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orge Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / July 23
1305
acy of religious
in New York, NY, and currently resides in
dream of a college education for their chil-
e in specific wil-
Washington, DC.
dren will find that this legislation helps to
) the fullest ex-
make their dreams reality.
ent of the Inte-
Educator Robert Maynard Hutchins once
Department of
said: "The object of education is to prepare
impact of any
Nomination of Genta Hawkins
ous cultural ac-
the young to educate themselves throughout
Holmes To Be Director General of
their lives." I think the key phrase here is
Secretary of the
the Foreign Service
"throughout their lives." Our intention is to
6 of the WSAs
July 22, 1992
make it easier for all Americans to pursue
postsecondary education and training
S are not suit-
The President today announced his inten-
throughout their lifetimes-whether they are
ness.
tion to nominate Genta Hawkins Holmes, of
nd report from
just out of high school or returning to school
California, a career member of the Senior
concerning the
later in life. The world has changed, and a
Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor,
solid education is critical for all of us to com-
ection-by-sec-
slation. I urge
to be Director General of the Foreign Serv-
pete effectively in today's global economy
sly and favor-
ice. She would succeed Edward J. Perkins.
and function as responsible citizens in our
Ambassador Holmes currently serves as
on so that the
American democracy.
U.S. Ambassador to Namibia, 1990-present.
As in Oregon
In pursuing the reauthorization of the
1.
She has also served as Deputy Chief of Mis-
Higher Education Act of 1965, my Adminis-
sion in Pretoria, South Africa, 1988-89; Port-
tration was guided by three major principles:
Au-Prince, Haiti, 1986-88; and Lilongwe,
improving access to postsecondary edu-
orge Bush
Malawi, 1984-86. Ambassador Holmes has
cation-especially for middle- and low-in-
also served at the State Department in sev-
come students and families; enhancing ac-
it to Thomas
eral other positions, including: international
countability of all who play a role in post-
use of Rep-
affairs officer at the Bureau of African Af-
secondary education programs; and promot-
President of
fairs, 1983; participant in the Senior Seminar
ing educational excellence. This legislation is
at the State Department, 1982; and at the
not perfect, but it moves in the direction of
Agency for International Development as As-
these principles. It contains a number of val-
sistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs
uable program integrity and loan default pre-
and as Acting Administrator, 1979-81.
vention provisions. In particular, these provi-
pan To
Ambassador Holmes graduated from the
sions will crack down on sham schools that
Governor
University of Southern California (A.B.,
have defrauded students and the American
ary Fund
1962). She was born September 3, 1940, in
taxpayer in the past. The legislation also will
Anadarko, OK. Ambassador Holmes is mar-
take the first steps toward establishing the
ried and currently resides in San Francisco,
principle of rewarding academic achieve-
d his inten-
CA.
ment through the establishment of Presi-
an, of New
dential Access Scholarships. This is an impor-
'mor of the
tant first step, and I will work to raise further
or a term of
the academic achievement standards for this
Statement on Signing the Higher
program.
S as Chair-
Education Amendments of 1992
I am particularly gratified that segments
Governors
rior to this
July 23, 1992
of my AMERICA 2000 strategy are part of
this legislation. It provides for an alternative
nd-Green-
Today I am signing into law S. 1150, the
certification program by which States will de-
77-87. Dr.
"Higher Education Amendments of 1992."
velop new routes to teacher certification. In
il of Eco-
It reauthorizes the many programs in the
addition, the legislation authorizes academies
man of the
Higher Education Act of 1965. The legisla-
for teachers and school leaders to provide
4-77; and
tion is broad in scope and significance, en-
these educators with in-service training in
Economic
compassing both the Pell Grant and Guaran-
academic and other educational areas.
teed Student Loan programs as well as a vari-
I am also pleased that eligibility for Pell
New York
ety of other programs to assist students and
Grants has been provided to students study-
950; and
institutions of higher education. I hope that
ing for degrees on a less than half-time basis.
6, 1926,
many middle- and low-income families who
This provision was part of my "Lifelong
SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS \ 1:45 P.M.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE \ JULY 23, 1992
THANK YOU, DR. ERNST. SECRETARY ALEXANDER.
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- IN PARTICULAR THE
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS OF THE NOVA COMMUNITY. FRIENDS. It's A
PLEASURE TO BE IN VIRGINIA ... THE CRADLE OF AMERICAN
EDUCATION
...
TO SIGN INTO LAW THE HIGHER EDUCATION
AMENDMENTS OF 1992, AND HELP MOVE OUR SCHOOLS INTO THE
21st CENTURY.
- 2 -
I TOLD DR. ERNST I'M IMPRESSED WITH NOVA's MISSION
CURRICULUM
...
AND MOST ESPECIALLY YOUR CHOICE OF LAST
YEAR'S COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
...
A CERTAIN SILVER-HAIRED
PHILOSOPHER NAMED BARBARA BUSH.
Now UNDERSTAND ... THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I
JUST DON'T LIKE TO DO. EAT BROCCOLI. AND SPEAK
ANYWHERE THAT BARBARA HAS ALREADY SPOKEN. IT'S SORT OF
LIKE BEING ASKED TO PLAY GUITAR AFTER GARTH BROOKS. 11
- 5 -
THE OPPORTUNITY IS HUGE. THE ECONOMISTS SAY WHEN
WE WIN WE WILL "SHARE IN A MAXIMIZED PROPORTION OF
EVER-INCREASING GLOBAL PROSPERITY." IN PLAIN ENGLISH,
THAT MEANS
GOOD, STEADY JOBS
...
FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILIES. So HOW DO WE WIN THOSE JOBS? I BELIEVE WE
CANNOT RENEW AMERICA
WITHOUT RENEWING OUR SCHOOLS.
CONSIDER A COUPLE FACTS. IN 1980
A MAN WITH A
COLLEGE EDUCATION MADE
ON AVERAGE
$11,000 MORE
PER YEAR THAN A MAN WITH ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
- 6 -
By 1990
THAT GAP HAD INCREASED TO MORE THAN $16,000
AND THE EXACT SAME PATTERN HAPPENED WITH WOMEN'S
INCOME.. THOSE FACTS SHOUT A SIMPLE TRUTH
EDUCATION MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. EVERY AMERICAN
DESERVES THE CHANCE TO GET ON THE LADDER OF OPPORTUNITY
AND CLIMB! 11
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A WOMAN I ADMIRE. SHE'S
NOT SOMEONE YOU'LL READ ABOUT IN THE PAPER, OR SEE ON
T.V.
- 7 -
SHE IS SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE YOUR NEIGHBOR, OR THE
MOTHER OF ONE OF YOUR KIDS' FRIENDS. SHE HAS TWO
DISABLED CHILDREN, AND A LIFE THAT'S HAD MANY GOOD
BREAKS AND A COUPLE BAD. BUT SHE ALSO HAS A DREAM
THAT SHE WON'T LET GO -- TO BE A NURSE. AND NOW SHE
WILL GET THE FINANCIAL HELP SHE NEEDS TO FULFILL THAT
DREAM. SOME DAY THIS COURAGEOUS LADY'S CHILDREN WILL
SIT IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCH MoM RECEIVE HER NURSING
DEGREE.
- 8 -
THIS WOMAN WHO'S DONE SO MUCH FOR so MANY WILL NOW BE
ABLE TO SERVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE. THE PRESIDENT OF PHI
THETA KAPPA FRANCES MCINTIRE.
WHEN I HEARD FRANCES' STORY -- SAW HER
DETERMINATION -- I WAS PROUD. PROUD OF FRANCES -- AND
PROUD THAT WE ARE GIVING THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN
LIKE FRANCES A BETTER CHANCE TO GET THE EDUCATION THEY
DESIRE AND DESERVE.
- 9 -
THIS Act I'M SIGNING TODAY GIVES A HAND UP TO
LOWER-INCOME STUDENTS, WHO NEED HELP THE MOST. BUT IT
ALSO REACHES OUT TO MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES -- THE ONES
WHO SKIPPED THE VACATION AND DROVE THE OLD CLUNKER so
THAT THEIR KIDS COULD GO TO COLLEGE. Too OFTEN, THE
FUNDING CRACKS HAVE BEEN so BIG THAT- THESE SOLID,
DECENT FAMILIES HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH -- AND THEIR KIDS'
DREAMS HAVE BEEN IN DANGER OF SLIPPING AWAY.
- 10 -
WELL, NO LONGER. IT'S A MATTER OF FAIRNESS. IT'S A
MATTER OF OUR FUTURE. III
AND THIS Act ALSO REFLECTS AN IMPORTANT NEW
PHENOMENON. WE USED TO THINK OF EDUCATION LIKE MEASLES
VACCINES, FIRST DATES AND LEARNING TO DRIVE
SOMETHING WE ONLY DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. TODAY,
EDUCATION NEVER ENDS. ALTHOUGH OUR TEMPLES MAY BE
GRAYING AND OUR JOGGING ROUTES A LITTLE SHORTER ...
WE
ALWAYS HAVE TO LEARN.
- 11 -
THIS AcT RECOGNIZES THAT SIMPLE FACT
BY MAKING
FEDERAL AID AVAILABLE FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS
WHO
ARE TAKING A CLASS OR TWO TOWARD THEIR DEGREE WHILE
STILL WORKING A JOB.
11
I
How MUCH RICHER OUR NATION'S FUTURE WILL BE. EACH
YEAR, MILLIONS OF FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO GET MORE
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- AND PASS ON TO THEIR KIDS THE
AMERICAN LEGACY OF EDUCATION.
- 12 -
BUT THIS HIGHER EDUCATION AcT DOES MORE THAN OPEN
UP FEDERAL FUNDING TO MIDDLE-INCOME AND PART-TIME
STUDENTS. IT ALSO SETS TOUGH STANDARDS TO RID FEDERAL
AID PROGRAMS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE BOTH BY SHAM SCHOOLS
AND BY STUDENTS WHO DEFAULT ON THEIR LOANS.
- 13 -
IN ADDITION, SOME STUDENT AID WILL NOW BE CONTINGENT ON
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. AND THE Act INCLUDES PARTS OF
WHAT WE CALL THE AMERICA 2000 PROGRAM, INCLUDING
ACADEMIES FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS -- AND
SOMETHING CALLED ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION.
THAT'S A PROGRAM NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, so LET
ME EXPLAIN IT. WHEN I LIVED IN WEST TEXAS, I TRIED TO
VOLUNTEER TO TEACH NIGHT COURSES, BUT MY COLLEGE
ECONOMICS DEGREE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T
HAVE THE REQUIRED EDUCATION COURSES.
- 14 -
THAT BOTHERED ME
THEN I LEARNED THAT WITHOUT A
TEACHING DEGREE, EVEN ALBERT EINSTEIN COULDN'T TEACH
HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE. Now, I MIGHT UNDERSTAND KEEPING
ME OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
I MIGHT GET EMBARRASSED
AROUND THE COMPUTER. BUT ALBERT EINSTEIN?
IN MY FIRST MONTHS IN OFFICE, I PROPOSED
LEGISLATION TO ALLOW OUR EINSTEINS TO TEACH, WITHOUT
TRADITIONAL CERTIFICATION. AFTER THREE YEARS AND THREE
TRIES, CONGRESS FINALLY AGREES. THIS HELPS OPEN HUGE
POOLS OF TALENT TO BRING INTO OUR CLASSROOMS.
- 15 -
WE CAN FIND A WAY
FOR EXAMPLE
TO ENCOURAGE MORE
OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE LEAVING THE ARMED SERVICES
-- TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO WORK LEADING FUTURE
GENERATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM.
III
BY THE WAY, I'M PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THIS PAST
SPRING, I DID RECEIVE MY ALTERNATIVE TEACHING
CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE WOMAN WHO
SENT ME MY CERTIFICATE, DELIA STAFFORD, IS WITH US
TODAY.
- 16 -
DELIA IS A CHAMPION OF CHANGE
...
WILLING TO TRY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN DESERVE
NOTHING LESS. LET'S GIVE DELIA THE APPLAUSE SHE
DESERVES. III
[I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EINSTEIN
BUT I CAN NOW
TEACH IN TEXAS SCHOOLS. DELIA
I'LL BE CALLING IN
FOUR YEARS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OPENINGS. ]]
- 17 -
OUR SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS THE BEST IN THE
WORLD -- BECAUSE IT'S ROOTED IN ÂMERICAN IDEALS THAT
MAKE IT EXCELLENT, ACCESSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. AMERICA
2000 IS THE REVOLUTION THAT BELIEVES THOSE IDEALS MUST
BE TRANSFERRED TO OUR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
- 18 -
JUST YESTERDAY SENATOR DANFORTH AND CONGRESSMAN
GRADISON INTRODUCED MY "STATE AND LOCAL GI BILLS FOR
CHILDREN, WHICH WILL TRANSFORM PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION
BY GIVING MIDDLE- AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THOUSAND
DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO THEIR CHOICE
OF SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT THAT GIVES
ME A THOUSAND REASONS To CHEER.
- 19 -
HIGHER EDUCATION THRIVES ON COMPETITION AND
CHOICE -- WE MUST BRING THOSE INCENTIVES TO ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IT'S TIME WE LET PARENTS, NOT
THE GOVERNMENT, CHOOSE THEIR KIDS' SCHOOLS -- PUBLIC,
PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS. 11
I MENTIONED EARLIER HOW I BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION
IS NOW A LIFELONG ENDEAVOR. So I FEEL IT IS ONLY
APPROPRIATE TO CONCLUDE WITH A QUOTE I REMEMBER FROM MY
OWN SCHOOL DAYS.
- 20 -
IT IS A QUOTE FROM LONGFELLOW
SOMETHING ABOUT
"GREAT HEIGHTS NOT BEING ACHIEVED BY SUDDEN FLIGHT
BUT BY TOILING UPWARD IN THE NIGHT. LONGFELLOW'S
ADVICE COULD APPLY TO THE TASK OF RENEWING OUR SCHOOLS.
IT WON'T BE DONE WITH HEADLINES
OR SLOGANS
OR
EVEN MONEY ALONE.
WHAT IT TAKES
IS INNOVATION
COURAGE
A WILLINGNESS IN EVERY COMMUNITY TO ROLL UP
OUR SLEEVES AND REFORM THIS VITAL AMERICAN INSTITUTION.
- 21 -
WE ARE TOILING UPWARD IN THE NIGHT ... AND TODAY WE
CLIMB A LITTLE HIGHER. WHEN WE HAVE REACHED OUR
PLATEAU
...
WE WILL LOOK OUT UPON A NEW GENERATION OF
AMERICAN SCHOOLS
...
AND A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR OUR
NATION.
AND NOW, ON BEHALF OF FRANCES MCINTIRE AND THE
LEGIONS OF STUDENTS AT NOVA AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO
WILL BENEFIT -- IT IS WITH PRIDE AND HOPE THAT I SIGN
INTO LAW THE HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992.
- 22 -
COULD I ASK SECRETARY ALEXANDER, DR. ERNST, AND DELIA
STAFFORD TO STEP FORWARD.
# # #
SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS \ 1:45 P.M
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE \ JULY 23, 1992
THANK YOU, DR. ERNST. SECRETARY ALEXANDER.
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- IN PARTICULAR THE
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS OF THE NOVA COMMUNITY. FRIENDS. It's A
PLEASURE TO BE IN VIRGINIA ... THE CRADLE OF AMERICAN
EDUCATION
...
TO SIGN INTO LAW THE HIGHER EDUCATION
AMENDMENTS OF 1992, AND HELP MOVE OUR SCHOOLS INTO THE
21st CENTURY.
- 2 -
I TOLD DR. ERNST I'M IMPRESSED WITH NOVA's MISSION
...
CURRICULUM
...
AND MOST ESPECIALLY YOUR CHOICE OF LAST
YEAR'S COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ... A CERTAIN SILVER-HAIRED
PHILOSOPHER NAMED BARBARA BUSH.
Now UNDERSTAND
...
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I
JUST DON'T LIKE TO DO. EAT BROCCOLI. AND SPEAK
ANYWHERE THAT BARBARA HAS ALREADY SPOKEN. It's SORT OF
LIKE BEING ASKED TO PLAY GUITAR AFTER GARTH BROOKS. 11
= 3 -
BUT I'LL BREAK MY RULE JUST ONE TIME, BECAUSE THE
OCCASION IS so IMPORTANT.
WE GATHER AT A MOMENTOUS TIME IN HISTORY. OVER THE
PAST FOUR YEARS
WE'VE SEEN CHANGES OF ALMOST
...
BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS. THE COLD WAR IS OVER. WE WON.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES? WELL,
WHEN CHILDREN GO TO BED TONIGHT
THEY'LL BE SAFER
...
FROM THE SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WAR. SAFER THAN THEY WERE
A DECADE AGO. SAFER THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO.
- 4 -
SAFER THAN EVEN JUST A MONTH AGO. I BELIEVE THAT IS
VERY GOOD NEWS! 11
THIS NEW WORLD POSES BIG CHALLENGES AND BIG
OPPORTUNITIES. FROM POLAND TO PARAGUAY ... OTHER
NATIONS ARE TRYING TO COPY OUR SYSTEM OF FREE
ENTERPRISE. HERE'S THE QUESTION: How DO WE WIN
...
WHEN MORE OF THE WORLD'S NATIONS ARE PLAYING OUR GAME?
- 5 -
THE OPPORTUNITY IS HUGE. THE ECONOMISTS SAY WHEN
WE WIN WE WILL "SHARE IN A MAXIMIZED PROPORTION OF
EVER-INCREASING GLOBAL PROSPERITY." IN PLAIN ENGLISH,
THAT MEANS
...
GOOD, STEADY JOBS
...
FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILIES. So HOW DO WE WIN THOSE JOBS? I BELIEVE WE
CANNOT RENEW AMERICA
WITHOUT RENEWING OUR SCHOOLS.
CONSIDER A COUPLE FACTS. IN 1980
...
A MAN WITH A,
COLLEGE EDUCATION MADE
ON AVERAGE
$11,000 MORE
PER YEAR THAN A MAN WITH ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
- 6 -
BY 1990
...
THAT GAP HAD INCREASED TO MORE THAN $16,000
AND THE EXACT SAME PATTERN HAPPENED WITH WOMEN'S
INCOME... THOSE FACTS SHOUT A SIMPLE TRUTH
EDUCATION MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. EVERY AMERICAN
DESERVES THE CHANCE TO GET ON THE LADDER OF OPPORTUNITY
AND CLIMB! 11
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A WOMAN I ADMIRE. SHE'S
NOT SOMEONE YOU'LL READ ABOUT IN THE PAPER, OR SEE ON
T.V.
- 7 -
SHE IS SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE YOUR NEIGHBOR, OR THE
MOTHER OF ONE OF YOUR KIDS' FRIENDS. SHE HAS TWO
DISABLED CHILDREN, AND A LIFE THAT'S HAD MANY GOOD
BREAKS
AND A COUPLE BAD. BUT SHE ALSO HAS A DREAM
THAT SHE WON'T LET GO -- TO BE A NURSE. AND NOW SHE
WILL GET THE FINANCIAL HELP SHE NEEDS TO FULFILL THAT
DREAM. SOME DAY THIS COURAGEOUS LADY'S CHILDREN WILL
SIT IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCH MoM RECEIVE HER NURSING
DEGREE.
- 8 -
THIS WOMAN WHO'S DONE so MUCH FOR so MANY WILL NOW BE
ABLE TO SERVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE. THE PRESIDENT OF PHI
THETA KAPPA. FRANCES MCINTIRE.
WHEN I HEARD FRANCES' STORY -- SAW HER
DETERMINATION -- I WAS PROUD. PROUD OF FRANCES -- AND
PROUD THAT WE ARE GIVING THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN
LIKE FRANCES A BETTER CHANCE TO GET THE EDUCATION THEY
DESIRE AND DESERVE.
- 9 =
THIS Act I'M SIGNING TODAY GIVES A HAND UP TO
LOWER-INCOME STUDENTS, WHO NEED HELP THE MOST. BUT IT
ALSO REACHES OUT TO MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES -- THE ONES
WHO SKIPPED THE VACATION AND DROVE THE OLD CLUNKER SO
THAT THEIR KIDS COULD GO TO COLLEGE. Too OFTEN, THE
FUNDING CRACKS HAVE BEEN so BIG THAT THESE SOLID,
DECENT FAMILIES HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH -- AND THEIR KIDS'
DREAMS HAVE BEEN IN DANGER OF SLIPPING AWAY.
- 10 -
-
WELL, NO LONGER. IT'S A MATTER OF FAIRNESS. IT'S A
MATTER OF OUR FUTURE. III
AND THIS AcT ALSO REFLECTS AN IMPORTANT NEW
PHENOMENON. WE USED TO THINK OF EDUCATION LIKE MEASLES
VACCINES, FIRST DATES AND LEARNING TO DRIVE
...
SOMETHING WE ONLY DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. TODAY,
EDUCATION NEVER ENDS. ALTHOUGH OUR TEMPLES MAY BE
GRAYING AND OUR JOGGING ROUTES A LITTLE SHORTER ... WE
ALWAYS HAVE TO LEARN.
- 11 -
THIS Act RECOGNIZES THAT SIMPLE FACT
...
BY MAKING
FEDERAL AID AVAILABLE FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS
...
WHO
ARE TAKING A CLASS OR TWO TOWARD THEIR DEGREE WHILE
STILL WORKING A JOB.
11
I
How MUCH RICHER OUR NATION'S FUTURE WILL BE. EACH
YEAR, MILLIONS OF FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE To GET MORE
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- AND PASS ON TO THEIR KIDS THE
AMERICAN LEGACY OF EDUCATION.
- 12 -
BUT THIS HIGHER EDUCATION Act DOES MORE THAN OPEN
UP FEDERAL FUNDING TO MIDDLE-INCOME AND PART-TIME
STUDENTS. IT ALSO SETS TOUGH STANDARDS TO RID FEDERAL
AID PROGRAMS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE BOTH BY SHAM SCHOOLS
AND BY STUDENTS WHO DEFAULT ON THEIR LOANS.
- 13 -
IN ADDITION, SOME STUDENT AID WILL NOW BE CONTINGENT ON
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. AND THE Act INCLUDES PARTS OF
WHAT WE CALL THE AMERICA 2000 PROGRAM, INCLUDING
ACADEMIES FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS -- AND
SOMETHING CALLED ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION.
THAT'S A PROGRAM NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, so LET
ME EXPLAIN IT. WHEN I LIVED IN WEST TEXAS, I TRIED TO
VOLUNTEER TO TEACH NIGHT COURSES, BUT MY COLLEGE
ECONOMICS DEGREE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T
HAVE THE REQUIRED EDUCATION COURSES.
- 14 -
THAT BOTHERED ME
THEN I LEARNED THAT WITHOUT A
TEACHING DEGREE, EVEN ALBERT EINSTEIN COULDN'T TEACH
HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE. Now, I MIGHT UNDERSTAND KEEPING
ME OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
I MIGHT GET EMBARRASSED
AROUND THE COMPUTER. BUT ALBERT EINSTEIN?
IN MY FIRST MONTHS IN OFFICE, I PROPOSED
LEGISLATION TO ALLOW OUR EINSTEINS TO TEACH, WITHOUT
TRADITIONAL CERTIFICATION. AFTER THREE YEARS AND THREE
TRIES, CONGRESS FINALLY AGREES. THIS HELPS OPEN HUGE
POOLS OF TALENT TO BRING INTO OUR CLASSROOMS.
- 15 -
WE CAN FIND A WAY
FOR EXAMPLE
TO ENCOURAGE MORE
OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE LEAVING THE ARMED SERVICES
-- TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO WORK LEADING FUTURE
GENERATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM.
III
BY THE WAY, I'M PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THIS PAST
SPRING, I DID RECEIVE MY ALTERNATIVE TEACHING
CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE WOMAN WHO
SENT ME MY CERTIFICATE, DELIA STAFFORD, IS WITH US
TODAY.
- 16 -
DELIA IS A CHAMPION OF CHANGE
WILLING TO TRY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN DESERVE
NOTHING LESS. LET'S GIVE DELIA THE APPLAUSE SHE
DESERVES. III
[I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EINSTEIN
...
BUT I CAN NOW
TEACH IN TEXAS SCHOOLS. DELIA
I'LL BE CALLING IN
FOUR YEARS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OPENINGS. ]]
- 17 -
OUR SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS THE BEST IN THE
WORLD -- BECAUSE IT'S ROOTED IN AMERICAN IDEALS THAT
MAKE IT EXCELLENT, ACCESSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. AMERICA
2000 IS THE REVOLUTION THAT BELIEVES THOSE IDEALS MUST
BE TRANSFERRED TO-OUR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
- 18 -
JUST YESTERDAY SENATOR DANFORTH AND CONGRESSMAN
GRADISON INTRODUCED MY "STATE AND LOCAL GI BILLS FOR
CHILDREN," WHICH WILL TRANSFORM PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION
BY GIVING MIDDLE- AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THOUSAND
DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO THEIR CHOICE
OF SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT THAT GIVES
ME A THOUSAND REASONS TO CHEER.
- 19 -
HIGHER EDUCATION THRIVES ON COMPETITION AND
CHOICE -- WE MUST BRING THOSE INCENTIVES TO ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IT'S TIME WE LET PARENTS, NOT
THE GOVERNMENT, CHOOSE THEIR KIDS' SCHOOLS -- PUBLIC,
PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS.
I MENTIONED EARLIER HOW I BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION
IS NOW A LIFELONG ENDEAVOR. So I FEEL IT IS ONLY
APPROPRIATE TO CONCLUDE WITH A QUOTE I REMEMBER FROM MY
OWN SCHOOL DAYS.
- 20 -
IT IS A QUOTE FROM LONGFELLOW
SOMETHING ABOUT
"GREAT HEIGHTS NOT BEING ACHIEVED BY SUDDEN FLIGHT
BUT BY TOILING UPWARD IN THE NIGHT." LONGFELLOW'S
ADVICE COULD APPLY TO THE TASK OF RENEWING OUR SCHOOLS.
IT WON'T BE DONE WITH HEADLINES
OR SLOGANS
OR
EVEN MONEY ALONE.
WHAT IT TAKES
IS INNOVATION
COURAGE
A WILLINGNESS IN EVERY COMMUNITY TO ROLL UP
OUR SLEEVES AND REFORM THIS VITAL AMERICAN INSTITUTION.
- 21 -
WE ARE TOILING UPWARD IN THE NIGHT ... AND TODAY WE
CLIMB A LITTLE HIGHER. WHEN WE HAVE REACHED OUR
PLATEAU
...
WE WILL LOOK OUT UPON A NEW GENERATION OF
AMERICAN SCHOOLS
...
AND A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR OUR
NATION.
AND NOW, ON BEHALF OF FRANCES MCINTIRE AND THE
LEGIONS OF STUDENTS AT NOVA AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO
WILL BENEFIT -- IT IS WITH PRIDE AND HOPE THAT I SIGN
INTO LAW THE HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992.
- 22 -
COULD I ASK SECRETARY ALEXANDER, DR. ERNST, AND DELIA
STAFFORD TO STEP FORWARD.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVEN PROVOST sp
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE BH
On Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Northern Virginia Community
College in Annandale, you will address an audience of
approximately 500, gathered for the signing of the Higher
Education Act of 1992.
Your remarks (8 minutes, cards) focus on the major advances
of this new act -- specifically how it expands middle-class
access to federal education grants; and how it permits part-time
students to qualify for financial support.
In addition, the remarks show that this Act is part of your
overall education plan. They also address the larger issue of
the importance of education for this nation's future.
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 22, 1992 10 a.m.
HIGH Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here in Virginia
in
the cradle of American education
to help move our schools
into the 21st century.
I told Dr. Ernst
I'm impressed with Nova's mission
with your curriculum
and most especially
with your choice
for last year's commencement speaker
a certain silver-haired
philosopher named Barbara Bush.
Now understand
there are a couple of things I just don't
like to do. Eat broccoli. Watch the other party on TV. And
speak anywhere that Barbara has already spoken.
It's sort of like being asked to play guitar after Garth
Brooks. //
But today
I'll break my rule just one time
because
the occasion is so important.
We gather at a momentous moment in history. Over the past
four years
we've seen changes of almost Biblical
proportions. The Cold War is over. In the international Super
Bowl of ideas and lifestyle
we won.
The competition was lopsided
like a flag football team
taking on the Redskins.
What does that mean for you and your families? Well
when children go to bed tonight
they'll be safer from the
specter of nuclear war.
2
Safer than they were a decade ago. Safer than they were
a
year ago. Safer than even just a month ago. I believe that is
very good news!
III
This new world poses big challenges
and big
opportunities. From Poland to Peru
other nations are trying
to copy our system of free enterprise.
A system more productive than any other. A system that can
make cars, computers
even that incredible 21st century marvel
of imagination
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
Here's the question: How do we win
when more of the
world's nations are playing our game?
The opportunity is huge. When we win
the economists say
we will "all share in a maximized proportion of ever-increasing
global prosperity." In plain English, that means: good, steady
jobs
for you and all your families.
How do we win those jobs? I believe we cannot renew America
without renewing our schools.
Consider a couple facts. In 1980
a man with a college
education made
on average
$11,000 more per year than a
man with only a high school education. By 1990
that gap had
increased to more than $16,000
and the exact same pattern
happened with women's income.
Those facts shout a simple truth
education makes the
difference.
3
It doesn't matter if your mom and dad worked in a steel mill
or sold life insurance
or filled tacos at the local
restaurant. Every American deserves the chance to get on the
ladder of opportunity and climb!
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the paper, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. She has two disabled children, and a life that's
had many good breaks
and a couple bad. But she also has a
dream that she won't let go -- to be a nurse. And now she will
get the financial help she needs to fulfill that dream.
Some day
this courageous lady's children will sit. in the
audience and watch Mom receive her nursing degree. This woman
who's done so much for so many
will now be able to serve even
more people. I'd like her to stand up
the President of Phi
Theta Kappa
Frances McIntyre.
When I heard Frances' story -- saw her determination -- I
was proud. Proud of Frances -- and proud that we are giving
thousands of men and women like Frances a better chance to get
the education they desire and deserve.
This Act gives a hand up to lower-income students, who need
help the most. But it also reaches out to middle-income families
-- the ones who skipped the vacation and drove the old clunker so
that their kids could go to college. Too often, the funding
cracks have been so big that these solid, decent families have
slipped through -- and their kids' dreams have been in danger of
4
slipping away. Well, no longer. It's a matter of fairness.
It's a matter of our future. III
This Act reaches out to middle-income families -- raising
limits on how much students and parents can borrow; and letting
almost all students get loans, regardless of income. 11
And this Act reflects an awareness of an important new
phenomenon. We used to think of education as like measles
vaccines, first dates and learning to drive
something we only
did when we were young. Today, education never ends. Although
our temples may be graying and our jogging routes a little
shorter
we always have to learn. This Act recognizes that
simple fact
by making federal financial aid available for
part-time students
who are taking a class or two toward their
degree
while still working during the day. 11
How much richer our nation's future will be. Each year,
millions of families will be able to get more Federal assistance
-- and will be able to pass on to their kids the American legacy
of education.
But this Act does more than open up federal funding to
middle-income and part-time students. Through a new
Federal/State partnership, it also sets tough standards --
ridding Federal aid programs of fraud and abuse both by sham
schools and by students who default on their loans. Every dollar
we waste is another dollar that doesn't help someone build a
dream. We must demand accountability.
In addition, under this Act
for the first time
some
5
student aid will be contingent on academic performance. And the
Act includes parts of what we call the AMERICA 2000 program,
including academies for teachers and school leaders; and
something called alternative certification.
That's a program near and dear to my heart, so let me
explain it. When I lived in West Texas, I tried to volunteer to
teach night courses, but my college economics degree wasn't good
enough, because I didn't have the required education courses.
That bothered me
then I learned that without a teaching
degree, even Albert Einstein couldn't teach high school science.
Now, I might understand keeping me out of the classroom
might get embarrassed around the computer. But Albert Einstein?
Well, in my first months in office, I proposed legislation
to allow our Einsteins to teach, without traditional
certification. After three years and three tries, Congress
finally agrees. This helps open huge pools of talent to bring
into our classrooms. We can find a way
for example
to
encourage more of our men and women who are leaving the armed
services -- to put their skills to work leading future
generations in the classroom.
This Act reaffirms my commitment to education. It's one
more piece of the quilt of education-related activities we've
knit together
from our national education goals to the far-
reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000 -- all based in the belief
that to renew our country we must renew our schools.
6
Our system of higher education is the best in the world --
because it's rooted in American ideals that make it excellent,
accessible and accountable.
AMERICA 2000 is the revolution that believes those ideals
must be transferred to our elementary and secondary schools --
and 1,500 communities and 44 states have already signed up. I'm
calling for break-the-mold New American Schools -- for world
class standards and exams -- for flexibility for teachers -- and
for allowing parents to choose the schools they want their kids
to attend.
Just yesterday Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison
introduced my "State and Local GI Acts for Children," which will
transform education by giving middle- and low-income families a
thousand dollars to send their kids to their choice of schools.
I don't know about you
but that gives me a thousand reasons
to cheer.
Higher education thrives on competition and choice -- we
must bring those incentives to elementary and secondary schools.
It's time we let parents, not the government, choose their kids'
schools -- public, private or religious. //
I mentioned earlier how I believe that education is now a
lifelong endeavor.
So I feel it is only appropriate to conclude with a quote I
remember from my own school days. (And no Lamar
it isn't
true that I never studied the Gettysburg Address
because I
7
heard it firsthand.)
I remember a quote from Longfellow
not the center on our
basketball team
but Henry Wadsworth himself.
Something about "great heights not being achieved by sudden
flight
but by toiling upward in the night. "
Longfellow's advice could apply to the task of renewing our
schools.
It won't be done with headlines
or slogans
or even
money alone.
What it takes
is innovation
courage
a willingness
in every community to roll up our sleeves
and reform this
vital American institution.
We are toiling upward in the night
and today we climba
little higher. When we have reached our plateau
we will look
out upon a new generation of schools
and a stronger
foundation four our nation.
And now, on behalf of Frances McIntyre and the legions of
students at NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it
is with pride and hope that I sign into law the Higher Education
Act of 1992.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVEN PROVOST sp
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE BH
On Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Northern Virginia Community
College in Annandale, you will address an audience of
approximately 500, gathered for the signing of the Higher
Education Act of 1992.
Your remarks (8 minutes, cards) focus on the major advances
of this new act -- specifically how it expands middle-class
access to federal education grants; and how it permits part-time
students to qualify for financial support.
In addition, the remarks show that this Act is part of your
overall education plan. They also address the larger issue of
the importance of education for this nation's future.
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 22, 1992 10 a.m.
HIGH
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here in Virginia
in
the cradle of American education
to help move our schools
into the 21st century.
I told Dr. Ernst
I'm impressed with Nova's mission
with your curriculum
and most especially
with your choice
for last year's commencement speaker
a certain silver-haired
philosopher named Barbara Bush.
Now understand
there are a couple of things I just don't
like to do. Eat broccoli. Watch the other party on TV. And
speak anywhere that Barbara has already spoken.
It's sort of like being asked to play guitar after Garth
Brooks. //
But today
I'll break my rule just one time
because
the occasion is so important.
We gather at a momentous moment in history. Over the past
four years
we've seen changes of almost Biblical
proportions. The Cold War is over. In the international Super
Bowl of ideas and lifestyle
we won.
The competition was lopsided
like a flag football team
taking on the Redskins.
What does that mean for you and your families? Well
when children go to bed tonight
they'll be safer from the
specter of nuclear war.
2
Safer than they were a decade ago. Safer than they were
a
year ago. Safer than even just a month ago. I believe that is
very good news!
III
-
This new world poses big challenges
and big
opportunities. From Poland to Peru
other nations are trying
to copy our system of free enterprise.
A system more productive than any other. A system that can
make cars, computers
even that incredible 21st century marvel
of imagination
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
Here's the question: How do we win
when more of the
world's nations are playing our game?
The opportunity is huge. When we win
the economists say
we will "all share in a maximized proportion of ever-increasing
global prosperity." II In plain English, that means: good, steady
jobs
for you and all your families.
How do we win those jobs? I believe we cannot renew America
without renewing our schools.
Consider a couple facts. In 1980
a man with a college
education made
on average
$11,000 more per year than a
man with only a high school education. By 1990
that gap had
increased to more than $16,000
and the exact same pattern
happened with women's income.
Those facts shout a simple truth
education makes the
difference.
3
It doesn't matter if your mom and dad worked in a steel mill
or sold life insurance
or filled tacos at the local
restaurant. Every American deserves the chance to get on the
ladder of opportunity and climb!
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the paper, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. She has two disabled children, and a life that's
had many good breaks
and a couple bad. But she also has a
dream that she won't let go -- to be a nurse. And now she will
get the financial help she needs to fulfill that dream.
Some day
this courageous lady's children will sit in the
audience and watch Mom receive her nursing degree. This woman
who's done so much for so many
will now be able to serve even
more people. I'd like her to stand up
the President of Phi
Theta Kappa
Frances McIntyre.
When I heard Frances' story -- saw her determination -- I
was proud. Proud of Frances -- and proud that we are giving
thousands of men and women like Frances a better chance to get
the education they desire and deserve.
This Act gives a hand up to lower-income students, who need
help the most. But it also reaches out to middle-income families
-- the ones who skipped the vacation and drove the old clunker so
that their kids could go to college. Too often, the funding
cracks have been so big that these solid, decent families have
slipped through -- and their kids' dreams have been in danger of
4
slipping away. Well, no longer. It's a matter of fairness.
It's a matter of our future.
This Act reaches out to middle-income families -- raising
limits on how much students and parents can borrow; and letting
almost all students get loans, regardless of income. 11
And this Act reflects an awareness of an important new
phenomenon. We used to think of education as like measles
vaccines, first dates and learning to drive
something we only
did when we were young. Today, education never ends. Although
our temples may be graying and our jogging routes a little
shorter
we always have to learn. This Act recognizes that
simple fact
by making federal financial aid available for
part-time students
who are taking a class or two toward their
degree
while still working during the day. 11
How much richer our nation's future will be. Each year,
millions of families will be able to get more Federal assistance
and will be able to pass on to their kids the American legacy
of education.
But this Act does more than open up federal funding to
middle-income and part-time students. Through a new
Federal/State partnership, it also sets tough standards --
ridding Federal aid programs of fraud and abuse both by sham
schools and by students who default on their loans. Every dollar
we waste is another dollar that doesn't help someone build a
dream. We must demand accountability.
In addition, under this Act
for the first time
some
5
student aid will be contingent on academic performance. And the
Act includes parts of what we call the AMERICA 2000 program,
including academies for teachers and school leaders; and
something called alternative certification.
That's a program near and dear to my heart, so let me
explain it. When I lived in West Texas, I tried to volunteer to
teach night courses, but my college economics degree wasn't good
enough, because I didn't have the required education courses.
That bothered me
then I learned that without a teaching
degree, even Albert Einstein couldn't teach high school science.
Now, I might understand keeping me out of the classroom
I
might get embarrassed around the computer. But Albert Einstein?
Well, in my first months in office, I proposed legislation
to allow our Einsteins to teach, without traditional
certification. After three years and three tries, Congress
finally agrees. This helps open huge pools of talent to bring
into our classrooms. We can find a way
for example
to
encourage more of our men and women who are leaving the armed
services -- to put their skills to work leading future
generations in the classroom.
This Act reaffirms my commitment to education. It's one
more piece of the quilt of education-related activities we've
knit together
from our national education goals to the far-
reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000 -- all based in the belief
that to renew our country we must renew our schools.
6
Our system of higher education is the best in the world --
because it's rooted in American ideals that make it excellent,
accessible and accountable. -
AMERICA 2000 is the revolution that believes those ideals
must be transferred to our elementary and secondary schools --
and 1,500 communities and 44 states have already signed up. I'm
calling for break-the-mold New American Schools -- for world
class standards and exams -- for flexibility for teachers -- and
for allowing parents to choose the schools they want their kids
to attend.
Just yesterday Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison
introduced my "State and Local GI. Acts for Children," which will
transform education by giving middle- and low-income families a
thousand dollars to send their kids to their choice of schools.
I don't know about you
but that gives me a thousand reasons
to cheer.
Higher education thrives on competition and choice -- we
must bring those incentives to elementary and secondary schools.
It's time we let parents, not the government, choose their kids'
schools -- public, private or religious. 11
I mentioned earlier how I believe that education is now a
lifelong endeavor.
So I feel it is only appropriate to conclude with a quote I
remember from my own school days. (And no Lamar
...
it isn't
true that I never studied the Gettysburg Address
because I
7
heard it firsthand.)
I remember a quote from Longfellow
not the center on our
basketball team
but Henry Wadsworth himself.
Something about "great heights not being achieved by sudden
flight
but by toiling upward in the night. "
Longfellow's advice could apply to the task of renewing our
schools.
It won't be done with headlines
or slogans
or even
money alone.
What it takes
is innovation
courage
a willingness
in every community to roll up our sleeves
and reform this
vital American institution.
We are toiling upward in the night
and today we climb a
little higher. When we have reached our plateau
we will look
out upon a new generation of schools
and a stronger
foundation four our nation.
And now, on behalf of Frances McIntyre and the legions of
students at NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it
is with pride and hope that I sign into law the Higher Education
Act of 1992.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVEN PROVOST
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
On Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Northern Virginia Community
College in Annandale, you will address an audience of
approximately 500, gathered for the signing of the Higher
Education Act of 1992.
Your remarks (8 minutes, cards) focus on the major advances
of this new act -- specifically how it expands middle-class
access to federal education grants; and how it permits part-time
students to qualify for financial support.
In addition, the remarks show that this Act is part of your
overall education plan. They also address the larger issue of
the importance of education for this nation's future.
Document No. 339148ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
X MOORE
DARMAN can't do it until 5PM
PETERSMEYER
extensive changes!!
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PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST To Beth.
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SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
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HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE calld Q 2:00
called @ 4:20
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
HIGHER Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
) 20 08
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [STORY ABOUT WOMAN WHO IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS ACT]
Well, I met [NAME] a little while ago, at a roundtable discus-
sion. I listened to her story -- saw her determination -- and I
was proud. Proud of her -- and proud that this Administration is
giving her, and the thousands of men and women like her, the
chance to get that education they so deeply desire and deserve.
We're giving them that chance through this Higher Education
Act of 1992. I proposed key initiatives in the Bill because I
was determined that all Americans should get their shot at post-
secondary education -- and that's what this act does.
Most importantly -- it opens up the chance for a college
education for middle-income students -- the ones who've been
squeezed out. Look at all the good, hard-working kids you know
who qualify for college -- who want to go to college -- but who
can't because they can't afford to pay the skyrocketing costs
unaided -- and their families' incomes don't qualify for the
basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
are the heart of this country -- the ones who've worked hard all
2
their lives to help their kids grab hold of their piece of the
American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands access to the middle class by
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and -- most essentially -- by letting almost
all students borrow their education money, regardless of income.
This act does something else -- a big victory that I'm
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- for older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. Well, for the
first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You see, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national educa-
tion goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong learning --
because that's what it takes to get ahead as individuals and as a
nation. An educator named Robert Maynard Hutchins once said:
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives."
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
meaningful dream of all. Now, because of this Higher Education
Act, she'll be able to return at age X to get her college degree.
3
She'll be able to do it the only way she can -- after work and on
weekends, one course at a time -- improving her skills and her
future while still providing for her family. If she has the
courage and determination to make time in her life for education,
then I say her government has the duty to help her meet her goal.
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
all of this. After all, you're here -- and your government is so
strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
to all -- because of one very simple fact. Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future. Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century -- a time of extraordinary
challenge -- and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive -- we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depends on it.
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
Act I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
eligible for loans. 1.1 million students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones. 1 million more students
from families with higher incomes will become eligible for assis-
tance. And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
-- therefore have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on to their kids the American legacy of education.
While opening up federal funding to middle-class and non-
traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this act,
there are other elements, too -- and I'd like to draw your
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced -- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: To change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Local GI Bills for Children" -- which will transform education by
giving consumer power to middle- and low-income families.
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 21, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Signing of Higher
Education Act
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and
have noted a few suggested changes on the draft. We have also
attached a suggested insert which highlights the alternative
certification provisions of the bill, the introduction of the
GI Bill for Children by Senator Danforth and Congressman
Gradison and private sector efforts to improve education.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Suggested Insert
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000
strategy that seeks to revolutionize our Nation's education
system. There are many experienced scientists, engineers and
businesspeople who want to teach but can't because they do not
have a degree from a school of education. Today, after our
victory in the Cold War, many members of the military would
also like to teach. These competent, experienced men and women
are needed in America's classrooms. The alternative
certification program for teachers in this bill, which I first
sent Congress in 1989, will help get them there.
The year Barbara and I moved to west Texas, I volunteered
to teach. But the powers that be said my degree in economics
from Yale wasn't sufficient because I didn't have the required
education courses. I think I would be a good teacher, but I
wasn't allowed to contribute. But now, the good folks in Texas
are giving [have given] me their first honorary alternative
certification teaching certificate. Now I know what I am going
to do 1996
Signing this bill reaffirms my administration's absolute
commitment to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of
education-related activities we've produced -- from our
national education goals to the far-reaching challenges of our
AMERICA 2000 strategy. My message is very simple: To change
our country, we must changes our schools.
Today Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison [will]
introduce my State and Local "GI Bills" for Children -- which
will help transform education by giving middle- and low-income
families consumer power. Just as Pell Grants and the GI Bill
for Veterans increased competition and helped create the best
system of higher education in the world, the GI Bill for
Children can use those same forces to help create the world's
best elementary and secondary education system.
Today, many companies in the private sector have tackled
these areas where Congress -- too beholden to the unions and
special interest groups -- has feared to trod. RJR/Nabisco is
helping its employees send their children to college. The
Golden Rule Insurance Company is giving scholarships to low-
income families in Indianapolis to help meet the costs of
sending their children to the private or religious elementary
or secondary schools of their choice. It is time for the
Congress to listen to the American people and give middle- and
low-income families the power to choose more of the same
schools for their children that wealthier families now can.
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
Document RAE No. 339148ss
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
HIGHER Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF n8 HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
20
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a. woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [STORY ABOUT WOMAN WHO IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS ACT]
Well, I met [NAME] a little while ago, at a roundtable discus-
sion. I listened to her story -- saw her determination -- and I
was proud. Proud of her -- and proud that this Administration is
giving her, and the thousands of men and women like her, the
chance to get that education they so deeply desire and deserve.
We're giving them that chance through this Higher Education
Act of 1992. I proposed key initiatives in the Bill because I
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A
was determined that all Americans should get their shot at post-
secondary education -- and that's what this act does.
TO GET
Most importantly -- it opens up the chance for a college
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education for middle-income students -- the ones who've been
squeezed out. Look at all the good, hard-working kids you know
who qualify for college -- who want to go to college -- but who
can't because they can't afford to pay the skyrocketing costs
THEM
unaided -- and their families' incomes don't qualify Vfor the
basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
are the heart of this country -- the ones who've worked hard all
2
their lives to help their kids grab hold of their piece of the
American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
HARD - WORKING
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands access to the middle class by
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and -- most essentially -- by letting almost
all students borrow their education money, regardless of income.
SOMETHING
This act does something else -- a big victory that I'm
VERY
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- for older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. Well, for the
first time in history, I this act provides federal aid to them.
You see, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my Appour national educa-
tion goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong learning
because that's what it takes to get ahead as individuals and as a
nation. An educator named Robert Maynard Hutchins once said:
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives."
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
meaningful dream of all. Now, because of this Higher Education
Act, she'll be able to return at age X to get her college degree.
3
She'll be able to do it the only way she can -- after work and on
weekends, one course at a time -- improving her skills and her
future while still providing for her family. If she has the
courage and determination to make time in her life for education,
then I say her government has the duty to help her meet her goal.
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
this Administration
all of this. After all, you're here -- and your government is so
strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
to all -- because of one very simple fact Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future. Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century -- a time of extraordinary
challenge -- and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive -- we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depends on it.
di
MORE HOPEFUL
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
Act I'm signing today. more M students will become
eligible for loans. 1/1/millian students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones. \mill lion
more students
from families with higher incomes will become eligible for assis-
MANY MORE
tance. And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
AND
therefore, have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on to their kids the American legacy of education.
While opening up federal funding to middle-class and non-
traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this act,
there are other elements, too -- and I'd like to draw your
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
SUGGESTED
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
INSERT
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced -- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: To change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Local GI Bills for Children" -- which will transform education by
giving consumer power to middle- and low-income families.
Begin
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS
SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992 1:45 PM
OBJECTIVES OF REMARKS
1) Explain the important aspects of the Higher Education Act
Amendments.
2) Explain that we want to duplicate the success of our higher
education system on the elementary and secondary school level.
OUTLINE OF ATTACHED SPEECH
I.) Introduction
Virginia college system
NOVA community college success
II.) Higher Ed Amendments--five improvements.
Eases the financial burden on middle-and low-income
families.
Extends eligibility for Pell grants to students studying
less than half-time.
Includes an academic achievement component.
Two segments of AMERICA 200 are included
Alternative certification program
School Teacher and Leader Academies
Program integrity and default prevention provisions.
Crackdown on sham schools
Prevent student loan defaults
III.) Tradition of excellence in higher ed.
Principles of path of excellence--Innovation, high
standards, local control, private sector support, and
access.
IV.) Duplicate the success.
Transfer success to elementary and secondary schools.
AMERICA 2000--four revolutions
GI Bill for Children
V.) Conclusion
Excellence for ALL schools.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992 1:45 PM
Thank you (acknowledgements)
I'm pleased to be back in Virginia for the signing of the
"Higher Education Amendments of 1992. " The "Old Dominion" has a
long history of excellence in education. The College of William
and Mary, Washington and Lee University, and the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville are just a few of the jewels in a
sparkling crown. I like to think some of that Virginia tradition
rubbed off almost three years ago when I met with the nation's
governors in Charlottesville at the historic two-day Education
Summit-it led to our ambitious six National Education Goals.
I'm particularly pleased to be at the Annandale campus of
Northern Virginia Community College. Northern Virginia Community
College is the largest institution of higher education in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and it's doing a great job with its
Extended Learning Institute. Keep up the good work. You are
part of a community college system that is truly unique. These
institutions provide an opportunity to millions of students
nationwide, who otherwise might not be able to continue their
education.
And that is what I'd like to talk to you about today--our system
04
of higher education. It's the best in the world. It embraces
the ideals of excellence, accessibility, and accountability.
With the signing of this bill, we continue that tradition.
With the signing of this bill we say to students of all ages and
incomes--continue your education. Who are these students? Some
of them are here today
(Mention students)
The "Higher Education Amendments of 1992" reauthorizes the many
programs in the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Administration
worked closely with Congress to produce a bill of which we can
all be proud, and my thanks to the many members on both sides of
the aisle who made it possible. The bill is great in scope and
significance. Specifically it accomplishes five important goals.
One, it eases the financial burden on many middle- and low-income
families struggling to pay for their sons' and daughters' college
educations. It makes sending their children to college more
manageable. It does this by increasing the maximum Pell Grant to
$3,700, as I proposed. It also increases the loan limits under
the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) programs for almost all
undergraduate and graduate students.
Two, it extends eligibility for Pell grants to students studying
less than half-time. This was originally part of my "Lifelong
2
Learning Act" so I'm particularly pleased it was included.
Providing grants to individuals taking as little as one course at
a time offers American men and women the flexibility they need to
improve their employment skills while recognizing their
commitment to jobs and families. This allows a working mother in
a low-wage job to receive financial assistance for courses that
would qualify her for a better paying, high-skilled job.
As educator Robert Maynard Hutchins once said, "The object of
education is to prepare the young to educate themselves
throughout their lives." I think the key phrase here is, -
"throughout their lives." The world has changed, and to live,
work, and compete in today's competitive global economy we must
be prepared. More importantly, to function as responsible
citizens in our American democracy we must be informed.
Three, this bill includes, for the first time, an academic
achievement component in need-based student aid programs.
This is similar to my Presidential Achievement Scholarship
proposal, the goal of which was to reward students for
excellence.
Four, I am particularly gratified that two segments of my AMERICA
2000 strategy are part of the legislation. An alternative
certification program by which states will develop new routes to
teacher certification; and authorization of School Teacher and
Leader Academies to provide in-service training in academic and
3
other educational areas.
Five, this bill contains a number of valuable program integrity
and default prevention provisions. The Administration worked to
enhance the accountability of all who play a role in Federal
assistance programs--students, postsecondary institutions,
lenders, guaranty agencies, accrediting bodies, the States, and
the Federal Government itself. This legislation isn't perfect,
but it is faithful to those principles. This bill will help
crack down on sham schools that have defrauded students and the
system in the past. It will also help to prevent student loan
defaults.
The bill keeps our system of higher education on a path of
excellence. What are the principles that helped us achieve this
excellence? A tradition of innovation, high standards and local
control. A tradition of diversity and decentralization, not
dictated by Washington. A tradition of strong private sector
support. A tradition of access, with Federal funds providing
middle- and low-income families more choices. I would like to
see this tradition of excellence and its component principles
transferred to our elementary and secondary schools.
To change our country we must change our schools. The revolution
has started and is spreading. There are 1,500 communities and 44
States committed to the AMERICA 2000 strategy. My AMERICA 2000
4
legislation calls for four revolutions: A new generation of
break-the-mold New American Schools; world class standards and
voluntary national exams; broad flexibility for teachers and
principals; and parental choice of schools. We cannot afford to
accept business-as-usual here in Washington while the country
cries for change and improvement.
Yesterday, Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduced
my proposal "State and Local GI Bills for Children." n It would
give middle- and low-income families consumer power--dollars to
spend at any lawfully-operating school of their choice--public,
private, or religious. Just as the original GI Bill and the Pell
Grants transformed higher education, the GI Bills for Children
can transform elementary and secondary education. I look forward
to signing the GI Bills for Children in the near future.
Creating the best schools in the world at every level of American
education--that's my goal. Our colleges and universities, having
attained that goal, are the envy of the world. This legislation
will continue that tradition by supporting and enhancing the
principles which made them great. It's been a pleasure to be
here on the Annandale campus on this important occasion. It is
with a great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher
Education Act of 1992. Thank you for your attention. And may
God bless the United States of America. Thank you.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [ANECDOTE ABOUT WOMAN WHO WILL GET FUNDING FOR
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ago, at the roundtable discussion we just had. I listened to her
story saw her determination -- and I was proud -- proud of
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prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids, and our nation's -- depends on it.
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legislation I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
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Document No. 339148ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00p
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., . TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Per Janet Rehnquist of White House Counsel's Office,
no legal objections to these remarks.
4:15 p.m. July 21, 1992
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
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American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's & watter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands screes to the middle class by
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and -- most assentially -- by letting almost
all students borrow their education money, regardless of income.
This act does something also -- a big victory that I'm
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- ter older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. well, for the
first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You ass, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national educa-
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yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depands on it.
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consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
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such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas,
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced -- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: to change QUE country ye must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
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And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the lagions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit - it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
Document No. 339148ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 JUL 21 P3: 24
DATE:
7/20/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Please see
comments.
Thank you you
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
HIGHER Draft One
20 P 08
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [STORY ABOUT WOMAN WHO IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS ACT]
Well, I met [NAME] a little while ago, at a roundtable discus-
sion. I listened to her story -- saw her determination -- and I
was proud. Proud of her -- and proud that this Administration is
giving her, and the thousands of men and women like her, the
chance to get that education they so deeply desire and deserve.
We're giving them that chance through this Higher Education
Act of 1992. I proposed key initiatives in the Bill because I
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was determined that all Americans should get their shot at post-
secondary education -- and that's what this act does.
America's
Any-term while economic middle Strength class prospects,
Most importantly -- it opens up the chance for a college
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squeezed out. Look at all the good, hard-working kids you know
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who qualify for college -- who want to go to college -- but who
giving parents TO
can't because they can't afford to pay the skyrocketing costs
unaided -- and their families' incomes don't qualify for the
basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
are the heart of this country -- the ones who've worked hard all
2
their lives to help their kids grab hold of their piece of the
American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands access to the middle class by
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and -- most essentially -- by letting almost
all students borrow their education money, regardless of income.
This act does something else -- a big victory that I'm
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- for older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. Well, for the
first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You see, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national educa-
tion goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong learning --
because that's what it takes to get ahead as individuals and as a
nation. An educator named Robert Maynard Hutchins once said:
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives."
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
meaningful dream of all. Now, because of this Higher Education
Act, she'll be able to return at age X to get her college degree.
3
She'll be able to do it the only way she can -- after work and on
weekends, one course at a time -- improving her skills and her
future while still providing for her family. If she has the
courage and determination to make time in her life for education,
then I say her government has the duty to help her meet her goal.
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
all of this. After all, you're here -- and your government is so
strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
to all -- because of one very simple fact. Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future. Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century -- a time of extraordinary
challenge -- and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive -- we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depends on it.
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
Act I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
eligible for loans. 1.1 million students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones. 1 million more students
from families with higher incomes will become eligible for assis-
tance. And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
-- therefore have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on to their kids the American legacy of education.
While opening up federal funding to middle-class and non-
traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this act,
there are other elements, too -- and I'd like to draw your
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced -- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: To change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Local GI Bills for Children" -- which will transform education by
giving consumer power to middle- and low-income families.
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
Document No. 339148ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Del note top of pg. /
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
note: fine if woman
mentionedis real
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
HIGHER Draft One
20 08
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [STORY ABOUT WOMAN WHO IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS ACT]
Well, I met [NAME] a little while ago, at a roundtable discus-
sion. I listened to her story -- saw her determination -- and I
was proud. Proud of her -- and proud that this Administration is
giving her, and the thousands of men and women like her, the
chance to get that education they so deeply desire and deserve.
We're giving them that chance through this Higher Education
Act of 1992. I proposed key initiatives in the Bill because I
was determined that all Americans should get their shot at post-
secondary education -- and that's what this act does.
Most importantly -- it opens up the chance for a college
education for middle-income students -- the ones who've been
squeezed out. Look at all the good, hard-working kids you know
who qualify for college -- who want to go to college -- but who
can't because they can't afford to pay the skyrocketing costs
unaided -- and their families' incomes don't qualify for the
basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
are the heart of this country -- the ones who've worked hard all
2
their lives to help their kids grab hold of their piece of the
American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands access to the middle class by
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and -- most essentially -- by letting almost
all students borrow their education money, regardless of income.
This act does something else -- a big victory that I'm
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- for older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. Well, for the
first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You see, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national educa-
tion goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong learning --
because that's what it takes to get ahead as individuals and as a
nation. An educator named Robert Maynard Hutchins once said:
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives. "
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
meaningful dream of all. Now, because of this Higher Education
Act, she'll be able to return at age X to get her college degree.
3
She'll be able to do it the only way she can -- after work and on
weekends, one course at a time -- improving her skills and her
future while still providing for her family. If she has the
courage and determination to make time in her life for education,
then I say her government has the duty to help her meet her goal.
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
all of this. After all, you're here -- and your government is so
strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
to all -- because of one very simple fact. Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future. Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century -- a time of extraordinary
challenge and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future ---
yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depends on it.
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
Act I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
eligible for loans. 1.1 million students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones. 1 million more students
from families with higher incomes will become eligible for assis-
tance. And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
-- therefore have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on to their kids the American legacy of education.
While opening up federal funding to middle-class and non-
traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this act,
there are other elements, too -- and I'd like to draw your
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced -- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: To change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Local GI Bills for Children" -- which will transform education by
giving consumer power to middle- and low-income families.
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
02 JUL 21 P5: 39
DATE:
7/20/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
HIGHER Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING 20 OF na HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
1:45 P.M.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [STORY ABOUT WOMAN WHO IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS ACT]
Well, I met [NAME] a little while ago, at a roundtable discus-
sion. I listened to her story - saw her determination -- and I
was proud. Proud of her -- and proud that this Administration is
giving her, and the thousands of men and Women like her, the
chance to get that education they so deeply desire and deserve.
We're giving them that chance through this Higher Education
Act of 1992. I proposed key initiatives in the Bill because I
was determined that all Americans should get their shot at post-
secondary education -- and that's what this act does.
Most importantly = it opens up the chance for a college
education for middle income students -- the ones who've been
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feen
not
squeezed out. Look at all the good, hard-working kids you know
who qualify for college - who want to go to college -- but who
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can't because they can't afford to pay the skyrocketing costs
unaided -- and their families' incomes don't qualify for the
basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
are the heart of this country -- the ones who've worked hard all
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; 7-21-92 ; 5:36PM ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
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2
their lives to help their kids grab hold of their piece of the
American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands access to the middle class by
X
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and most essentially by letting almost
all students berrow their education money, regardless of income.
This act does something else -- a big victory that I'm
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- for older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. Well, for the
first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You see, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national educa-
tion goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong learning --
because that's what it takes to get ahead as individuals and as a
nation. An educator named Robert Maynard Hutchins once said:
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives."
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
meaningful dream of all. Now, because of this Higher Education
Act, she'll be able to return at age X to get her college degree.
SENT BY:The TICKET CENTER
; 7-21-92 ; 5:36PM ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
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3
She'll be able to do it the only way she can -- after work and on
weekends, one course at a time -- improving her skills and her
future while still providing for her family. If she has the
courage and determination to make time in her life for education,
then I say her government has the duty to help her meet her goal.
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
all of this. After all, you're here -- and your government is so
strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
to all -- because of one very simple fact. Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future. Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century - a time of extraordinary
challenge -- and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive -- we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depends on it.
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
Act I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
eligible for loans. 1.1 million students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones.
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And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
-- therefore have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on to their kids the American legacy of education.
While opening up federal funding to middle more class and non:
educational apportunities
traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this act,
there are other elements, too -- and I'd like to draw your
SENT BY:The TICKET CENTER
; 7-21-92 ; 5:37PM ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
2024566218:# 5
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced - from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: TO change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Local GI Bills for Children" - which will transform education by
giving consumer power to middle- and low-income families.
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
tom X5178 Scully
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [ANECDOTE ABOUT WOMAN WHO WILL GET FUNDING FOR
EDUCATION THROUGH THIS Act] Well, I met [NAME] a little while
ago, at the roundtable discussion we just had. I listened to her
story -- saw her determination -- and I was proud -- proud of
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basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
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in The targeting of the program that is really important for workers.
This act does something else remarkable -- a big victory in change
funding that I'm I really proud of. It addresses another major
need for the middle-class -- for older students who are trying to
grab hold of the education dream the only way they can -- by
taking a course or two each semester while working. Well, for
opens the
door
the first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You see we have to break the old preconceptions about
education. It's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken
stream from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national
learning as a
education goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong
lifeling commitment -
learning because that's what it takes to get ahead as
individuals and as a nation. An educator named Robert Maynard
Hutchins once said: "The object of education is to prepare the
young to educate themselves throughout their lives. Let me
repeat that -- "throughout their lives. "
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
3
meaningful dream of all -- because of this Higher Education Act
now he'll be able to return at age [] to get his college degree.
He'll be able to do it the only way he can after work and on
a worker
weekends -- one course at a time. If he has the courage and
determination to make time in his life for education -- then I
believe the
say his government has the responsibility duty to help him meet his goal.
realize that
at
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
And This
many of you committed to catton while working long
hours full time
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all of this. After all, you re here and your government is so
jobs-
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strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
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of you, because thisf
to all) because of one very simply fact Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future. Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century -- a time of extraordinary
challenge -- and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive -- we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids, and our nation's -- depends on it.
The
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
a year
Act I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
eligible for loans. 1.1 million students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones. 1 million more students
middle income
from families with higher incomes will become eligible for assis-
In all
get - move student loans
tance. And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
J
therefore have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on the American legacy of education to their kids.
all low and
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and non-traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this
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act, there are many other exciting elements -- and I'd like to
draw your attention to a few.
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it will
and default prevention: to rid the Federal aid programs of fraud
make
more accountable for
and abuse both by sham schools and students trying to defaulting
on
their
loans.
We must demand fundamental accountability.
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consideration in some need based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
particularly: an alternative certification program for teachers;
and academies for school teachers and leaders, which will provide
in-service training in academic and other educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration abso lute commitment
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to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
reform that is essential to our eation's development
related activities we ve produced from our education goals to
the far-reaching challenges of my AMERICA 2000 initiative. On
behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at NOVA and across
this country who will benefit -- it is with a great deal of pride
and hope that I sign this Higher Education Act of 1992.
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Document No. 339148ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/20/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 7/21/92 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, 7/23/92 - 1:45 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
CLERK
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JULY 21, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
sharly Green
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
July 17, 1992 4 p.m.
HIGHER Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING 20 OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992 1:45 P.M.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
I want to tell you about a woman I-admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the papers, or see on t.v. She is
someone who might be your neighbor, or the mother of one of your
kids' friends. [STORY ABOUT WOMAN WHO IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS ACT]
Well, I met [NAME] a little while ago, at a roundtable discus-
sion. I listened to her story -- saw her determination -- and I
was proud. Proud of her -- and proud that this Administration is
giving her, and the thousands of men and women like her, the
chance to get that education they so deeply desire and deserve.
We're giving them that chance through this Higher Education
Act of 1992. I proposed key initiatives in the Bill because I
was determined that all Americans should get their shot at post-
secondary education -- and that's what this act does.
Most importantly -- it opens up the chance for a college
education for middle-income students -- the ones who've been
squeezed out. Look at all the good, hard-working kids you know
who qualify for college -- who want to go to college -- but who
can't because they can't afford to pay the skyrocketing costs
unaided -- and their families' incomes don't qualify for the
basic grants and loans. This act helps them.
It gives a hand up to middle-class families -- the ones who
are the heart of this country -- the ones who've worked hard all
2
their lives to help their kids grab hold of their piece of the
American dream. Too often in the past, the funding cracks have
been big enough that these solid, decent families have slipped
through, and their kids' dreams have slipped away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And so, this Act expands access to the middle class by
increasing the maximum grants; by lifting limits on how much
parents can borrow; and -- most essentially -- by letting almost
all students borrow their education money, regardless of income.
This act does something else -- a big victory that I'm
really proud of. It addresses another major need for the middle-
class -- for older students who are trying to grab hold of the
education dream the only way they can -- by taking a course or
two at a time while still working during the day. Well, for the
first time in history, this act provides federal aid to them.
You see, we have to break the old preconceptions. Educa-
tion's not something we get only in a steady, unbroken stream
from kindergarten to the end of college. In my national educa-
tion goals, and in AMERICA 2000, I stressed lifelong learning --
because that's what it takes to get ahead as individuals and as a
nation. An educator named Robert Maynard Hutchins once said:
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives. "
[NAME] knows about how a dream deferred can be the most
meaningful dream of all. Now, because of this Higher Education
Act, she'll be able to return at age X to get her college degree.
3
She'll be able to do it the only way she can -- after work and on
weekends, one course at a time -- improving her skills and her
future while still providing for her family. If she has the
courage and determination to make time in her life for education,
then I say her government has the duty to help her meet her goal.
Here at NOVA, you understand the exciting implications of
all of this. After all, you're here -- and your government is so
strongly dedicated to ensuring that higher education is available
to all -- because of one very simple fact.
Education is the
absolutely essential key to our future.
Look at where we are.
We're about to enter the 21st century -- a time of extraordinary
challenge -- and of unparalleled competition in the high-tech
global marketplace. In order to survive -- we have to be better
prepared than ever before in America's history. Our future --
yours, mine, our kids', and our nation's -- depends on it.
Think of how much richer our future will be because of this
Act I'm signing today. 1.4 million more students will become
eligible for loans. 1.1 million students who currently receive
partial loans can receive larger ones. 1 million more students
from families with higher incomes will become eligible for assis-
tance. And 3 million families will be able to borrow more money
-- therefore have to ransom less of their personal security in
order to pass on to their kids the American legacy of education.
While opening up federal funding to middle-class and non-
traditional students is obviously the centerpiece of this act,
there are other elements, too -- and I'd like to draw your
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of education-
related activities we've produced --- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: To change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Local GI Bills for Children" -- which will transform education by
giving consumer power to middle- and low-income families.
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.
4
attention to a few. First, it sets tough standards for program
integrity and default prevention, to rid Federal aid programs of
fraud and abuse both by sham schools and by students who default
92 JUL 22
on their loans. We must demand fundamental accountability.
Second, for the first time, academic achievement will be a
consideration in some need-based student aid programs.
And third, it includes segments of my AMERICA 2000 program,
such as an alternative certification program for teachers -- and
academies for teachers and school leaders, providing training in
a range of educational areas.
This act reaffirms my administration's absolute commitment
to education. It's another piece of the mosaic of: education-
related activities we've produced -- from our national education
goals -- to the far-reaching challenges of AMERICA 2000, which
states: To change our country we must change our schools.
And let me tell you -- the revolution has begun. 1,500
communities and 44 states have joined AMERICA 2000. And today
Senator Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduce my "State and
Lamardes
Local GI Bills for Children" -- which will transform education by
giving consumer power GOES to middle- and low-income families. more of Same
choices of all
Together, these reforms will empower all Americans to get schools
that
the education we need to face -- and forge -- our future.
people of
And now, on behalf of [NAME] and the legions of students at money already
have!
NOVA and across this country who will benefit -- it is with a
great deal of pride and hope that I sign this Higher Education
Act of 1992.