Colleges and universities must do their part to control costs, but this national commitment will never come cheaply. Places they can connect to from a distance and drop into only when necessary. It is hard to know how widespread such forms of higher education will become in the future. Learning communities that offer a model for making our society a better place. Your daughters have had the good fortune to spend a critical time in their lives in just such a community.
College is a big gift.
It is a major transfer of assets from one generation to the next. This is a day that helps to balance the sticker shock you felt at the outset of this adventure. It is only the first of many days when you can look back with pride and satisfaction at one of your own greatest achievements. You see before you young women who are prepared not only to compete, but also to care. Who are prepared to continue growing for the rest of their lives, to be interesting and interested and involved with their times.