#higher education

State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#colleges #cut #cuts #education #funding

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

For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing. ↗

— Vince Cable

#determined #education #footing #government #grow

Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness. ↗

— Vince Cable

#basic #britain #competitiveness #considerable #education

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education. ↗

— John Conyers

#chosen #costs #education #higher #higher education

This year, we must address the Colorado Paradox. We have more college degrees per capita than any state. Yet we lag the nation in the percentage of students who go on to higher education. ↗

— Bill Owens

#any #capita #college #colorado #degrees

The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education. ↗

— Jodi Rell

#best #college #college students #dividends #education

We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It's also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost. ↗

— Roy Romer

#attitude #better #better quality #cost #education