dr. robert barchi, part of our bus' big 10 college tour. we are on the campus of rutgers this morning. dr. barchi, i want to ask you about the eagleton institute of politics. what's its role and mission? >> it's a wonderful gem on campus. when this particular one is focused on the interface between our students and people in public life, the legislatures, senators, folks who work in our legislature, bringing them together to exchange ideas to educate our students to think about public policy and help really build the bridge between the university and the public government sector. >> margaret in maryland, you are up. >> caller: yeah. i'm in the process of looking at colleges for any daughter. i'm comparing how much it costs 30 years ago when i was applying to universities and it was $5,000 for tuition and $5,000 for room and board. now you look at some institutions and it's over $40,000 for tuition and $15,000 for room and board, which just shows how fast in terms of the cost of education is really outpaced the rate of inflation. it seems to me that we need some really bold solutions to

dr. robert barchi, part of our bus' big 10 college tour. we are on the campus of rutgers this morning. dr. barchi, i want to ask you about the eagleton institute of politics. what's its role and mission? >> it's a wonderful gem on campus. when this particular one is focused on the interface between our students and people in public life, the legislatures, senators, folks who work in our legislature, bringing them together to exchange ideas to educate our students to think about public policy and help really build the bridge between the university and the public government sector. >> margaret in maryland, you are up. >> caller: yeah. i'm in the process of looking at colleges for any daughter. i'm comparing how much it costs 30 years ago when i was applying to universities and it was $5,000 for tuition and $5,000 for room and board. now you look at some institutions and it's over $40,000 for tuition and $15,000 for room and board, which just shows how fast in terms of the cost of education is really outpaced the rate of inflation. it seems to me that we need some really bold solutions to