Higher Education Quotes

• Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.

  Margaret Spellings

  Education, Numbers, Challenges

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

  Christopher Dodd

  Important, Income, Pell Grants

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• As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

  Derek Bok

  Country, Cost, Maintaining

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• Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries.

  Meg Whitman

  Education, Country, Fall

  Interview with Teddy Davis, abcnews.go.com. November 17, 2009.

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• Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future.

  Thad Cochran

  Art, Jobs, Math

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• In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools.

  Jack Steinberger

  Education, Children, School

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• There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

  Anne Campbell

  Pages, Students, Education Funding

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• There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.

  Derek Bok

  Years, Dollars, Tests

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• Adelaide is becoming a hub for higher education.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Adelaide, Becoming, Hub

  "Our creative minds need to be harnessed" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2008.

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• In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

  Bobby Jindal

  Home, Louisiana, Dozen

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• In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know.

  Sandra Oh

  Parent, Asian, Goes On

  Sandra Oh moves from 'Sideways' to TV, www.today.com. March 22, 2005.

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• Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

  Barack Obama

  Education, Money, Luxury

  "Newsroom", www.cnn.com. June 21, 2012.

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• Education is the sum total of one's experience, and the purpose of higher education is to widen our experiences beyond the circumscribed existence or our own daily lives.

  Mortimer Adler

  Education, Purpose, Daily Life

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• Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

  Charles Rangel

  Encouragement, Youth, Critical

  "Advancing the Dream Through Education" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2013.

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• It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world.

  Norman Cousins

  Education, World, Today

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• In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.

  John F. Kennedy

  Education, Money, Mean

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.114, Best Books on

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• Starting in high school and continuing through our higher education system, we must ensure our students are on the right path to acquiring marketable skills that will lead to a productive and satisfying career. My goal is for every student to get a job after they graduate – not move back in with his or her parents. To do that, we must emphasize skill attainment in our community colleges and universities, use our resources more efficiently and measure success in a comprehensive way.

  Pat McCrory

  Jobs, Moving, School

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• Higher education is the only business that has a ceremony for firing its customers.

  Elliott Masie

  Teaching, Ceremony, Customers

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

  Chris Van Hollen

  Escaping, Cost, Poverty

  "Breaking the Cycle of Childhood Poverty" by Chris Van Hollen, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2012.

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• The Internet will save higher education, but it may kill your alma mater.

  John Katzman

  May, Alma Mater, Internet

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• We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a separate course in morality or ethics. I am convinced, however, that values are sustained on campus by the honesty of our words, and by the confidence we have in the words of others.

  Ernest L. Boyer

  Education, Honesty, Teaching

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• The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Goal, Champion, Viewpoints

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• Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.

  Aldous Huxley

  Guarantees, Statistics, Virtue

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• The 21st century looks different. It's been very disruptive. It has created a lot of insecurity. We have to adjust to that, because the 21st century has real promise. Now, the higher-paying jobs of this new century are fantastic. The problem is, you have to have some level of higher education, maybe not a four-year degree, but some level of higher education, to get those jobs.

  Marco Rubio

  Jobs, Real, Years

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• If you're white and wealthy, Texas is a great place, however, no Texas governor Republican or Democrat is eager to raise taxes and without that you can't expand access to health care or decrease the cost of higher education.

  Calvin Jillson

  Education, Health, Texas

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