#higher education

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

#because #big #close #discouragement #education

Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#any #areas #best #come #country

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#century #come #courses #did #down

We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy. ↗

— Bob Taft

#education #ensure #higher #higher education #must

English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#education #english #far #goes #half-century

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#act #affordable #college #easier #education

Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada. ↗

— James E. Rogers

#enough #fast #growing #higher #higher education

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education. ↗

— Ron Kind

#especially #higher #higher education #invest #one thing

Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#affordable #all americans #bringing #cost #democrats

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#defensive #does #education #general #higher