“Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano scholarship. And now I'm so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you're flexing a different muscle, but it's beautiful because it is music.” DifferentPlayBeautifulSupportGoneCollegeNeededGladPianoMusclesScholarshipDifferent ExperiencesFlexing Author:Jamie Foxx
“The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus which puts particular emphasis on the education of undergraduates within the framework of a College system.” ShouldIdeasSupportCollegeParticularUniversityCaliforniaCommitteesEmphasisFrameworkCampus Author:Abraham Robinson
“What government supports, government controls. This is an ancient axiom repeatedly ratified by experience. . . . Indeed, as is well known, acceptance of tax aid has led to the secularization of many church-related colleges and universities.” WellsStatesGovernmentChurchKnownSupportAcceptanceCollegeTaxesUniversityAncientAidsRelatedWell KnownAxiomsColleges And Universities Book:Church schools & public money: the politics of parochiaid Source: Church schools & public money: the politics of parochiaid
“College radio is a very important medium that needs to survive in difficult economic times when some stations are being sold off and shut down. College radio is the future for broadcasting stars and pioneers of tomorrow, and we as a band, Coldplay, support the vital mission of college radio and we also support College Radio Day, the day when college radio comes together.” NeedsImportantTogetherStarsDifficultSupportEconomicCollegeTomorrowBandRadioMissionsMediumsStationsPioneersBroadcasting Author:Chris Martin
“The threshold of the Dream Act is not high enough. One year of community college is not enough... No, I do not support the Dream Act.” YearsEnoughDreamCommunitySupportCollegeThresholdCommunity CollegeDream Act Author:Michael Baumgartner
“I went through college in the 1960s without having any idea that I was going to have to make a living. When I graduated in 1968 it was quite a shock to find out that there was a world out there and that it wasnt going to support me.” WorldIdeasSupportCollegeShock1960sSupport Me Author:Francine Prose
“There is a story in the book Night Shift, called 'The Mangler,' about a laundry machine that takes on a sort of malignant life. I worked in a laundry for about a year and a half after I got out of college. It was the only job I could find to support my wife and our first child. There was a fellow there that had no hands or forearms. He simply had hooks. This is one of the things that they don't tell you about when you become management. You have to wear a tie. It was this fellow's tie that did him in.” YearsFirstsChildrenBookStoriesHandsJobsNightHalfSupportWifeCollegeMachinesManagementFellowsMy WifeTiesHookLaundryNight Shift Author:Stephen King
“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
“The late Rev. Peter Gomes at The Memorial Church at Harvard was a true mentor to me when I was in college. He instilled in me a commitment to service, saying that it's not enough to believe in service, or support those who serve - you ought to find a way yourself to serve. When I looked at different options after college, nobody inspired me more than the 18- and 19-year-olds who serve on the front lines of our nation's military. Serving with them in the Marines as we together served our country was the greatest honor of my life to date.” WayYearsBelieveDifferentCountryEnoughTogetherNationsChurchLinesSupportMilitaryFrontsCollegeOughtHonorLateCommitmentInspiredOur CountryServingPeterMentorMarineMemorialHarvardTrue Man Author:Seth Moulton
“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
“The fact is that I write under duress, often in my bed, often at the last minute. I'm kind of a binge writer I would say, which I don't support. I was always kind of that way. Probably the time I was the most regular as a writer was college. It was like, what else is there to do when you're living in the Midwest studying creative writing?” WayWritingKindFactsLastsSupportCreativeStudyMinutesCollegeBedCreative WritingMidwestLast MinuteBingeDuress Author:Lena Dunham
“...home-schooled students are able to successfully adapt emotionally, interpersonally, and academically to their first, and most challenging, semester in college. That is probably because, having had the consistent teaching and support of a family and a community, they have developed strengths and convictions that provide a bridge over the troubled waters of a multitude of challenges and temptations.” FirstsHomeAbleWaterCommunityChallengesSupportTeachingStudentsCollegeConvictionTemptationBridgesConsistentMultitudesSchooledSemesterTroubled Waters Author:Laura Schlessinger
“And it was important to my parents that I get my degree in 4 years, because "Money doesn't grow on trees." [LOL] I will support my son in whatever he wants to do professionally, but he will go to college, too. My husband and I are in concert on that.” WantYearsImportantGrowsParentSupportTreeCollegeSonHusbandDegreesMy HusbandMy SonConcerts Author:Wendy Williams
“For a lot of women who don't go to college, or for a lot of women who aren't in New York or D.C. or someplace where there's like a large feminist organization they can get involved in, they may be doing feminist work, right, like locally or with a grassroots organization or in their own lives, but if they don't have that support system and if they don't have that availability to feminist language, I think we're missing out on something.” IfsThinkingMayLanguageSupportMissingNew YorkCollegeInvolvedOrganizationFeministGet InvolvedAvailabilityGrassrootsMissing OutSupport Systems Author:Jessica Valenti
“I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work. I've heard from so many of you about the difficult choices you face and the stresses that you're under. So let's have paid family leave, earned sick days. Let's be sure we have affordable child care and debt-free college.” PeopleWantChildrenCareFacesChoicesDifficultSupportStruggleHeardCollegeBalanceSickStressPaidDebtWant UAffordableChild CareDebt FreeDifficult ChoicesSick Days Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think Democrats ought to be concerned, that the party has become almost prideful about the college-educated vote that it's getting, the support that Hillary Clinton is getting against Donald Trump.” ThinkingPartySupportCollegeOughtTrumpConcernedVoteClintonDemocratEducated Author:Mark Shields
“[Donald] Trump's path to victory depends on getting historic levels of support from white voters, and particularly large numbers of white, non-college-educated voters.” WhiteLevelsNumbersSupportPathCollegeDependsTrumpVictoryEducatedVotersHistoricLarge NumbersEducated Voters Author:Mara Liasson
“Hillary Clinton said we need to bring back vocational education in high school. We need to support community colleges. We need to make sure that people who are not going to finish college have a job waiting for them and the skills to do the job. These are all - have become fairly standard Democratic policy positions.” PeopleNeedsSaidSchoolJobsWaitingCommunitySupportPolicyPositionCollegeSkillsStandardsHigh SchoolDemocraticClintonCommunity CollegeVocational Education Author:George Packer
“The primary purpose of the Electoral College is to maintain the power of the states and to support the idea that the election is decided by the states. It's not decided by the general population, and it never was.” IdeasStatesPurposeSupportCollegeDecidedElectionPopulationPrimariesElectoral College Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If we can make sure that that young boys starting at the age of three or four already knows their colors and their letters and are getting good preschool, and by the time they get into school they've got a good teacher and are getting the support that they need and are able to keep up with their classwork, that is going to do more to reduce the incarceration rate at the same time, obviously, as it increases the college enrollment rate.” IfsKnowsNeedsAgeAbleSchoolYoungThreeBoysSupportTeacherFourCollegeColorLettersIncreaseRateStartingGood TeacherIncarcerationPreschoolEnrollment Author:Barack Obama