Gretchen Whitmer Quotes

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

The Millennial Generation is being crushed by soaring college costs and student loan debt, and as lawmakers, we must find solutions to address affordability and flexibility in higher education.

At most schools, if you switch majors, you basically start over. That means more semesters... and more money. The former might be appealing, but the latter is a major problem for a demographic already saddled with student debt.

If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

I strongly support extending current student loan interest rates and increasing the college tuition tax credit for students and their families.

You have to have a lot of money to go to college. It's not cheap.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.

College costs continue to rise, and student loan debt threatens to price many Americans out of a college education and out of the middle class.

The cost of a college degree has skyrocketed out of control.

I believe that a university education should be free as it is unfair on people who cannot afford to pay for it.

Colleges take kids' money. It's that simple.

The hardest thing about going to college should not be paying for it.

The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.

I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs.

You might say those who can't repay their student debts shouldn't have borrowed in the first place. But they had no way of knowing just how bad the jobs market would become.

College gives people learning and also takes away future opportunities by loading the next generation down with debt.

When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is 'debt.' And from 'debt' it's just a short hop to other unpleasant words, like 'payola,' 'kickback,' and 'bribery.'

Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both private and from the government.

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

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising.

The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of thousands of dollars in debt in order to pay their college bills, the state governments wouldn't have found it so politically easy to cut taxpayer support for public colleges and universities.