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if you look at the university of michigan, the president of the university of michigan suggested that 90% of the people he was addressing at one particular time who had voted for hillary clinton had voted against hate speech, because they had opposed donald trump. i'm a pretty frequent critic of donald trump. i'm uncomfortable with a lot of things he says. i criticized the mass murder in charlottesville. i criticized his campaign. i criticized what he said about the judge. most of those who protested against donald trump did so because they have hate. to shape the way that the campus environment exists on a day-to-day basis, and you suggest that he ought to be the one who is making these determinations for everyone, i think -- whether it's a politician or a university president, i think that does raise very difficult questions. certainly it's something that i would be uncomfortable with. what's interesting to me -- i go back -- i don't spend a lot of time on college campuses, but i graduated just recently, just a few years ago. i graduated 25 years ago. and when i graduated, i would s
if you look at the university of michigan, the president of the university of michigan suggested that 90% of the people he was addressing at one particular time who had voted for hillary clinton had voted against hate speech, because they had opposed donald trump. i'm a pretty frequent critic of donald trump. i'm uncomfortable with a lot of things he says. i criticized the mass murder in charlottesville. i criticized his campaign. i criticized what he said about the judge. most of those who...
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does that mean there might have been another universe before the big bang. it is certainly conceivable maybe there are even other universes parallel to ours ones that might also contain life. but this is just speculation there's no proof. although it sounds absurd most physicists assume that the universe rose out of nothing there's no such thing as before the big bang and no such thing as beyond the universe with the big bang this is what came into existence. but it's so tiny according to our calculations in the beginning the universe was so small that billions of them could fit inside an atom which. yes one hundred trillion trillion degrees. everything in the universe was squeezed together into this little point feel. that cosmic inflation within a fraction of a second the universe got trillions and trillions of times bigger matter spread throughout space then the universe stopped expanding so fast and began to cool. this cosmic soup the first particles of light and matter came into existence how old is the universe now just a few billion seven second. after
does that mean there might have been another universe before the big bang. it is certainly conceivable maybe there are even other universes parallel to ours ones that might also contain life. but this is just speculation there's no proof. although it sounds absurd most physicists assume that the universe rose out of nothing there's no such thing as before the big bang and no such thing as beyond the universe with the big bang this is what came into existence. but it's so tiny according to our...
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if you look at the university of michigan, the president of university of michigan suggested that 90% of the people he was addressing at one particular time who had voted for hillary clinton had voted against hate speech because they had opposed donald trump. i'm a frequent critic of donald trump and i'm very uncountable with some of the things he is sad. i criticized his language in his campaign. it is not the case that most people who voted for donald trump did so because they hate other people, just ugly as in the case. when you think about the power that somebody like the president in the university of michigan has two shape the way that the campus environment exists on a day-to-day basis and you suggest that he out to be the ones -- one making these determinations, i think that raises difficult questions and is certainly something i would be uncomfortable with. what is interesting to me as i go back, i don't spend a lot of time on college campuses, but i graduated just recently, just a few years ago. i graduated 25 years ago and when i graduated i would say the prevailing sentime
if you look at the university of michigan, the president of university of michigan suggested that 90% of the people he was addressing at one particular time who had voted for hillary clinton had voted against hate speech because they had opposed donald trump. i'm a frequent critic of donald trump and i'm very uncountable with some of the things he is sad. i criticized his language in his campaign. it is not the case that most people who voted for donald trump did so because they hate other...
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here with colleagues at the university of eastern finland and quite b.-o. he's studying the effects of fine dust on the human body. it's. the research project underway here is unique. the findings are likely to put pressure on the authorities. especially regarding aerosol particles released from burning wood. said on and his team are analyzing the dangerous substances and wood smoke. doing that has presented them with a number of challenges. finding out exactly how these particulates harm our cells and our bodies is an even bigger effort. the experiment will probably challenge our romantic view of the quaint and cozy wood stove. the research team at the university and have more weeks to complete the study. each day they burn different types of wood including birch beach and spruce. tubes and hoses guide the flue gas through a series of measuring instruments that analyze the components. the fine particulates themselves are dangerous to health but they're even more hazardous when they're loaded with chemical substances from the smoke. and some of the chemical
here with colleagues at the university of eastern finland and quite b.-o. he's studying the effects of fine dust on the human body. it's. the research project underway here is unique. the findings are likely to put pressure on the authorities. especially regarding aerosol particles released from burning wood. said on and his team are analyzing the dangerous substances and wood smoke. doing that has presented them with a number of challenges. finding out exactly how these particulates harm our...
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the university of austin. this event was co-hosted by the association for land grant universities and the fund for american studies. >> good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. i'm roger reed, president of the fund for american studies. you can learn more about our organization at teaching freedom.org. it's a pleasure for us to be co-sponsoring with the association of public and land grant universities. this important discussion of the state of the first amendment at public universities. we have brought together a panel of people with the range of perspectives on the topic that is squarely at the intersection of the u.s. constitution and the first amendment on the one hand and the very purpose of the university engaged as it is in the search for truth and acting as one of the main transmitters of highest values to the next generation. for the past several years, we at the fund for american studies have put a strong emphasis on the freedom of speech in our programs for college students. we've stresse
the university of austin. this event was co-hosted by the association for land grant universities and the fund for american studies. >> good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. i'm roger reed, president of the fund for american studies. you can learn more about our organization at teaching freedom.org. it's a pleasure for us to be co-sponsoring with the association of public and land grant universities. this important discussion of the state of the first amendment at public...
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that is the exact opposite of what we expect of our universities and this country. after the 2016 elections, for example, they found a cry in at cornell -- i hope they had plenty of tissues for them. [ laughter ] they had therapy dogs at the university of kansas and play-doh and coloring books at the great university of michigan. for heaven sakes. i thought that was, give me a break. students at tufts were encouraged to draw out their feelings. i can tell this group isn't going to have to have plato when you get attacked in college, you will be involved in a debate, you will stand up and defend yourselves. and the values that you believe in. [ cheering ] i like this bunch, i have to tell you. you are not going to be backing down. go get them, go get him. rather than moaning, [ chanting ] i heard that a long time over the last campaigned. rather than molding a generation of well-informed adults, some schools are doing everything they can to create a generation of sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes. we are not going to have it. [ cheering ] that is a dis
that is the exact opposite of what we expect of our universities and this country. after the 2016 elections, for example, they found a cry in at cornell -- i hope they had plenty of tissues for them. [ laughter ] they had therapy dogs at the university of kansas and play-doh and coloring books at the great university of michigan. for heaven sakes. i thought that was, give me a break. students at tufts were encouraged to draw out their feelings. i can tell this group isn't going to have to have...
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university. in college station, texas. the 12th saleswoman a phrase that is a takeoff on another phrase that that university uses, calling the 12th man. i look at the 12thwoman as -- 12th woman as a team. 11 on a team, one more makes it 12, all 12 supporting each other. in their cause. to eliminate sexual assault on campuses. in the just -- not just texas a&m but all the universities and colleges throughout the united states. these remarkable ladies started using social media to see if other people, students, former students, had encountered sexual assault on campus. and what happened and what didn't happen after that was reported. then they formed this organization called the 12th woman and several of those members of the 12th woman are here today. watching congress. and later today they're going to go to their respective members of congress and talk about some of the things that are on their heart. constituents. constituents in the state of texas. the reason for this request of time is that there are bad things that are happ
university. in college station, texas. the 12th saleswoman a phrase that is a takeoff on another phrase that that university uses, calling the 12th man. i look at the 12thwoman as -- 12th woman as a team. 11 on a team, one more makes it 12, all 12 supporting each other. in their cause. to eliminate sexual assault on campuses. in the just -- not just texas a&m but all the universities and colleges throughout the united states. these remarkable ladies started using social media to see if...
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the laboratory. i don't think for universities such as the university of california that we will ever have a fully online degree. that's not who we are as a research university. but i do believe there will be a greater and greater role for online education. >> host: mitch daniels, former governor of indiana, is running purdue. janet napolitano, former governor of arizona is running uing-cal. what's the benefit of being a governor in that position? >> guest: you know, first of all, when i was a governor, i had higher education in the budget, and so i was used to dealing with it from that level. but, you know, large public universities are complex organizations. they have some similarities to running a state. you've got to deal with the legislature, the media, various constituencies. it's a very public role. it is political with a small p because you've got to, you know, engender support for the institution and be out there cheering for it. so it's, it is a job with some similarities. >> host: janet napolitano, some of the speakers that -- at uc-berkeley, milo yiannopoulos, ben shapiro, was that handled we
the laboratory. i don't think for universities such as the university of california that we will ever have a fully online degree. that's not who we are as a research university. but i do believe there will be a greater and greater role for online education. >> host: mitch daniels, former governor of indiana, is running purdue. janet napolitano, former governor of arizona is running uing-cal. what's the benefit of being a governor in that position? >> guest: you know, first of all,...
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the day. opposite ofexact what we expect from our universities in this happening. ter the 2016 election, they held a cry-an act cornell. bcry-in atd a cornell. i hope they had plenty of tissues. they had crayola's. they had coloring books. students were encouraged to draw out their feelings. i can tell this group is not going to have to have play-doh when you get attacked in college when you get involved in a debate. you were going to stand up and defend yourselves and the values you believe in. [applause] mr. sessions: i like this group. go get them! go get them! crowd: lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! mr. sessions: i heard that a lot over the last campaign. some schools are doing everything they can to create a generation of sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes. we are not going to have it. [applause] mr. sessions: that is a disservice to the students and to the nation. students from difficult or challenging ideas is a key aspect of the problem. last year, the foundation for individual rights in education surveyed 450 colleges and universities a
the day. opposite ofexact what we expect from our universities in this happening. ter the 2016 election, they held a cry-an act cornell. bcry-in atd a cornell. i hope they had plenty of tissues. they had crayola's. they had coloring books. students were encouraged to draw out their feelings. i can tell this group is not going to have to have play-doh when you get attacked in college when you get involved in a debate. you were going to stand up and defend yourselves and the values you believe...
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the university of virginia is more closely linked with its founder than any other american university jefferson was not only the architect he also wrote the curriculum and set up the library which used to be housed here in the rotunda. jefferson can truly be called the father of the university and he kept a careful watch over the growth of his child if he couldn't go to the site personally he observed the progress of the work from one to cello through a telescope. all my wishes and where i hope my days will end at monticello. on the fourth of july eighteenth twenty six thomas jefferson ended his days at monta chalo his will demonstrates that for him the foundation of the university was more important than the office of president. on his tombstone in the garden of monte chalo stand for the three achievements by which he wished to be remembered that the declaration of independence the statute of virginia for religious freedom and the foundation of the university of virginia. i. won. all those months it's like you're a superstar but i'm no superstock i'm just mean. robin schultz this reg
the university of virginia is more closely linked with its founder than any other american university jefferson was not only the architect he also wrote the curriculum and set up the library which used to be housed here in the rotunda. jefferson can truly be called the father of the university and he kept a careful watch over the growth of his child if he couldn't go to the site personally he observed the progress of the work from one to cello through a telescope. all my wishes and where i hope...
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the world's most expensive university. these activists goal was to fight the unbearable debt weighing on american citizens including the housing debt health debt and most importantly the student. the student debt problem in the states to about one point three trillion am told all and there are about forty million student debtors about eight million of those. are ready in default meaning they're not paying out loans people can't imagine social goods or public goods in the united states it's unimaginable that you could have free education so there is a kind of normalizing of a i like to say kind of economic violence that people are used to and they just expect that that's the way that is that's the way it always will be the right to education has been supplanted by the right to access education loans. they emphasis that has had the overall impact of stifling optional political imagination of students because they're so highly and and they have to think about their future in very particular ways that are tied to their financia
the world's most expensive university. these activists goal was to fight the unbearable debt weighing on american citizens including the housing debt health debt and most importantly the student. the student debt problem in the states to about one point three trillion am told all and there are about forty million student debtors about eight million of those. are ready in default meaning they're not paying out loans people can't imagine social goods or public goods in the united states it's...
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that is who tells you who can speak at the university of michigan. udents can report complaints to the prt which then investigates them or you. in the last school year prt launched more than 150 cases. we got involved in a lawsuit against the university and i am pleased to note that the university reevaluated what they were doing, what was in that policy, they have changed it and made it substantially better.[applause] will keep getting involved, we will keep holding public institutions accountable and i believe our work is having an impact. that survey i mentioned a moment ago from the foundation of individual rights in education shows that the percentage of schools with speech codes has declined since last year. down from 40% to 32%. that is a pretty good trend. but it's not enough. so we will continue to work to bring that number down. we have got to challenge this idea and when boards of trustees and university leaders are confronted with the stark reality of what is being done in their name, i think we will continue to see progress. this is not j
that is who tells you who can speak at the university of michigan. udents can report complaints to the prt which then investigates them or you. in the last school year prt launched more than 150 cases. we got involved in a lawsuit against the university and i am pleased to note that the university reevaluated what they were doing, what was in that policy, they have changed it and made it substantially better.[applause] will keep getting involved, we will keep holding public institutions...
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peace however is that not what was happening here at the university in the in the center of my now where these students who were unarmed were pleading for their lives with a. paramilitary shooting from another from the other end of the barricades directly at these students jennifer mccoy is a political science professor at georgia state university she's also been an election observer in her walker she joins us via skype from portland we appreciate your time. a priest who. lives next to the university that these were these students are from he said people have lost their fear they are no longer afraid to express themselves when you are shooting at a church and there are students involved could this be a turning point of any kind. well i think that the turning point actually is that the government the piers to have taken back most of the areas that had been held by protesters and dismantled barricades throughout the country and in other cities and now the university the main university campus in managua had been you know one of the last strongholds and so for the moment at least it looks l
peace however is that not what was happening here at the university in the in the center of my now where these students who were unarmed were pleading for their lives with a. paramilitary shooting from another from the other end of the barricades directly at these students jennifer mccoy is a political science professor at georgia state university she's also been an election observer in her walker she joins us via skype from portland we appreciate your time. a priest who. lives next to the...
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postal service for the public benefits it provides through universal mail delivery of the house throughout our history. lori suggested that some people may not think we should continue that. i absolutely believe in universal delivery in such a large and diverse country and at the same rate for people who live in hard-to-reach places and so on. postal service business model however, has changed in recent years, and today is the leading practitioner of what economists call monopoly cross substances aviation. it dominates one market and leverages resources to arrive from that dominance into a competitive market. think of the postal service as an entity affirmed with two divisions. one delivers first-class and standard mail supported by subsidies and monopoly rights the other delivers packages and express mail in competition with fedex and ups and others. the postal service is leveraging some of its monopoly subsidies to protect the market share of its competitive division. before going on, i want to say i don't blame the postal service. every nation that opens packages delivery operations to
postal service for the public benefits it provides through universal mail delivery of the house throughout our history. lori suggested that some people may not think we should continue that. i absolutely believe in universal delivery in such a large and diverse country and at the same rate for people who live in hard-to-reach places and so on. postal service business model however, has changed in recent years, and today is the leading practitioner of what economists call monopoly cross...
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for the university. here for two decades, the team doctor in the athletic department from 1981 through 1995. he's now deceased but the investigation is because of allegations he sexually molested and abused male athletes during the time he was there. and the university has interviewed over 150 people at this point. in comes michael desabato, a former wrestler at the university and this investigation covers 15 major sports at ohio state but it is wrestling where jim jordan takes place. he was the assistant coach during part of the time that that physician was the team doctor and michael disabato, i spoke to him yesterday and he says it was common knowledge in the wrestling department about dr. richard strauss and he was he was doing. he said they would joke about it. listen to what he said about jim jordan's knowledge and what his knowledge was about what was done by dr. strauss. >> i was close to both jim and the coach. we talked openly within our locker room about strauss in particular that he was a seri
for the university. here for two decades, the team doctor in the athletic department from 1981 through 1995. he's now deceased but the investigation is because of allegations he sexually molested and abused male athletes during the time he was there. and the university has interviewed over 150 people at this point. in comes michael desabato, a former wrestler at the university and this investigation covers 15 major sports at ohio state but it is wrestling where jim jordan takes place. he was...
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the. universities and organizations meant to protect them. stood side by side with one hundred forty other victims of mass around the stage of the ceremony and showed strength in the face of so much pain the nasser case showed just how easy it is for powerful institutions and the people climbing their lauder's to spend years not only ignoring the sexual abuse of young athletes the getting power by not doing anything to protect victims and now ohio state is facing the facts that they and their employees may have a lot of another sexual predator abuse our fleets in fourteen different sports on campus r t correspondent and former watching hockey producer sarah montessori has more. former student athletes at ohio state university are filing two lawsuits against the school over alleged abuse by team dr richard strauss the first lawsuit was filed in the u.s. district court in columbus ohio and claims that coaches and higher level officials knew of the abuse but did nothing to stop it the second lawsuit was filed by an unnamed former wrestler claimin
the. universities and organizations meant to protect them. stood side by side with one hundred forty other victims of mass around the stage of the ceremony and showed strength in the face of so much pain the nasser case showed just how easy it is for powerful institutions and the people climbing their lauder's to spend years not only ignoring the sexual abuse of young athletes the getting power by not doing anything to protect victims and now ohio state is facing the facts that they and their...
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we have had a policy that is, our endowment is about funding the core mission of the university, whichaching and research. it is not a fund meant to be a social intervention fund, and so we have not divested in response to the pressure is put upon us, and we have not used our endowment as a political weapon or tool. in part, the logic of that is, what are the issues, and how many of them? what are the priorities? would it be fossil fuels, diversity, other kinds of admirable concerns that might distract from what our core business is, which is funding teaching and research? emily: how do we bring down the cost of higher education? drew: that is something we need to get under control and address more fully. technology is going to help with that. what can we do online to supplement or replace certain parts of instruction so that we can leave to people the parts we absolutely need people for and streamline some of the other parts? i think we will see some of that coming forward. but, constraining costs will be a real challenge for all of higher education. emily: there are a lot of companie
we have had a policy that is, our endowment is about funding the core mission of the university, whichaching and research. it is not a fund meant to be a social intervention fund, and so we have not divested in response to the pressure is put upon us, and we have not used our endowment as a political weapon or tool. in part, the logic of that is, what are the issues, and how many of them? what are the priorities? would it be fossil fuels, diversity, other kinds of admirable concerns that might...
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we visit if it's a must but the university of manchester doesn't suit us. in this it's your aunt to florida to new york equal for cedar fair become. decent in this dude's yawn and placed. despite some resistance the english model is spreading throughout europe. it applies theories elaborated by large international instances mostly by the world bank and the o.e.c.d. . from now on the knowledge market is the new doctrine universities are expected to become a strategic force in wealth production. they must become like companies and industries they must promote applied research they must favor employee ability they must produce a qualified workforce consistent with companies designers. mogs does dish to put a bit of affinity socially as you duffer going to fix those people going to harm and see if you can be moved. the audion take mission that i consider and traineeships into neeman would be human though it depends if it will surely come to be doctors and any means no one else could be didn't want does this cover just off that is to give it the it could in on th
we visit if it's a must but the university of manchester doesn't suit us. in this it's your aunt to florida to new york equal for cedar fair become. decent in this dude's yawn and placed. despite some resistance the english model is spreading throughout europe. it applies theories elaborated by large international instances mostly by the world bank and the o.e.c.d. . from now on the knowledge market is the new doctrine universities are expected to become a strategic force in wealth production....
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of the just jesse, dean college of health at the university of alaska. one of the most important issues of alaska is accessed to health ,are, especially rural alaska and the cost of health care is extremely high. >> the most important issue for alaska from my perspective is job creation. the university of alaska has done remarkably in terms of looking at collaborations and linking them to help support our businesses and communities. >> the most important thing going on in alaska right now is it is tourist season. millions of tourists come to alaska every year. some come by cruise ship, some drive, some fly out. many come to see tonelli national park. we would like to see -- did nalley national park. national park. we would like to see more cruise ships. >> the need for us to begin to convert our energy sources over to something a little more sustainable. when i think about that, i noticed that here at usaa, our diesel technology program has begun talking to native corporations and working with people in the villages to try to figure out what we can do to
of the just jesse, dean college of health at the university of alaska. one of the most important issues of alaska is accessed to health ,are, especially rural alaska and the cost of health care is extremely high. >> the most important issue for alaska from my perspective is job creation. the university of alaska has done remarkably in terms of looking at collaborations and linking them to help support our businesses and communities. >> the most important thing going on in alaska...
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me a the universe is always existing eternal entity or thing. start with the big bang. there could be multiwell universes universes and multiple bang. it's entirely possible and could never get in infinite regress to the answers so ju just say, i don't know, and that's okay in science and reason philosophy. again, back to this idea that -- it's a practicing mat tick truth. it works for me case, my friend market continue gardner, the founder of the modern skeptical movement, he called himself a -- just a believe based ago faith alone, only on two categories, free will, which he kind as a useful fiction. can't prove that the deterministic argument is stronger than the libertarian free will. not political libertarian but you literally have three well. feel free and works for me to walk around like i'm making decisions. fine. then the god a question. he says i think athiests have slightly better arguments than the theists but it makes me feel getter. i respect martin gardner and it's the end of the conversation because he's not saying i can prove. he's saying in fact i can't
me a the universe is always existing eternal entity or thing. start with the big bang. there could be multiwell universes universes and multiple bang. it's entirely possible and could never get in infinite regress to the answers so ju just say, i don't know, and that's okay in science and reason philosophy. again, back to this idea that -- it's a practicing mat tick truth. it works for me case, my friend market continue gardner, the founder of the modern skeptical movement, he called himself a...
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the ohio state university is the largest employer in the state of ohio.s immensely powerful, local economy is based on the success of the athletic program. the brand is build on the success of the athletic program and frankly it just was an unfortunate situation. >> mike, i think everyone knows that a genital exam isn't necessary to measure body fat. i think everyone knows it's not necessary you say this happened to other wrestlers, other athletes at the school while you were there. congressman jim jordan was a wrestling coach. do you believe he knew about this while he was there? >> i know jim knew about what i call the deviant sexual atmosphere we were exposed to. >> how do you know? >> we all had conversations. jim was more like a big brother than a coach. he was 23, 24 years old when i first met him in 1986. i've known jim for over 40 years. his family and i -- i've been close to his family. i've stayed in touch with jim over the years. we talk once a month. >> do you remember specifically talking to him about this back then while it was happening? >>
the ohio state university is the largest employer in the state of ohio.s immensely powerful, local economy is based on the success of the athletic program. the brand is build on the success of the athletic program and frankly it just was an unfortunate situation. >> mike, i think everyone knows that a genital exam isn't necessary to measure body fat. i think everyone knows it's not necessary you say this happened to other wrestlers, other athletes at the school while you were there....
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at that time you had this financial izing itself all the while expanding many intellectuals european university presidents and expert groups engage in a vast reflection on how to build a more complete more ambitious europe. how to strengthen its intellectual scientific and technological influence. what is the secret of the united states and its economic power. the answer lies in higher education and research. around that has become undeniably strategic. at the end of the twentieth century american universities prevail and rule europe is afraid afraid of finding itself on the sidelines it needs a strategy and so european gauges in a series of reforms to make its higher education more competitive so it can serve europe's economy its productivity its job market and its liberal project england will quickly set the tone before anyone else and it gets straight to the point. after the second world war we had a system where local education authorities around the country were responsible for providing a grant to students and giving to covering tuitions. and that was at a time when roughly three percent
at that time you had this financial izing itself all the while expanding many intellectuals european university presidents and expert groups engage in a vast reflection on how to build a more complete more ambitious europe. how to strengthen its intellectual scientific and technological influence. what is the secret of the united states and its economic power. the answer lies in higher education and research. around that has become undeniably strategic. at the end of the twentieth century...
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got into the university, now i am a victim of reverse discrimination. are some stu d e nts discrimination. here are some students who got into university of texas, there was a case, the stu d e nts texas, there was a case, the students that i got a better gpa than these students, but we know the gpa is not... sorry, the grade point average. the high—tech score. what we know is it is not the only success we know is it is not the only success factor in a student. 80% variance in college success attributable to different factors other than test scores. this was brought in by obama, it is an obama policy about promoting diversity. there are universities that don't consider race as a factor. this is a huge discussion in the uk as well with cambridge and oxford seen as the two most famous universities internationally. they are sought after by international students worldwide wanting to get in. and yet there is a lack of diversity. a lack of students. yes and they have another issue which is that they are accused of not having enough stu d e nts accused of not
got into the university, now i am a victim of reverse discrimination. are some stu d e nts discrimination. here are some students who got into university of texas, there was a case, the stu d e nts texas, there was a case, the students that i got a better gpa than these students, but we know the gpa is not... sorry, the grade point average. the high—tech score. what we know is it is not the only success we know is it is not the only success factor in a student. 80% variance in college...
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while the demand keeps growing university tuition fees skyrocket the world over the cost of education is high increasing. their. work harder is more. mystery i don't understand how can a school be a scam. in the name of so-called economic pragmatism and as a result of international competition university is a turning into a huge money making machine it's. none of my family members went to the press i think i wanted to be i wanted to be got one. from shanghai to new york to go and countries around the world reflect trying different moves each remodelling its system in its own way but at what price and who profits from it was. at the starting point of us story which begins at the end of the ninety's. at that time you had this financial izing itself all the while expanding many intellectuals european university presidents and expert groups engage in a vast reflection on how to build a more complete more ambitious europe. how to strengthen its intellectual scientific and technological influence. what is the secret of the united states and its economic power. the answer lies in higher educ
while the demand keeps growing university tuition fees skyrocket the world over the cost of education is high increasing. their. work harder is more. mystery i don't understand how can a school be a scam. in the name of so-called economic pragmatism and as a result of international competition university is a turning into a huge money making machine it's. none of my family members went to the press i think i wanted to be i wanted to be got one. from shanghai to new york to go and countries...
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at the end of the twentieth century american universities prevail. andrew europe is afraid afraid of finding itself on the sidelines it needs a strategy and so european gauges in a series of reforms to make its higher education more competitive so it can serve europe's economy its productivity its job market and its liberal project england will quickly set the tone before anyone else and to get straight to the point. after the second world war we had a system where local education authorities around the country were responsible for providing a grant to students and giving of covering tuitions fees. and that was at a time when roughly three percent of eighteen year olds went to university around twenty thousand. all science students will have their first two terms be required to attend lectures on physics chemistry mathematics and biology it will also be possible for science students to major in philosophy knowledge is not bullshit look at what a huge net world one in one and covering all sides of all all places. in the one nine hundred eighty s. and n
at the end of the twentieth century american universities prevail. andrew europe is afraid afraid of finding itself on the sidelines it needs a strategy and so european gauges in a series of reforms to make its higher education more competitive so it can serve europe's economy its productivity its job market and its liberal project england will quickly set the tone before anyone else and to get straight to the point. after the second world war we had a system where local education authorities...
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paperas going to write my for the university about that issue. congress have the power to grant an extension on a ratification deadline? it was during my research during -- into that question that, by accident, i stumbled upon the amendments that were never ratified that congress had sent to the states. i will never forget it. i was in the library, downtown austin, texas. i came across a book that had an entire chapter devoted to passednts that had congress but not enough state legislatures had approved. this one jumped right out at me. it said no law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened. and i can remember standing in the aisle, holding that book in my hand, and it was as if lightning had struck. i could feel the pulsating electricity of it all. and i thought, you know what? instead of writing about the equal rights amendment and the disputed extension and its ratification deadline, why don't i instead write about this amendment t
paperas going to write my for the university about that issue. congress have the power to grant an extension on a ratification deadline? it was during my research during -- into that question that, by accident, i stumbled upon the amendments that were never ratified that congress had sent to the states. i will never forget it. i was in the library, downtown austin, texas. i came across a book that had an entire chapter devoted to passednts that had congress but not enough state legislatures had...
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we'll hear from the program director of michigan state university. lso at the hearing was former gymnastics president steve penny fifth. aded the this senate subcommittee on is umer protection hearing three hours. this d afternoon, i call hearing to order. arlier this year, this subcommittee launched an investigation of abuse in the movement. this subcommittee which exercises jurisdiction over the olympic committee and amateur is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all american athletes and today second hearing in our ongoing investigation. we began this process in january following the disgusting evelations that former usa gymnastic team doctor, larry athletes over the span of decades, even after alerted survivors authorities about his actions. as we now know, many of our olympians who stood tall in representing our nation in the international stage were scenes. behind the their stories break our hearts, and all of the athletes who have to share them are their ommended for courage. i know i speak for me and bloomenthal when i express thank
we'll hear from the program director of michigan state university. lso at the hearing was former gymnastics president steve penny fifth. aded the this senate subcommittee on is umer protection hearing three hours. this d afternoon, i call hearing to order. arlier this year, this subcommittee launched an investigation of abuse in the movement. this subcommittee which exercises jurisdiction over the olympic committee and amateur is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all american...
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went away tot stanford, where he was an honors student, also honors at the university of chicago law school, where he met a couple interesting folks you might know. and he returned to his hometown, where he is now the mayor. it is our honor to welcome the mayor of chattanooga, tennessee, mayor burke. >> thank you very much. >> chattanooga is known as big city. how come? >> we have the cheapest, most pervasive internet in the world. fiber-opticis a network that goes through all 600 square miles of the area and hooks up to every single business and every single home in the area. it skips no one, no neighborhood, no matter what you do, what you look like or who you are. we have a fiber-optic network that provides up to 10 megabits per second. some connections might be more like 25, and this is 10 gig up and 10 gig down. >> i lived for four years in lexington. not everybody can be gig city. but what is the lesson from other communities in hometowns? >> one of the biggest things i tell everybody is take advantage of your assets. there's a few things that you have. chattanooga started our r
went away tot stanford, where he was an honors student, also honors at the university of chicago law school, where he met a couple interesting folks you might know. and he returned to his hometown, where he is now the mayor. it is our honor to welcome the mayor of chattanooga, tennessee, mayor burke. >> thank you very much. >> chattanooga is known as big city. how come? >> we have the cheapest, most pervasive internet in the world. fiber-opticis a network that goes through all...
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she wasbruary 2007 appointed president of one of the most proceeded just -- aestigious awards, being harvard university leader. she let it for a decade tackling for issues like raising record-breaking amount of capital all wall fighting to prove an ivy league education is still worth the rapid cost. as she passes the torch, she opened up about her most recent and next chapter. >> you have been president for 10 years and this is your last year. how do you feel? is it bittersweet? drew: i feel good about it. i think that jobs like a presidency have a certain rhythm. you move through an agenda and accomplish things and work together with people. it is good to have fresh eyes and somebody with another agenda, carrying -- you hope -- carrying your agenda forward, but nevertheless bringing new skills and new approaches and energies to it, so i feel terrific about what we have been able to accomplish. emily: you were the first woman president of harvard. when you took over, emitted made it a point to say, i am a of harvard, not the first woman president. why was it important for you to say what you said? drew
she wasbruary 2007 appointed president of one of the most proceeded just -- aestigious awards, being harvard university leader. she let it for a decade tackling for issues like raising record-breaking amount of capital all wall fighting to prove an ivy league education is still worth the rapid cost. as she passes the torch, she opened up about her most recent and next chapter. >> you have been president for 10 years and this is your last year. how do you feel? is it bittersweet? drew: i...
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width death threats and telling him they're going to make sure he loses his job, but calling the university with death threats to the point that now the university is launching an administrative hearing to investigate a professor's facebook post. so i just -- what was interesting to me about this, i said this to ever, is that a lot of the discussion that we all have is about social justice, warrior students, threatening the speech of professors profesd maybe professors being afraid of getting complains from the left wing students but also the right. we're getting it from all of these different sides that -- and one thing i want to say about this last discussion is that this increasing regulation and the increase in allowing colleges and universities to adjudicate the speech and the behavior of students and employees, meaning faculty and staff, it increases the power of the institutions over people's lives and over employees' lives. so the fact that a professor is getting investigated for a facebook post or somebody gets investigate for a joke in an off campus bar or i'm investigated for wri
width death threats and telling him they're going to make sure he loses his job, but calling the university with death threats to the point that now the university is launching an administrative hearing to investigate a professor's facebook post. so i just -- what was interesting to me about this, i said this to ever, is that a lot of the discussion that we all have is about social justice, warrior students, threatening the speech of professors profesd maybe professors being afraid of getting...
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the do boys institute of harvard university, the charles warren center for studies in american history at harvard university and the social sciences research council. this evening, rachel devlin will discuss her latest work, "a girl stands at the door". the generation of young women who desegregated america's schools. this illustrates external bravery of young african-american woman who made racial integration in schools a political priority and imaginable reality. please join me in welcoming, rachel devlin, to both support and the pratt library. [applause] >> thank you. it is great to be here. i've been looking through the volumes in the back and all my favorite books are here and books that i used for this research. it is very exciting to be speaking among them. "a girl stands at the door" is a retelling of brown versus board of education. it is a retelling that situates the story with the young girls and women who were plaintiffs in desegregation lawsuits in the late 1940s and leading up through brown versus board and by telling the stories of the young woman who volunteered to dese
the do boys institute of harvard university, the charles warren center for studies in american history at harvard university and the social sciences research council. this evening, rachel devlin will discuss her latest work, "a girl stands at the door". the generation of young women who desegregated america's schools. this illustrates external bravery of young african-american woman who made racial integration in schools a political priority and imaginable reality. please join me in...
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>> my dad was the head of a university of technology in the company.y mother was a systems analyst. once the revolution happened, it was hard to keep a job. women were so impressed at the time. emily: when you learned to code, you were nine years old? >> my dad had gone to a physics conference and brought back a commodore 64. this was 1981 or so? no games, no software, just a couple books on how to program in basic. he got us started. we read the books and basically taught each other how to do it. he spent a lot of time giving us ideas for what we could create. a big part of computer programming is the imagination part, then feeling on the confidence end that it is possible. emily: is this what you felt you wanted to do, or did it come later? >> the thing about programming in the iraq war was it was an escape. when you are programming a computer, you can close that all out. emily: you moved to the united states when you were 11 years old. >> leaving a country like iran is not easy for starters, especially during a war. it took a lot of work to get the
>> my dad was the head of a university of technology in the company.y mother was a systems analyst. once the revolution happened, it was hard to keep a job. women were so impressed at the time. emily: when you learned to code, you were nine years old? >> my dad had gone to a physics conference and brought back a commodore 64. this was 1981 or so? no games, no software, just a couple books on how to program in basic. he got us started. we read the books and basically taught each...
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the author of fathers in adolescent daughters in postwar culture and received her phd from yale university and currently lives in brooklyn. she has published several articles in the journal of social history the yale journal of law humanities and reviews in american history also received an award from the amount sold council of societies the wp be devoid institute and the studies for american history harvard and the social sciences research council. this evening rachel devlin will discuss her latest work "a girl stands at the door" generation of young women who desegregated america's schools to show extraordinary bravery that made racial integration a priority and the imaginable reality please join me to welcome rachel devlin to baltimore. [applause] >> thank you. it is great to be here all my favorite books are here and books that i used for this research it is exciting to be speaking among them. "a girl stands at the door" is our retelling of brown v board of education and it is a segway of story of the young girls and women who were plaintiffs in the desegregation lawsuit leading up to
the author of fathers in adolescent daughters in postwar culture and received her phd from yale university and currently lives in brooklyn. she has published several articles in the journal of social history the yale journal of law humanities and reviews in american history also received an award from the amount sold council of societies the wp be devoid institute and the studies for american history harvard and the social sciences research council. this evening rachel devlin will discuss her...
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a stain on the image of china's most famous university . also in beijing me too in action feminists have brought attention to rene's case her ex-boyfriend tried to rape her in the underground garridge of another university she went to the police but they were unwilling to launch an investigation. the university even put pressure on renee's parents so she wouldn't go public. turned. out my father said to me come home and listen to your university otherwise the expel you. i asked him why should they expel me i've done nothing wrong he had no answer to that he only repeated that i should listen to the university. renee's consultation with her attorney is sobering there is no national legal framework for dealing with cases of sexual harassment in schools all the workplace. you shall chen is one of the few attorneys who take on these types of cases he explains to renee that there is no legal definition of sexual harassment. yet but he will help her file a lawsuit against the police who fail to help her at the time. just for me to movement doesn't
a stain on the image of china's most famous university . also in beijing me too in action feminists have brought attention to rene's case her ex-boyfriend tried to rape her in the underground garridge of another university she went to the police but they were unwilling to launch an investigation. the university even put pressure on renee's parents so she wouldn't go public. turned. out my father said to me come home and listen to your university otherwise the expel you. i asked him why should...