#higher education

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

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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

#because #behind #california #china #competitive

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

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

— Christopher Dodd

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For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate. ↗

— Thomas Frank

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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

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

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

— James E. Rogers

#enough #fast #growing #higher #higher education

In our post-9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#any #deserves #education #employer #enjoy