffordable for many working class families. For the sake of our economy and millions of Americans, we must make higher education more affordable.” YearsWellsStatesTodaySchoolCitiesClassMillionsEconomyNew YorkCollegeHigherYears AgoUniversitySakeCaliforniaFiftyWorking ClassAffordableHigher EducationTuitionGreat Schools Author:Bernie Sanders
“We need a movement that says in a highly competitive global economy all of our kids who have the ability, the qualifications and the desire, will be able to get a college education regardless of income because we will make public colleges and universities tuition free.” NeedsKidsAbleDesireAbilityEconomyMovementCollegeUniversityIncomeQualificationsGlobal EconomyCollege EducationTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can change the conditions for America's young, so that young people upon graduating from high school who don't have economic means to go to college can realize other options beyond joining the military and fighting in wars that enrich corporations like Halliburton which should feel guilty about profiteering off of a war that is being fought on the backs of those locked out of America's mainstream economy.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsShouldMeanWarSchoolAmericaYoungPoliticalFightingRealizingEconomyEconomicConditionsMilitaryMovementCollegeHigh SchoolHip HopGuiltyHipsCorporationsHopsGraduatesMainstreamLockedTranslateJoiningPolitical PowerGraduating High SchoolJoining The Military Author:Bakari Kitwana
“In the economy today, everybody understands that we need a well educated workforce. This is 2016. When we talk about public education, it can no longer be K through 12th grade. I do believe that public colleges and universities should be tuition free.” NeedsShouldBelieveWellsTodayEconomyCollegeUniversityEducatedGradesWorkforcePublic EducationTuitionWell EducatedColleges And UniversitiesEconomy Today Author:Bernie Sanders
“There is no difference in a country between military, economic, and political affairs. It's useful for Business Insider to divide things that way. That's useful for a college program. But a country is a country. How do you understand China's economy without China's army? If you take these all into account you're ready to explain a question like, "How come the US doesn't have a debt problem?"” IfsWayCountryProblemPoliticalDifferencesEconomyEconomicMilitaryCollegeReadyProgramAccountsArmyAffairChinaDebtDividesInsiders Author:George Friedman
“Growing our economy means allowing individuals, and particularly those in the middle class, to be able to keep more of their money. It also means that people in the middle class and modest incomes to be able to pay for their retirement, to get a down payment for a home, to send a child to college.” PeopleMeanChildrenHomeAbleIndividualPayClassEconomyGrowingMiddleCollegeIncomeMiddle ClassRetirementAllowingModestPayment Author:Mitt Romney
“I've said that we're going to produce real results for the American people because so many Americans feel left out and left behind, they think the economy has failed them, they think our government has failed, they can't stand the gridlock and dysfunction in our politics, and I'm determined to produce more good jobs with rising incomes, and deal with all of the concerns that families have about education, college affordability, student debt.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSaidRealGovernmentJobsLeftResultsDealsBehindsEconomyStudentsProduceCollegeConcernDebtDeterminedIncomeRisingGood JobLeft BehindLeft OutDysfunctionGridlockAffordability Author:Hillary Clinton
“I came from an educated, upper middle-class family. My mother was a Persian and history teacher at a large high school for girls. Many of the women in my extended family and in our circle of friends were professionals. In those days, women were a vital part of the economy in Kabul. They worked as lawyers, physicians, college professors, etc., which makes the tragedy of how they were treated by the Taliban that much more painful.” SchoolMotherGirlClassEconomyTeacherMiddleCollegeHigh SchoolTragedyPainfulLawyerCirclesTreatedEducatedEtcMiddle ClassProfessorsPhysiciansTalibanPersianExtended FamilyCircle Of FriendsMiddle Class FamilyKabulUpper Middle ClassCollege ProfessorsHistory Teacher Author:Khaled Hosseini
“You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate. You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree. We have to get our economy going.” PeopleYearsKidsTodayJobsLastsThreeGrowthHalfMillionsStruggleEconomyCollegeDegreesRateComing OutThree YearsSlow DownSlowingCollege Degree Author:Mitt Romney