and joining us from the bus is penn state's president eric barron. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> to start with, being an educator yourself and overseeing a university, what would you say are the greatest challenges that you see when it comes to the topic of higher education? >> i think there are a lot of them. no one specific topic. access and affordability. in making sure that students fully utilize the opportunities that are presented by a campus further their success in life. i think we have challenges and innovation after years of flatter, declining budgets, there are a lot of different challenges. >> let's start with the topic of access.w does how would you define the problems with it.? i think there are a lot of good signs we can be proud of. the number of first and family i students at penn state is growing. 530 million in the last capitale campaign. we have a below averagesylv for pennsylvania and for the nation. student default rates, all thoso are good signs if you dig a little bit deeper, you see thata there are really two problem

and joining us from the bus is penn state's president eric barron. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> to start with, being an educator yourself and overseeing a university, what would you say are the greatest challenges that you see when it comes to the topic of higher education? >> i think there are a lot of them. no one specific topic. access and affordability. in making sure that students fully utilize the opportunities that are presented by a campus further their success in life. i think we have challenges and innovation after years of flatter, declining budgets, there are a lot of different challenges. >> let's start with the topic of access.w does how would you define the problems with it.? i think there are a lot of good signs we can be proud of. the number of first and family i students at penn state is growing. 530 million in the last capitale campaign. we have a below averagesylv for pennsylvania and for the nation. student default rates, all thoso are good signs if you dig a little bit deeper, you see thata there are really two problem