he's a boilermaker. and how fitting that the school that he allowed us to name after him was the first to step forward, five of our communications majors so far, can now be completed in three years if the student is ready to put in a little extra time, a little extra work in the summer. >> related to the points you just made, i take it then you don't believe that it's still necessary for a student to go to college for four years? >> in some cases, it is. we have one of the finest engineering schools on the planet. it will be -- there are a few who manage, but most of those degrees are going to take four years. often here in that field of study is coupled with a work experience. the index tells us it can be one of the most valuable parts of a college education is to have some sort of an internment or extensive work experience in the area of study. so there are plenty of degrees here that will take and should take at least four years. but there are others, which again with a little extra work in a semester

he's a boilermaker. and how fitting that the school that he allowed us to name after him was the first to step forward, five of our communications majors so far, can now be completed in three years if the student is ready to put in a little extra time, a little extra work in the summer. >> related to the points you just made, i take it then you don't believe that it's still necessary for a student to go to college for four years? >> in some cases, it is. we have one of the finest engineering schools on the planet. it will be -- there are a few who manage, but most of those degrees are going to take four years. often here in that field of study is coupled with a work experience. the index tells us it can be one of the most valuable parts of a college education is to have some sort of an internment or extensive work experience in the area of study. so there are plenty of degrees here that will take and should take at least four years. but there are others, which again with a little extra work in a semester

for those boilermakers they ask them about that. but black liberals to echo what the old white liberals say in the newsrooms. and at has a major factor to make a obamacare who he was and how he could get away with things and 2007 i am paraphrasing but i am close their what to do a story and given the fact it was "new york times" it was a puff piece but obama would provide no transcripts no friends or relatives and it did not matter. but that is the way they rolled with them. i have to grab a drink. i have a cold but i chose not to take cold medicine. that had a lot to do with how he became who he was. and it started off right early in the campaign no one else could have gotten away with so 2007 when the candidacy was a long shot he said a fire and the democratic nominee i will aggressively pursue an agreement with the republican nominee to preserve a general election. with a firm position but the problem was once he was nominated george took the lead he was raising much more money so in 2008 he never goes back on his word he says he

those unique jobs to rebuild their dock, measure concentrations certain jobs in certain states 17 boilermakersindiana >> : another example petroleum engineers six times concentrated in texas as anywhere else in the country >> : here in california unsurprisingly more actors than any other state the research supports the idea concentrated occupations strive regional economies >> : coming all the giants win and some people lose their mind the other was, >> : next addition of people behaving badly >> : remembering 15 there are communities all across the bay leading more than 60 people dead when area heavily damaged by the earthquake seven crews of flow has that for the anniversary coverage >> : to meet the aftermath suspended on those images for san fransico oakland to became painfully aware at and heavy damage and santa cruz county close to the epicenter particularly here in downtown santa cruz. sticking in this video uc santa cruz last agonize eight agonizing victims and hours about among the tours to the the damage area see what the national guard patrolling a frantic search for survivors six p

there was a middle class boilermaker who bought it fresh from the factory k that man's veterinarian grandson. then came a guy who ran a body shop, a fun-loving couple in the outer suburbs and a struggling single mother. a gay physician and his partner. a pawnshop other than briefly followed by a navy sailor. after that a high school dropout whose father had grown up among scores of them. next a born-again christian garbage man enamored of anything old. and finally, an electrician and weekend hot rodder who happened to know both the garbage man and tommy which is to say a dozen men and women from a dozen walks of life of varied background and varying means, a cross-section of america in the late 20th century and early 31st, all of them -- 2 isst all of them players in a single narrative for having sat behind the wheel of this chevy. right up there with its beauty, its mechanical merits, its storied place in american culture. he has watched the travelers pull off route 168 to meet their past long enough to understand that the wagon transcends mere performance or design, it tells a story. it is

but the average boilermaker we now can say with some authority from the surveys we were just recently taken is much more likely to have a job, to have a good-paying job, to have a job they are fulfilled in and to be thriving in multiple domains of well-being than those who went to other schools. it's our job to push all those numbers further up for the generations ahead. >> we'll leave it there. mitch daniels, purdue university president and former governor of indiana. thanks for being with us this morning. >> enjoyed it, thank you. >> on the next washington journal, diane okay lee of the national institute on retirement security discusses how prepared americans are to potentially outlive their retirement savings. after that, mickey mcintyre of compassion and choices looks at laws in place across the u.s. this comes in light of a 29-year-old's decision to end her life following a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. plus your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> this weekend on the c-span networks, friday night starti