Jill Biden

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

In the past, there has been a stigma surrounding community colleges, where they were seen as a less viable option because they are not four-year universities. I know differently and so do the millions of people across the country who have received an affordable, quality higher education at community college.

Women who are interested in pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees – especially in STEM fields – benefit from starting at a community college. They offer an affordable education, with flexible schedules and degrees close to home.

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

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.

Because of the flexibility that community colleges afford, many students do not have to choose between an education and fulfilling other responsibilities – they can do both.

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

… because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college.

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

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education can’t focus only on developing our wonderful brain. We also need warm-heartedness. This is my view.

To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.

In addition to an education, kids were supposed to graduate with some basic values, self-discipline, and life skills. A little common sense wouldn’t hurt either. Our schools don’t teach that anymore, instead we’re more concerned about kids having self-esteem and feeling good about themselves than we are about preparing them for real life. The politically correct crowd has taken over our schools, and as a result we are failing our children.

I don’t care what their [Guns N’ Roses] record is. If you need a blood donor and the only person who can give you a transfusion is Hitler, you take the blood.

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

I mean, look, teachers don’t do their job for the money, obviously, because we pay them ridiculously little amounts for what they put in. Most of them come out of their own pocket for materials and things to help the children and all that.

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.

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake — but for the future of our nation’s sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness — for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build world peace; not our productive economy — for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government – for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

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.