Jill Biden

Many of my students don’t know that I’m second lady of the United States… because, you know, it’s a community college.

I’ve seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

As a community college professor for over twenty years, I’ve seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances, they show up. They work hard. They believe anything is possible.

Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

One of the things that make community colleges so special is they do not pick and choose their students – they work with all students.

You must work on improving your skills every day and never quit.

All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college.

That’s the way to study history-by noting evolutionary processes.

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.

Do not neglect your life skills, which should include a healthy dose of financial education.

Education – lifelong education for everyone – from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers – is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read, he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.