“With tuition increases, students from the lower two-fifths of the income level are coming to university schools with less frequency. For this state to be competitive, we need our kids to get degrees.”
Doug Bradley
“If you look at the opportunities to learn that low-income students and minority students are currently given . . . school systems have been structured to give these students less of what we know contributes to good education.”
Daria Hall
“Today it takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax form than it does to make the income.”
Alfred E. Neuman
“There are all kinds of ways out there for graduate students to supplement their income. Some loans and scholarships are based on ethnicity and some provide financial assistance for specific programs, like Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degrees.”
Dallas Martin
“The reason that we won't see a huge shift in the number of low-income students who are attending Harvard and Yale is that the academic expectations are so high that while there are some students who would qualify, the numbers are not huge.”
Robert Shireman
“When low-income students are saddled with debt and have a low probability of completion, they end up worse off than if they hadn't attended college at all. You end up in a very difficult situation to get out of -- ever.”
“A state's income level is directly linked to the education levels of its residents. And we must support our schools - with real, tangible resources. There's no way of getting around that fact. And if you cut school spending during tough times, your state is going to suffer. Poverty rates will increase. Property crime will increase.”
Bill Richardson
