The degree you earn from Iowa will be the best tool you have to achieve that basic American promise.

That's bad for the students. It's bad for their families. It's bad for the economy in the near term and in the long term.

Helping more young people afford college should be at the forefront of America's agenda.

Making sure our next generation earns the best education possible is exactly America's business.

College isn't just the best investment that you can make in your future, it's the best investment you can make in your country's future.

A higher education is the single clearest path to the middle class.

Failing to take action would result in interest rates on these student loans doubling, which would in turn have a very negative impact on millions of students across the country.

We can't price the middle class out of a college education.

We work and we hustle. You study hard to get your degree because you believe in success and individual initiative.

College isn't just the best investment you can make in your future. It is the best investment that you can make in your country's future.

In today's economy, there's no greater predictor of individual success than a good education.

This country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of everybody.

Higher education can't be a luxury.

The degree you earn from Colorado is going to be the best tool that you've got to achieve the American promise, by far.

When you take classes at a community college like this one and you learn the skills that you need to get a job right away, that does not just benefit you, it benefits the company that ends up hiring and profiting from your skills.

On Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., we renew our commitment to these timeless aspirations, and we rededicate ourselves to fostering in our sons and daughters inquiring minds and compassionate hearts.

I was pleased to hear of his decision to reopen the Halki Seminary.

The skills that you gain here at this community college will be the surest path to success in this economy.