Student Aid Quotes

The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy.

So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.

It's one thing to make financial aid available to students so they can attend college. It's another thing to design forms that students can actually fill out.

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools.

When Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell first proposed the grants that now bear his name, he envisioned a way to help students attend our country's wonderful colleges and universities, so they could share in the American Dream.

Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy.

Is there any more important problem than our lack of need-based scholarships? I think not.

We need to deal with helping middle-class kids get a college education.

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

After considering the ways that I might be able to help young college students, I decided to continue my support of the Light on the Hill scholarship. I would like to endorse this particular fund and encourage other former UNC students who have found success to reach back and assist the efforts of current and future Tar Heels.

Congress and the public don't seem to have noticed that, while largely ignoring our own students, we are putting our money and our best talent into training our economic competitors.

Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools.

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.

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

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will donate $45 billion of his wealth to philanthropy. Two years ago, my husband and I decided to endow $100 million to set up the SOHO China Scholars. This program will give financial aid to Chinese students so they can attend the best universities in the world.

Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.

The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up.

A permanent, growing fund for student aid will help all Oregonians afford needed education and training and build a path towards a stronger future.

My fans are indulging in social welfare activities from time to time and have also been helping economically backward students.

A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.