dr. linder? >> well, i think the university of nebraska regents and our state legislature have had access and affordability among its priorities for many years even before the recent discussions on costs. and we believe in nebraska that college is worth it. really, the opportunity to educate the next generation of nebraskans, that go out and form companies, service businesses, and have degrees that can support higher technology is really a central for both a growing economy and having an informed citizenry. >> how much majors are available at the university of nebraska? >> wow, that's a stump the president sort of question. you know, we have -- we have many colleges and many degree programs, some of which actually lead to a b.s., then of course graduate programs and certificate programs. it probably exceeds 100 in total and that includes both online education as well as education that occurs on campus. >> how do you address at the university of nebraska lincoln, this issue of job placement. after

dr. linder? >> well, i think the university of nebraska regents and our state legislature have had access and affordability among its priorities for many years even before the recent discussions on costs. and we believe in nebraska that college is worth it. really, the opportunity to educate the next generation of nebraskans, that go out and form companies, service businesses, and have degrees that can support higher technology is really a central for both a growing economy and having an informed citizenry. >> how much majors are available at the university of nebraska? >> wow, that's a stump the president sort of question. you know, we have -- we have many colleges and many degree programs, some of which actually lead to a b.s., then of course graduate programs and certificate programs. it probably exceeds 100 in total and that includes both online education as well as education that occurs on campus. >> how do you address at the university of nebraska lincoln, this issue of job placement. after

dr. linder? >> the caller makes several good points. first of all, if you can get a lot of support in high school you can shorten your college experience. here in nebraska we offer what's called the university of nebraska high school and this provides university level courses to students throughout the state that are duel credit so they're satisfying their college requirements while they are in high school. the other important point is the issue of transferability once you've had certain courses. you should have systems that allow those courses to transfer into your next degree we have such programs between the different colleges in our state and the university and we have a unique program where we are piloting reverse transfer of credit back to community colleges so someone who did not complete their associate's degree can use some of their university course nrc purpose. the more dialogue there is, the more efficient it is and the more cost is reduced as you point out. >> dr. linder, you said ea

dr. linder? >> i think the question was are you required to be an american citizen to receive a pell grant. and that's a question if it came across my desk i would call the director of financial aid and learn what the rules are. i can't give you an accurate answer right now. >> dr. linder, how much support in money does university of nebraska get from the federal government? >> well, you would have to look at the different categories of support that the university of nebraska gets from the federal government. there is a large research enterprise that receive grants from the national institutes of health and from the national science foundation. systemwide, that approaches over $400 million. those moneys come into the university of nebraska and then they are spent on research that benefits both the faculty and the students who are involved in that research. then there are financial aid dollars that come into the university. counted as part of our budget but then those are distributed directly to t

dr. linder? >> well, i think the university of nebraska regents and our state legislature have had access and affordability among its priorities for many years even before the recent discussions on costs. and we believe in nebraska that college is worth it. really, the opportunity to educate the next generation of nebraskans, that go out and form companies, service businesses, and have degrees that can support higher technology is really essential for both a growing economy and having an informed citizenry. >> how much majors are available at the university of nebraska? >> wow, that's a stump the president sort of question. you know, we have -- we have many colleges and many degree programs, some of which actually lead to a b.s., then of course graduate programs and certificate programs. it probably exceeds 100 in total and that includes both online education as well as education that occurs on campus. >> how do you address at the university of nebraska lincoln, this issue of job placement. after