“In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.” YearsPurposeStudyIssuesFootballCollegeHigherArgumentPrimariesConvincingHigher EducationCollege Football Author:Buzz Bissinger
“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
“By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.” FirstsCountryHelpingAgeAmericaNationsClassMiddleStudentsCollegeHigherInnovationDecadesOur CountryMinoritiesMiddle ClassLegislationNew AgeAffordableIngenuitySpursHigher Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors.” KnowsKindBigsSchoolFacesGuyLevelsGrowing UpGrowingCollegeGrewHigherGrew UpTownsLeagueMinorsSmall TownHigher LevelSchool Districts Author:Roy Oswalt
“The American College of Sports Medicine found that the productivity of people after exercise was an average of 65 percent higher than those who did not exercise. If I have something that's really bothering me, so much that it almost hurts my head to try to sort it out, I always find the solution in a puddle of sweat! Intense exercise is like taking a magic pill that gives you the ability to solve problems like a superhero.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingProblemFoundSportsHurtAbilityMagicCollegeHigherExerciseSolutionsPercentMedicineAverageSolveProductivityIntenseBotherSweatSuperheroPillsPuddles Author:Chalene Johnson
“We have to make sure that college is accessible and affordable. Two years ago, I stood here and called upon our institutions of higher learning to develop plans for degrees that cost no more than $10,000. There were plenty of detractors at that time who insisted it couldn't be done. However, that call inspired educators at colleges and universities across our state to step up to the plate. Today, I'm proud to tell you that thirteen Texas universities have announced plans for a $10,000 degree.” YearsTwoStatesDoneTodayEducationStepsPlansCollegeProudHigherCostDegreesYears AgoInstitutionsInspiredUniversityPlentyTwo YearsTexasPlatesAffordableEducatorStep UpThirteenTwo Years AgoColleges And UniversitiesHigher Learning Author:Rick Perry
“And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to be performed at home. When he asks for colleges to educate ministers, tell him you must educate woman, that she may do away with the necessity of ministers, so that they may be able to go to some useful employment.” MayHomeAblePurposeAsksAtheismCollegeHigherMissionsPositive AtheismEmploymentMinistersEducateMissionary Author:Ernestine Rose
“Refinancing won't fix everything that's broken with our [American] higher education system. We've got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars.” NeedsSchoolCollegeBrokenHigherCostDollarsAccountabilityEducation SystemHigher Education Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump.” PeopleMeanRiskCollegeHigherEconomicsProfessorsAversion Author:Michael Arrington
“Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.” PeopleHelpingOpportunityStrongCommunityClassMiddleCollegeHigherSecureMiddle ClassLaddersHigher EducationCommunity College Author:Thomas Perez
“Our higher education system is controlled by what amounts to a cartel of existing colleges and universities, which use their power over the accreditation process to block innovative, low-cost competitors from entering the market.” UseProcessEducationCollegeAmountHigherCostLowsUniversityBlockControlledEnteringCompetitorsInnovativeEducation SystemHigher EducationColleges And UniversitiesCartels Author:Marco Rubio
“All men cannot go to college but some men must; every isolated group or nation must have its yeast, must have for the talented few centers of training where men are not so mystified and befuddled by the hard and necessary toil of earning a living, as to have no aims higher than their bellies, and no God greater than Gold.” MenHardNationsGreaterGroupsCollegeHigherTrainingGoldAimIsolatedEarningToilBellyAim HighYeastEarning A Living Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“When an individual from underprivileged background gets higher education, he/she uplifts the entire family. 90% of students at Namal college are from underprivileged backgrounds. I look forward for your support in this noble cause” LooksIndividualCausesSupportStudentsCollegeHigherNobleBackgroundsUpliftingHigher EducationGetting HighUnderprivilegedNoble Causes Author:Imran Khan
“Poor people in America today (people who are officially in poverty) have a higher standard of living - in terms of medical standards, in terms of going to college, in terms of the way people live - than middle class people did thirty years ago.” PeopleWayYearsTodayAmericaTermPoorClassPovertyMiddleCollegeHigherStandardsYears AgoMedicalThirtyMiddle ClassPoor PeopleThirty YearsStandards Of LivingAmerica TodayHigher StandardsGoing To College Author:Michael Medved
“College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.” AmericaFootballCollegeHigherAffairAfternoonSaturdayCollege FootballSaturday AfternoonHigher Learning Author:Robert M. Hutchins
“In the past, there has been a stigma surrounding community colleges, where they were seen as a less viable option because they are not four-year universities. I know differently and so do the millions of people across the country who have received an affordable, quality higher education at community college.” PeopleKnowsYearsHas BeensCountryPastCommunityQualityMillionsFourCollegeHigherUniversityFour YearsAffordableStigmaHigher EducationCommunity College Author:Jill Biden
“We have transformed our colleges from places of higher learning into places for the technical training of poorly prepared young men and women who need a degree to get a job in a college-crazy society.” MenNeedsJobsYoungCrazyCollegeHigherDegreesTrainingMen And WomenPreparedYoung ManTransformedHigher LearningTechnical Training Author:Eugene Genovese
“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
“Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.” WayNeedsShouldStatesUnitedEducationUnited StatesCollegeRevolutionHigherPrivilegeFundHigher EducationTuitionCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“Every person in this country who has the desire and ability should be able to get all the education they need regardless of the income of their family. This is not a radical idea. In Germany, Scandinavia and many other countries, higher education is either free or very inexpensive. We must do the same.” NeedsShouldPersonsIdeasCountryAbleDesireAbilityEducationCollegeHigherIncomeRadicalGermanyOther CountriesHigher EducationTuitionInexpensiveScandinaviaRadical IdeasCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“How can the United States be competitive globally if higher education is unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden have no tuition for college. Other countries have low tuition. We need the best educated workforce in the world. Instead of spending endless amounts on the military, we need to invest in our young people.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsCountryStatesYoungUnitedEducationUnited StatesMilitaryCollegeAmountHigherLowsSpendingEndlessEducatedGermanyOther CountriesScotlandHigher EducationSwedenWorkforceDenmarkTuitionNorwayAustriaFinlandCollege 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 are moving in exactly the wrong direction in higher education. Forty years ago, tuition in some of the great American public universities and colleges was virtually free. Today, the cost is unaffordable for many working class families. Higher education must be a right for all - not just wealthy families.” YearsTodayMovingClassCollegeHigherCostYears AgoUniversityFortyWealthyWorking ClassHigher EducationGreat AmericanMoving InTuitionWrong Direction Author:Bernie Sanders
“We need the best educated workforce in the world. Hundreds of thousands of bright, young, qualified people who want to go to college or get a higher education are unable to do so, not because they lack the ability but because they lack the money.” PeopleWorldWantNeedsYoungAbilityCollegeHigherEducatedQualifiedHigher EducationWorkforce Author:Bernie Sanders
“Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.” PeopleHas BeensJobsNumbersCollegeHigherRight NowDegreesPopulationMichiganCollege DegreeOutsourcingGreat History Author:Jennifer Granholm
“When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance.” ShowsKidsSocialParentCollegeHigherPerformancesAccountsSavingSavingsCognitiveSavings Accounts Author:Dan Ariely
“I'll tell you the truth - I went to a women's college, Barnard, the most selective college for women in America today. If there's one thing I came out of Barnard with, because it was a women's college and a great institution of higher education, it was fearlessness.” IfsTodayAmericaOne ThingCollegeHigherInstitutionsFearlessnessHigher EducationSelectiveAmerica Today Author:Anna Quindlen
“Just in higher education alone, more people go to college now, by enormous amounts, than went to college in the '50's and '60's. So that represents a whole new literate public that's a consumer of literature, of news, of print, of, you know, opinion. And that's a bigger audience and much more diverse audience than it used to be.” PeopleKnowsWholeUsedLiteratureOpinionAudienceCollegeAmountHigherNewsBiggerEnormousUsed To BeConsumersPrintDiverseHigher Education Author:Louis Menand
“Hillary Clinton and I have worked together on a higher education proposal which will guarantee free tuition in public colleges and universities for every family in this country making $125,000 a year or less. We're going to fight for paid family and medical leave. Those are the issues that the American people want to hear discussed, and I'm going to go around the country discussing them and making sure that Hillary Clinton is elected president.” PeopleWantYearsCountryTogetherFightingPresidentIssuesCollegeHigherPaidClintonUniversityMedicalGuaranteesProposalDiscussingHigher EducationTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“In part, it's almost surely a failure of modern education, whether K through 12 or higher education, or really both. Barack Obama went to Ivy League institutions like Columbia, which are reputed to be among America's top colleges. And yet, this very recent product of those American institutions is not publicly articulating an appreciation of the American founding or the founders and their vision for America.” AmericaVisionModernCollegeProductsHigherInstitutionsAppreciationBarackLeagueFoundersFoundingIvyHigher EducationColumbiaIvy LeagueArticulatingModern Education Author:Paul Kengor
“With respect to teaching, I couldn't make sense of mainstream economics when I had to teach it to college students. At the same time, I could see at the school that there was a whole lot of hypocrisy. Not much real respect for the "higher learning."” RealWholeSchoolTeachTeachingStudentsCollegeHigherEconomicsMake SenseHypocrisyMainstreamCollege StudentsHigher Learning Author:Michael Yates