within the institution you don't have a consistency in undergraduate. can use the accreditation process to say we believe fundamentally in the value of faculty control of curriculum. however, we think that faculty should be able to point to some kind of sort of curriculum guidelines that have been generated interior to a discipline. created by faculty on a national level. say this is a document that we believe in. here is our general goals, means and outcome statement. within that, there will still be a lot of opportunity for students to specialize in different areas and for faculty to teach in different ways, but that we have this framework. when we assess, we are assessing based on that framework. i think it's appropriate and possible to generate that sort of thing. in order for that to happen, there has to be some kind of a policy lever to make it happen because, again, inertia is the most powerful force in higher education, right? so this hasn't happened in the past, so it will continue not to happen unless someone provides incentives for it to happ

most student won't get a job based on their undergraduate major. they will be looked up first because of their employability more generally. >> questions? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. it has been provocative. association of american colleges and universities. and i know the focus here is on standardized tests. but the recommendations, frederick, in your paper, is your conclusion that nobody is working on those? that there are no alternatives? that the heavy lifting isn't already going on and that there are results from it that are positive? >> i wouldn't say that there is no work on it, no absolutely not. i think there are many institutions interested in these questions working on solving them. the problem is they are working on them at the institutional level. it is not clear to me, one of the issues with sort of the local control we have in the university system which i agree and a want to preserve, is that you know, there is a very weird mix of federalism inside the american university system where if you were to design a system from scratch you w

>> 85% of your undergraduates and only 55% of your graduate students are domestic. we think -- i will talk about the undergraduates. we have 30,000 on the main campus. we think we are in the right balance. internationally we are one of the most diverse universities with 15 and in recent years higher than that percent coming from other countries. i tell students you can learn about the world for the first time you study abroad or foreign trip you make. if you make the effort on the campus you will succeed. we talk about that a lot. i think we are in a reasonable balance point. i hope we will fix policies in this country. i understand it is held hostage to other areas in the immigration area. it is one of those things that people, i think, who disagree about other things, understand we ought to take the smart people who want to come here and stay. we think we keep about 15-20 percent of the international students. i am not counting those who stay for graduate school. that would add to it. but those who go into the workforce. talking to hundreds by now i promise more w

the university president is looking at considering a ban on hard alcohol in undergraduate housing. >>cohol. >> reporter: the president e- mailed students last month saying there were too many instances of undergraduates overdrinking and that hard alcohol is connected to many problems on campus including sexual assault. just recently a jury found a stanford swimmer guilty of raping a drunk student. >> it's absolutely right we're discussing alcohol use and making sure it's healthy and happy, but an outright ban is sort of taking a law enforcement approach to what is really a medical problem. >> reporter: miles keating and cole say tougher restrictions for college students on alcohol is far from the solution. >> if there's a ban on hard alcohol, people will have it anyway. so then it's kind of people are trying to hide it and drink it behind closed doors. campus. a spok >> we did reach out to the university for statistics on alcohol related incidents on campus. a spokesperson told us she couldn't provide those. >>> students at uc berkeley are enjoying a new way to recharge. two napping p

the university president is looking at considering a ban on hard alcohol in undergraduate housing. >> i think you're kidding yourself if you think kids aren't going to buy it. >> reporter: the president emailed students last month saying there were too many instances of undergraduates overdrinking and that hard alcohol is connected to many problems on campus including sexual assault. just recently a jury found a stanford swimmer guilty of raping a drunk student. >> making sure that it's healthy and happy on campus but an outright ban is taking a law enforcement approach to what is really a medical problem. >> reporter: but miles keating and cole say tougher restrictions say tougher restrictions for college students on alcohol is not the solution. >> if there's a ban on hard alcohol then people will have it anyways. then it's kind of people are trying to hide it and trying to drink it behind closed doors. >> reporter: i reached out to the university spokesman. she said it was premature to do an on-camera interview. he asked for statistics on alcohol-related cases and she cannot provide

ofn it comes to a number undergraduates, particularly bachelors degrees, we have to acknowledge that so many people do not really know what kind of profession they will pursue several years later. that makes a huge competition in developing rules of thumb or even regulating them. question, and this is related to data. what does the data tell us? what do we know about differences by race? related is the impact to the hbcus? rohit: i don't have that off of the top of my head. my understanding is that some of the survey data suggests that minorities, particularly african-americans borrow at higher rates and borrow more. the percentage of people borrowing and the average level of borrowing is higher. that being said, my understanding is there is not a similar framework like there is for mortgages where we have much more granular information on how much people are borrowing and low-level data by race and ethnicity. understand, that is not in the fafsa. susan: it is not. there is a long history of racial redlining. because of that there are requirements that races included in mortgage appl

. >> and getting my undergraduate degree i want to help students with autism like me but there wasn'tf scholarship aid out there so i decided to start a scholarship program so these bright minded individuals can go to college. >> making a difference for the scholarship program has given away 26 scholarships. >> given where you fall within the realm sometimes use the public schools that have to go on a certain track so was he able to keep up? >> yes. he just graduated with a masters as well. so often we think of what to some as a children's diagnosis but not adults so are you still overcoming as an adult? he said he still has problems with public speaking and focusing on people but he has tunnel vision so we forget about the adults. >> just don't go to florida. dangerous hot and humid. on wednesday to pay and their sightings. living in east fort meyers looks out his porch that is a mountain lion. holy crap. pooley crap that is the panther. and then just a little bit later walking through corkscrew sanctuary at panther runs right past. >> donald trump finally admitted that his entire pr

and we think we have -- talk about the undergraduates, 30,000 on the main campus. the rn about the right balance. one of the most diverse universities, 15 and in recent years of low iron that. the 1st foreign trip you take, make the effort on this campus. so we talk about that a lot. i think we had a recently good balance. i understand it is held hostage to other issues and immigration area. it is one of those things i think were people who disagree about other things understand comeau we take all the smart people who want to come here, and we think we keep about 15%. 15%.15 percent. it's hard to know. fifteen to 20 percent of the international students not counting those who stay for graduate, but those are going to the workforce, multiple of that. talking to hundreds and hundreds of them by now. and just a follow-up on your saying to an undergraduate, this is the most diverse community you would be in. just look around you. do you think in another itself it is an asset? >> sure. but yes. not to open up another subject for the most important of all is the diversit

talk to thek we undergraduates at about 30,000.nternationally, where one of the most diverse universities. 15% coming from other planets. keller students all the time you can learn a lot about this world before you study abroad, or after the first for trippi take. just make the effort on this campus. so, we talk about that a lot. i think we are at good balance point. we look very hard. i understand policy has been held hostage for other issues. things, iof those think where people disagree about other things understand that we need to get smart people who want to come here to stay. about 50%, itep is hard to know, we think we keep about 15 to 20% of the international students. i'm not counting those who stay for graduate school. a multiple of that. after talking to hundreds and hundreds of them, -- >> when you're saying to an undergraduate, this is the most diverse community will live in. if you want to know what a global economy, look around you. do you think diversity in and of itself is an asset for university? >> uptight point.

. >> in 2011 when i was graduating with my undergraduate and wanted to help students and one of the things i noticed there were scholarships' out there for individuals with autism so i decided to start a program some individuals could go to college. >> that makes a difference and now he has given away 26 scholarships. >> given where you fall in the realm that you see in public schools searching kids have to go one attract. with his master's and i asked we think of it as a children's diagnosis with children but not adults and i said what he is still overcoming? he said he still has problems with public speaking and focusing on people to know their real intention. >> day said he works on this daily. i think this is great he is hoping so many people. >> just don't go to florida. is dangerous and hot and humid. >> on wednesday he sees not one but two papers. living in east for meyers looks out his back porch sitting on my porch than a little bit later then walking through the corkscrew swamp at p.m. their runs right past -- a panther. >> it will be on jimmy campbell why the entire campaign the

. >> an undergraduate education this story is my graduate class. in the past few years the 26 rolled struggling with hair when. a good band is with his family says he was living with his parents to try to get better for his girlfriend and his daughters also his girlfriend is pregnant with the third child. it took a tragic turn of march 26 it was supposed to be a joyous day the whole point family-planning -- a family was planning for the easter egg hunt. he was cold and i said i feet he is dead right has been grabbed his feet and we pulled him to the floor and i would read as hard as i could to make him freed but i couldn't. i wanted to but i didn't have what it took. >> he was dead from an overdose his girlfriend had struggled but his sense clean. >> is it every day battle. thank god i am in a program today because i don't know where i would be but i am sober in here for my family. >> his father died 22 years ago in this struggling with addiction but after he died he stopped and was looking for help. >> is open eyes and i never would have gotten a

and the victim is 21-year-old shawnie patel, an undergraduate student at rutgers newark. they say patel was killed and his roommate critically injured after they were both shot in ok their apartment which you can see behind me right above the they examined the gun found they examined the gun found around the corner from the murder scene. it's not clear if this gun is connected to this crime. patel and his 23-year-old roommate lived in an off campus apartment on industrial avenue another halsey street. the area is ne block east of the rutgers newark campus and is popular with students. >> even though it's considered off campus, it's so close to campus that i don't think a lot of students know how to feel about it right now. >> it could have been anyone. could have -- like i said, could have been anyone. it's so sad that it happe i d to a rutgers student. >> reporter: i i a news release, newark police said this was not a random incident and that rutgers newark students and other people in the area had no reason to be frightened. police h here in newark, though, are looking

. >> no student, graduate or undergraduate, no member of the staff should come to the university of california and be fearful of either sexual harassment or sexual violence. >> reporter: historically berkeley is known for being at the forefront of social change. sor rel says that reputation may be why cases like hers aren't more public. >> if you have this brand and you have this image, and yet you're found, this campus is found having these things happen, you know, these horrible things happen, then i think that saul the motivation one needs to kind of keep it suppressed. >> sor rel isn't sure they will return to her job at the school but hopes her story will help others come forward. daniele nottingham, cbs news, berkeley. >> up next here, the scam that has people following orders to smash windows jrs a bizarre wave of property crimes is leaving smackerred windows at fast food restaurants across the country. but they aren't being broken from the outside, they are being broken from the inside by the people who have been convinced to do the damage. >> here's jericka duncan. >> reporter: you ca

my undergraduate was geology, so i always thick about hills and things and how they erode. it just strikes me, it's interesting. in the midsection in denver, big-time snow. not just a couple of feet, maybe three feet of snow in the denver area in the next 24 to 36 hours. this is going to be a problem for travelers tomorrow. even if you're going to new york, because it's a hub situation. dallas, there will be some delays in and out of denver, and that will slow the network down. for us the winds start to go slightly north and northeast. there's a warming in the atmosphere. right now i would call that a north-northwest. not northwesterly, but north- northwesterly wind. as we go into tonight and tomorrow the winds are going to start coming out of the north- northeast, like this. and that's an offshore wind. you know that but you can see they're just a few degrees to click around. the current numbers, 74 in santa rosa. so you know tomorrow santa rosa is not going to have much trouble getting up to 84 degrees. the high pressure is set up big time to give us all the weather syste

information isn't university of pennsylvania is trying to cope with the apparent suicide of an undergraduateudents gathered for a candlelight vigil on campus to remember 21-year-old olivia kong. police say kong jumped in front of a septa train yesterday morning and was struck and killed. that had been 10 suicides in three years at the university despite an array of resources. >> there are people here trying to deal with it but i think that the school itself, it is more of a systemic problem because it's somehow like oh, you're in therapy, like what's wrong with you. doesn't mean -- >> and that goes cyclical with the whole penn phase. >> exactly. >> students say the so-called penn face is masking signs of sadness or anxiety to avoid showing weakness. the university is encouraging students in need of support to contact resources on campus and we have posted them on 6abc.com. >> lawmakers in trenton are grappling with a big problem. lots of old school buildings prime for lead poisoning. advocates are pushing for a law to mandate water testing in all of the schools. hamilton township school dist

you "bloomberg business week" magazine named villanova's school of business as the number one undergraduateusiness school in the country. >>> getting chilly this morning. clear skies. a live view from the comcast center in centre city. it's been so dry lately. finally tracking some showers that'll be moving our way before the weekend. your neighborhood forecasts just ahead. jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. we're watching the garden state parkway right now. here's some construction around the toll plaza. we're down to one lane rating after the toll plaza. no big delays there because of that. this is over in summer's point. more construction otherwise. i'll cover that when we come back. >>> also, officer shot next at 4:30. nbc 10 goes right to the philadelphia da's office to ask how the man accused of shooting a police officer was out on the streets despite a long list of previous charges. that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out

. >> reporter: the university of northern new jersey promised students the highest quality of undergraduate and graduate education. it looked legitimate. it was a twitter page with school closing announcements as well as a facebook feed of students wearing hats and shirts baring the university's correction but it was all fake, parted of an undercover homeland security string cracking down on at this kranford, new jersey, office building, agents posed as school administrators. investigators say brokers then contacted the fake school to help foreigners secure fraudulent student and work visas. sarah saldana is director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. >> we told them there was no school and the brokers came. and with the brokers, they brought many, many students, people purporting to be students who enrolled in the university knowing full well there would be no classes. >> reporter: this morning 21 of those brokers were arrested. authorities say they took kickbacks in the pay-to-stay scheme that involved more than 1,000 foreign individuals who were allegedly willing participants.

. >> reporter: the university of northern new jersey promised students the highest quality of undergraduate and graduate education. it looked legitimate. there was a twitter page with school closing announcements, as well as a facebook feed of students wearing hats and shirts bearing the university's crest but it was all fake, part of an undercover homeland security string cracking down on immigration fraud. at this kranford, new jersey, office building, agents posed as school administrators. investigators say brokers then contacted the fake school to help foreigners secure fraudulent student and work visas. sarah saldana is director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. >> we told them there was no school and the brokers came. and with the brokers, they brought many, many students, people purporting to be students who enrolled in the university knowing full well there would be no classes. >> reporter: this morning 21 of those brokers were arrested. authorities say they took kickbacks in the pay-to-stay scheme that involved more than 1,000 foreign individuals who were allegedly willi

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conversation has been framed around these private institutions that are degree seeking full time undergraduate. and that is just grossly not a good lens to look at this problem. >> even the public ones are much more expensive even a place like massachusetts. we see including room and board. you can walk out of there with 30,000 in debt. >> that's only one third. like flagship must be universities and private schools is only one third of the institutions we're talking about in this conversation totally eliminating two thirds of students coming out. who are stomaching the price tag. that could be anything from a community college price tag all the way up to nyu today it's up to $73,000 a year which is a lot of money. so you are able, you go to school and you are running through it just to get a degree at the end. then you get this degree and you're not really being trained for what the work force is. i think we have to be careful is this the only reason you're going to school. yes earnings over your lifetime are going to be positive but i think a lot of reasons why parents are willing to take on

.-- not law undergraduates. it's fun to me i get to talk to undergraduates.to be there they are, some of them have to. they want to be lawyers and say what should i study as an undergraduate? they were doing what you were just saying here, how do we get up on this ladder here. and i said well,, you know, you on't have to study something relating to law. i can't tell you what to study, but i'll tell you one thing, you lead.one life to one. nd you'll know that life, and you'll know your friend, you'll know your family, but that's few. very and if you go into humanities for those four short years, if other languages, if you read a few books, you some lives that aren't your own. but they're out there. every kind of person. so i recommendthat. in spades to ack help me. just a few weeks ago, we heard bout a fellow -- i mean it's been playing. and a fellow, what is yonder? is there really such a person? i mean, he is a real serious rat. and could there be a person like that in and i happened to see a classic french movie on it on ann -- no, i saw airplane. dogs." ch

>> 85% of our undergraduates and only -- probably 55% of your graduate students are domestic. and we think we have, a lot of us talk about the undergraduates. we have 30,000 on the main campus. we think we're in about the right balance. i like the fact -- internationally, we're one of the most diverse universities, with, as i say, 15, and in some recent years, it was a little higher than that, percent, coming from other lands. i tell our students all the time, you can learn a lot about this world before the first time you study abroad or the first foreign trip you take if you just make the effort on this campus. but we talk about that a lot. and i think we're in a reasonably good balance point. we do look very hard. i mean, i hope we'll fix visa policy in this country sometime. i understand it's been held hostage to other issues in the immigration area. it is one of those things, i think, where people who disagree about other things understand. we ought to take all the smart people who want to come here and stay. we think we keep about 15%. it's hard to know. we think we keep

news ranking has nothing to do with the quality of the undergraduate education a student will receivein a place where faculty are motivated to teach and mernlt und mentor under graduates. >> how do you figure >> "a great book called the alumni factor that reports on alumni outlook. from that you can learn that graduates of the university of maryland, for example, like gayle king, having credible high net worth and you might not think that. you think, oh, that's a state school, it's not as prestigious as a brand name. >> didn't -- go to university of maryland? >> yeah, yeah, in that area, yeah. >> but can i say for the issue of small class, engaging with fact you willity, you want to know small classes are offered. one of the questions you ask on your tour am i classes taught by tas or access in a small seminar setting to faculty. >> the financial aspect, obviously, means a lot to so many people. you think you're getting financial aid but you don't know what you're getting. how do you figure that part of it out? >> most families are contending with financial aid and they are looking at

and i thank you for your comment because i feel like i am trying to do this with my graduate and undergraduatestudents that do a better job of teaching students about how the system works works and to improve it. >> host: only a minute or two left. what you ask your guest if he believe this is a realignment election and is that the outcome of the gridlock? >> guest: that is like the election where a massive number of great numbers of people that were republicans shifted and became democrats and that became the coalition behind the democratic party for one or two generations. we have a regional realignment in the south that used to be the dixiecrat democrats from the 65 voting rights slowly and then rapidly became republican. right now i don't see donald trump as a person creating a realignment. i don't see evidence yet, and i like evidence. i like data. i don't see evidence that there is a massive number of democrats and independents that are the largest portion in the surveys or independents are shifting into becoming republicans. but to watch that great question, i am skeptical as a research

justice corrnd >> reporter: university of northern new jersey promised students highest quality of undergraduateand graduate education it looked legitimate. twitter page with school closing announcements and facebook feed full of students wearing hats and shirts bearing the university's crest. but it was all fake. part of an undercover homeland securities sting cracking down on immigration fraud. at this kranford new jersey office building agents posed as school administrators. brokers then contacted the fake school to help foreigners. sarah saldana director of immigration and custom thousands enforcement. >> we told them there was no school. the brokers came. with the brokers they brought, many, many students. people purporting to be students, who enrolled in the university knowing full well that there would be no classes. >> reporter: this morning, 21 of the brokerer authorities say they took kickbacks in the pay to stay scheme that involved more than 1,000 foreign individuals who were allegedly willing participants. they include, some of the people posing for pictures under the unnj sign. man

. >> students who go to undergraduate school, they have those loans and they want to go on to further their education, but the cost is prohibitive for many. >> you're right. >> thank you. >> thank you, susan. >>> the future of a popular trail in fairfax county is coming down to a numbers game. a new counter is loggi ingin ig and pedestrians on the wnod trail in reston. it can track bicycle and pedestrian trends in key areas, especially those close to metro stations. county officials will usehe to bike and walking paths. >>> caitlyn jenner is taking donald trump up on his offer and used the women's restroom at one of his hotels. last week, trump said transgender should be able to use the bathroom they identify with. he criticized the north carolina law saying that transgenders should use the bathroom of the gender that's on their birth certificate. here's part of the video. >> oh, god. okay. thank you, donald. i really appreciate it. >> the state of north carolina is facing some backlash since passing the so-called bathroom law. >>> diversity in politics. first at 4, a candidate's bold

as an undergraduate at university of texas at austin in the late 1960's i was very active in a political movement. the farmers strike in california and texas, the black civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, and generally the counter culture movement. i had already been arrested in a protest. i was a sociology and political science major. i was trying to understand the social change i was involved in. that is why i ended up going into sociology. they provided the tools for analysis. this was in the early 1970's. i did not realize i had been the subject of conversation until later, when my aunt asked my mother, because i had been at yale. she had not seen me, so she had asked where david was. she said, he started yale. -- my aunt said, [speaking spanish] [laughter] when a crime futures -- when a time came to choose a presentation topic, i chose the chicanos. i think this is the key to political consciousness. these are cards from the b -- guys from the barrio, many of them high school dropouts, many drug addicts. but here they are joining an organization, becoming involved in variou

as an undergraduate at the university of texas in austin, in the late 60's, i was very active in various political movements. the farmworkers -- the farmworkers strike in california and texas, the black civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, and the council culture movement. that's why i ended up going into sociology. this is in the early 1970's. i didn't realize that i had been the subject of family conversation later and my aunt asked where david was because i had been in jail. and my and said [speaking in spanish] [applause] [laughter] so, yes, i was very involved with the movement. so when it came time to choose a dissertation topic, it was the chicano movement, and particular the brown berets. i thought the berets had the key to political consciousness. these are guys from the barrio. many of them high school dropouts, some of them heroin addicts. here they were becoming politicized, joining an organization, becoming involved in various events and so forth. so my thing was, if i could discover the key to that lyrical consciousness, then perhaps that phenomenon could be duplica

but of course having that sort of story makes it easy for undergraduate teachers and easier for undergraduate students. to borrow the quote. the map who shot liberty valence. sir, this is the west. if we have the truth or the legend, we print the legend. so i'm skeptical about that. therefore, i'm also a little optimistic actually about your ability to do things. because actually yes, there's all this partisan gridlock, and most of the gridlock has to do with old political scripts that people carry in their heads that actually at the moment are increasingly really pretty irrelevant to what's actually happening in the world and what is actually going to happen which will probably surprise them. so then since they're going to probably be surprised and they're all -- then they're going to improvise. and you see the partisan trench warfare won't dictate very clearly to them how they're supposed to improvise. for example, i'm looking at nick lugger here. senator cullather improvised, gee, let's do something about nuclear weapons in the former soviet union. to help kind of clean that up. that was a

hcbu's represent 3% of colleges and universities, yet graduate 20% of african-americans with undergraduate degrees and 25% of african-american degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields. in my district, i am so proud to represent florida griculturial and mechanical -- agricultural and mechanical university, one of our historic universities. florida a&m, or famu, who is more affectionately known in florida, was founded in 1887 with just 15 students and two instructors. and let me just say, go, rattlers. today, the university has grown to enroll nearly 10,000 students, and it was named by the u.s. news and world report as the top publicly historically black college or university in the entire nation for 2015. it is also listed among the princeton review's best in the southeast colleges, and is one of the top picks for providing a high-quality education at an affordable price in florida, according to the college database. and famu is the nation's top producers of african-americans at the bachelor degree level. it is such an honor for me to represent famu and to join the hcbu

this is the largest undergraduate student body in the country. more than 60,000 students attend the university of central florida. an e-mail and tex alert went out a short time ago to students and staff saying a possible shooter was near the main campus library. the library, as you see, has been evacuated. this is a still developing situation. we'll bring you more as it comes in from the live desk. >> we're well into spring and still feeling the last effects of what winter did to our roads. the district is winding down its pothole palooza campaign but there's still a handful of potholes left to fix. crews repaired more than 10,000 potholes since the beginning of the month and more than 35,000 since january. days as a temporary fix. >>> we have new information following an internal investigation into one automaker's inaccurate fuel mileage test. >> susan hogan has the latest on mitsubishi's mileage investigation. >> we have a lot more information for you. as we told you last week, mitsubishi admitted it lied about how much fuel mileage hundreds of

he went to the florida and them for the undergraduate, and got his doctorate, from temple university. he is now a professor at the university of florida. ibram kendi will give the background under the history of racism in america. professor d. watkins put together a number of essays, living and dying while black in america. the book chronicles his life story in many ways, talks about the things he grew up with and the things he witnessed but professor d. watkins is able to talk about racist policies we have had in america, how they impacted him growing up in baltimore city and the urban environment. d. watkins is a young man who turned his life around from the early days gaining education showing the power of reading and how important it is through education is the key to success. d. watkins is a graduate with a masters from john hopkins, he also teaches a creative writing program at the university of baltimore. they have both of these gentlemen, scholars and activists on this panel. it is a great opportunity for all the panelists. thank you very much for joining us. i would like to s

joseph university, undergraduate students teach their clients important life skills. >> we really found so important to become advocates that something that we focus on with the entire campus community. >> my child is autistic and every kid is different, but there is something there. >> reporter: a new voice in the effort to raise awareness may be actor robert de niro, he appeared on the "today" show to talk about the 15th anniversary of the tribeca film festival. however the conversation turned to autism. >> i, as a parent of a child who has autism, am concerned. and i want to know the truth. and i'm not anti-vaccine. i want safe vaccine. >> i think it's great for the community to have someone that see in movies and tv, that they are a big fan of, opening up about autism in regard to his concerns. >> reporter: deanother re's attention comes during the month of april devoted to autism awareness. for the students at kinney center, will it become their life's work as committing careers to studying and treating it. >> i learned who they are. i learned what their needs and strengths are, ho

brian: where did you get the undergraduate? >> i was an english. and my phd. brian: why did you get a phd and a law degree? mary: i had planned to go to be a regular lawyer and a good friend of mine told me that this person was teaching history of the constitution course at the law school and everybody was going to take it. i didn't know. i'll take it, too. i was captivated and spent my law school learning about the constitution and someone was explaining to me why it was the way it was. i clerked with a federal judge and he said i should do more work in history and i haven't looked back. brian: we had him here, but i want you to tell folks who he is. mary: the most eminent early merican historian, won a pultser prize and trained an enormous number of two generations of historians now and incredibly important in making it clear on how interesting the struggles regarding the founding of the country were. brian: what are you doing now? mary: i teach at boston college law school. first year property and american legal history. brian: i want you to set up in a mom

undergraduate dance showcase.:15 tomorrow in the clarice. >> these are the darn majors in the show tomorrow. they are improvising in a site specific location on the mall. steve: very wool. they are expecting 80,000 to 100,000 people here tomorrow. so it will be busy. parking is free. let's talk about the weather. the weather will cooperate for the most part. mostly cloudy skies moving through the daym to. not the warmest of days. we are talking about the temperatures around 55 to 60 degrees. by sunday, though, we will show showers and the thunderstorms in the mix. highs in the upper 60's. take you out with a look at the seven-day outlook. we are in the 60's for much of next week. we will look at the dancers. join the fun there and see what they are doing. this is one of the many acts that are over 400 acts you will be able to see tomorrow parking is free. i hope you can come enjoy it. the weather will cooperate. umbrella later in the day. i'm steve rudin. leon: steve and the rudinista. alison: is that what they ar

and i often get asked by law students -- not law students, undergraduates.wyers, you know, there we are, some have to -- and there we are. [laughter] they want to be lawyer, and they say what should i study as an undergraduate? they were doing what you were just saying, how do we get up on this ladder here? and i say, well, you know, you don't have to study something leading to law. i can't tell you what to study, but i'll tell you one thing, you have one life to lead. one. and you'll know that life. and you'll know your friends, you'll know your family, but that's very, very few. and if you go into humanities more those four short years, if you learn some other languages, if you read a few books, you'll learn about some lives that aren't your own. but they're out there. every kind of person. so i recommend that. and it comes back in spades to help me. i mean, just a few weeks ago we heard about a fellow, i mean, it's been playing, and a fellow, what is iago? is there really such a person? i mean, he is a real are, serious rat. and could there be a person li

kellye: the producer received an undergraduate degree in geography and now pursuing a masters. in addition to working here as a producer part-time, raynell holds two other part-time positions and a full-time student at the university of maryland college park. the 21-year-old expects to complete his graduate degree in community planning next spring. he could be back in front of the camera as a reporter. >> it would be fun. anytime i have done something in the field i enjoyed. kellye: kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: fantastic. opening day can be exciting for any baseball fan but for one guy in detroit it was magical. bill dougan caught not one, not two, not three, not even four. sounds like a dr. seuss book i'm reading. he caught five foul balls in the tigers' home opener. five! the 39-year-old decided to give all the balls to small kids sitting near >> i placed a number on five, thinking five is a lucky number. i won twice and lost twice so i came out even. jonathan: the odds of catching even one foul ball is one in 600. he says the secret is sit behind foul plate for the foul

before i came here i was a professor who taught shakespeare was a graduate and undergraduate student one of the reasons why i came to folger was this is a great place to share what was so exciting about the humanities. but then two blocks east of the u.s. capitol the most widely read author on the planet how these characters and stories don't matter. >> you mention the reading room. the active readers are working this is late medieval and renaissance architecture. and the patterns in dusty glass are modeled on the church of his home town of stratford and we have a bust of shakespeare that is a model of the one from trinity church for you is buried and a brass plaque in behind that for the ashes of mr. and mrs. folger. it is interesting that makes them the only people buried on capitol hill. and we don't bury americans as next to the seat of power we like to keep people away from the center of power so it is ironic because they own the building and this was their gift to the nation they chose to have their ashes placed your. >> what goes on in this room? was filled with researchers th