Although there are more students from low-income families with college aspirations and more first-generation college students, we need to do a better job of seeing these students through to graduation.

We have deserving students who are kept out of college or have difficulty completing their degrees because of a lack of money. With increased competition abroad, this is exactly what we can't afford to have happening in this country.

[The declining role of grants, which students do not need to pay back,] concerns all of us, ... Affordability is essential to opportunity.

The growth accomplishes a parallel increase in students taking demanding courses such as pre-algebra, calculus and physics. It is important to remember that the best preparation for the SAT is the day to day work students do in schools.

That's the value of a college education, ... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.

That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.