You can't do right by the students in an economic vacuum,

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

I have to face everyday teaching students who don't have an observatory, ... I'm doing this for them. It's the right thing to do.

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 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.

You're only half-kidding about watering down. It's not right. Our students will go to college and have to compete against kids whose schools didn't water down their classes.