simply providing income to maintain the institution? so i think there's much that we need higher education to be looking at, and agree with miss wellman. i think that having this money crunch may be helpful, and i go back to a comment mr. foster said. when you had your committee split three and three, and one side of the committee said, well, if money is an issue, -- well, money is always an issue. however, in higher education, people haven't thought that. and i remember when i was a community college president, the presses of our system came to the presidents one day and said the days are gone, ladies and gentlemen, when i could go to the legislature and say we're doing the lord's work, therefore, you should be giving us lots of money. and i thought that was going to happen a long time ago. because i think we had a booming economy. that got sort of waxed over. i also want to say, it is still possible to graduate from very fine institutions in this country without a dime of debt. it is up to the student and up to the parents to shop, an

kennedy institute for the u.s.to have folks take their seats we will have time for pictures a little later. bill de la hunt, could you sit down please? thank you. what a leader. lieutenant governor is about to take his seat beside the treasure there. we are making real progress here. good morning ladies and gentle men. and in so many ways -- this is the day the lord has made. [applause] let us rejoice and be glad. [applause] i was just telling vicky, and was walking out by the 10 earlier this morning, looked up at this incredible blue sky and the sun was shining down and i said something that so many of us have said so many times in our lives, thank you, ted. well people will take credit for much of what happens, i think we give him the responsibility and credit for this beautiful day. and it is so typical of what ted kennedy wanted. it really isn't about ted kennedy in so many different ways. it's about the future and it's about teaching people how our government works, and it's about giving young people a sense o

spec for a lot of law schools, the institutions on that.senator grassley and i started on the path last time and many of those schools to even take 5% of their income back into education related efforts on that. they still maintain the tax-exempt status. is that an area we ought to be expecting more we ought to be expecting schools with billions of dollars of endowment to pay at least the minimum amount other charities have to to maintain the taxes on the status to put back into the education efforts may be even in a way that helps public to year or four year institutions on that basis? anybody that wants to reflect on that. .. >> there are a number of drivers and i also was a state college product and was able to afford to go and get through on that, but so now the school might not be in favor of a benefit to that person but the individual does so they get paid less and benefits or they shipped it somehow onto a system on that basis. that is in seem to be the wisest way to proceed. is there another alternative here? mr. foster? >> u.s. the

and it's really the connection to the institution in connection to people what the institution which we think is the critical element in that game. on the expenditure side, and with some trepidation with chairman fox, wearily on the side and looked at our structure and administrative structure, president, vice president of academic affairs, beans, chairs, faculty, students and we spent a lot a million dollars six years ago on the dean's. we made a decision on our campus to do away with beans. apparently we will save a million we save conservatively about half a million dollars and one of our faculty i think mr. that voice in the administration i don't think our students have missed the expenditure of the funds whatsoever. we also -- because of the ongoing budget reductions it is a sort of continuous budget cutting exercise and i say budget cutting and i will tell you that in talking with folks in the region that pushed me a little bit and say budget cuts are efficiencies coming and i would have to concede most of them are in efficiencies. and so, we've done a number of things in addi

many institutions i know, including this one, tenure is largely an institution to enforce intellectualonformity on any contentious issue. and then when you think about it, you realize that although i'm sure that yale, like most other colleges, that you can't open o any official publication without running into the word "diversity" which, of course s is a good thing. you realize that what they mean by diversity is a curious kind of intellectual and moral conformity. if you agree, it's free speech for us, for the liberal consensus, but not, not for you. not for anyone who dissents from that liberal orthodoxy. and just a couple years later after "god and man at yale" when bill started national review, his inaugural editorial as has been mentioned a few times, but he said national review will be out of step in the same way that "the new york times," henry field come aier and the league of women voters, and he could have gone on and on, are in ten ten -- step. in other words, here was the a magazine that was going to challenge the liberal consensus about a whole host of things whether it wa

i would encourage you to compare the quality of programming at the dole institute to the institute of politics at harvard. and i know you will be impressed. with the dole institute when you do that. all of the events that we hold are free and open to the public in keeping with the institute's mission of expanding civic engagement. that's possible because of the support from the university and from the generous contributions like those that you have made, those of you who are here have made this evening. so on behalf of the university and on behalf of the dole institute, i want to thank you for your generous support. it's also possible because of the generous personal contributions of the doles themselves. with bob dole being honored as a ku endowment life trustee. you know all of the events that i've been to, of all the events that i've been to at the dole institute, one of the most inspiring is the annual swearing in of new citizens, and i make sure that whatever is going on that i get to that event. i had the opportunity to attend this event each year since becoming chancellor, and

and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: there was word late today of a break in the stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut. house republican leaders agreed to call a new vote on a stop- gap, two-month extension that already passed the senate. until now, they'd been insisting on a one-year bill. but they reversed course after a statement by senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. in it, he said: six hours, house republicans >> when everybody called for a one year expension-- extension of the payroll tax deduction, when everybody wanted a full year of extended unemployment benefits, we were here fighting for the right things. it may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. we were able to fix what came out of the senate. >> moments later

it is the connection to the institution and the connection to the people at the institution which we think is the critical element in that gain. on the spend tour side and with some trepidation from chairman fox, we looked early on and looked at the vice president of affairs, dean, chair, faculty, students, and we spent about $1 million and made a decision on our campus to do away with gains. clearly don't save $1 million, we save half a million dollars. i don't think our students have missed the expenditures of those funds whatsoever. because of those ongoing reductions, it is a continuing budget-cutting exercise. i will tell you, talking to folks in our region, they pushed me and said, budget cuts or efficiencies, and i would have to concede, most of them are eefficiencies. we have done a number of things in addition to these, including rebidding copying systems. w where we use ground source heat to save us 75% of the cost of heating and cooling buildings. we get suggestions. in the summer we concentrate all our classes in one or two buildings so we don't maintain our buildings. i

because i think these institutions will work anywhere. and that's ultimately a rather optimistic though not only could we make these initutions rk better in the west but we can see others adopt them. they can adopt institutions without them becoming like us. in that sense they're not threatening the way that perhaps an idea like the american w of life might be. >>ose: two points before u go bause i promised i'd get you out of here because you have to be making a speech somewhere. across town during holiday traffic. >> >> yeah, good luck, naill. >> rose: blame me. >> i totally intend to. >> rose: (laughs) don't forget i have a big megaphone. this book is called... soon to be the motr of her first child and your fourth and we wish her good luck. i hope you'll come back for part two of ts conversationhen we can lure you back to the table if that's okay. >> it would be a huge pleasure. >> rose: for thousands of years, jerusalem has often been the most fought over city in the world. british prime minister disraeli once said "the view of jerusa

and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: there was word late today of a break in the stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut. house republican leaders agreed to call a new vote on a stop- gap, two-month extension that already passed the senate. until now, they'd been insisting on a one-year bill. but they reversed course after a statement by senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. in it, he said: six hours, house republicans >> when everybody called for a one year expension-- extension of the payroll tax deduction, when everybody wanted a full year of extended unemployment benefits, we were here fighting for the right things. it may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. we were able to fix what came out of the senate. >> moments later

i know you are an educational institution as well as a performance institution. your masters of the arts program will be delighted to embrace your best grant students as they perform here, really get their education started. it is the performances and people you bring your that well and live in the area. -- that will enliven the area. i cannot remember what i did with "butterflies are free," but i do remember the excitement of that performance. thank you. congratulations. thank you, everybody, for coming here tonight. [applause] >> we are going to give you a little taste and performance. our board president will introduce it. we have two other great allies here from the unified school district. this is going to be a space for education programs and young people to come in and perform. we're honored am thrilled they are here. >> thank you so much for joining us today, mayor lee. we're deeply appreciative. you are so encouraging. it is a great launch. i am nancy livingston, i cha ir the board of act. we want to welcome all of you here today, particularly our sister

and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: there was word late today of a break in the stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut. house republican leaders agreed to call a new vote on a stop- gap, two-month extension that already passed the senate. until now, they'd been insisting on a one-year bill. but they reversed course after a statement by senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. in it, he said: six hours, house republicans >> when everybody called for a one year expension-- extension of the payroll tax deduction, when everybody wanted a full year of extended unemployment benefits, we were here fighting for the right things. it may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. we were able to fix what came out of the senate. >> moments later

to the state and municipal institutions. the way we would hope to do it in absolute and complete agreement with the federal government of mexico which controls and decides everything that we do in mexico by way of support and assistance is to focus initially on three northern states of mexico; chihuahua and knew waive say leone, focus on their state and municipal police, follow up on the mexican government's own system of creating what they call model police units which is units of about 422 police officers from each of the 32 states trained to a common standard, equipped to a common standard with vehicles that are of a common standard so that the federal government knows exactly what it is working with if this unit deploys and train up enough of them to be able to address these issues. when, congressman, the police and law enforcement are able to do their job, then i predict we see less military involved in law enforcement which in any country in the world, including our own, is not the mission that they are trained or equi

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--www.ncicap.org--] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it's seemslike we have plenty of people to the back of the room. you may notice that i am not -- mayor lee. i have been filling in for him a lot this year. i have been filling in for his former position. my name is amy brown. the mayor since his regrets. he has a very busy schedule, as i am sure that you understand. welcome, everyone. mostly i want to just express to you that we do know in city government how important this industry is. we know it is important for our tourism

there are other models where students come out debt free at lead institutions in flagship institutions like the university of colorado, the university of oregon, where they have helped to make college more affordable for their lowest income students and other institutions are then using what is calmed ak sellated models where -- what is called accelerated models using on-line learning to reduce the costs and fast pace the learning. these are all great ideas and we need more. what i am concerned about with some of those ideas is they are small short-term fixes and they are just like putting 5 patch on a leaky roof and we really need to bring together institutional leaders to think really hard about what reforms in college costs an tuition would look like. host: your group did a study that showed taking out loans, statistically gives students a better chance of graduating. the a.p. article notes that federal data analyzed by the institute for higher education policy in 2008 shows 86% of students who apply are able to attend school 100% of the time compared to 86% who have to work, and wh

there have been major institutional debates. we have heard how we can get ourselves out of trouble by setting up new institutional arrangements. time and again, we hear that we need to win back the trust of the markets, whoever these markets happened to be. talking about the markets, the insurance companies, the large investment companies. those stakeholders are only protecting their capital. what about talking about the people of the european union rather than talking about winning back the financial markets? the parliamentary representation of citizens' needs to be properly guaranteed. we of the european parliament would be well advised, and i'd think my colleagues would agree with me if between now and march we were to sit together with the other institutions and challenge the president to look at what other alternatives there might be to bring stability back to the european union. above all, fighting for growth and for employment and for social security and for the people of europe. we need more than just democracy on the ba

so i know he would be thrilled that the institute for the senate, civic learning, and this institute will be welcoming this nation for many years. the truth is, we need to buy more red tape to extend the freedom trail to dorchester. thousands of children and families will come here every year. they may where the paint then, but not the message. opportunity to speak to all people, no matter what is their background. just think about the kennedy institute, what it means to the city of boston and our people. boston's children will no longer just read about the great debates of the senate. they will visit your to experience it, too. boston natives come to the kennedy institute to learn about the career of one of their own, that democracy he strengthened. aspiring public servants will, for a career in public service. and folks, they need this more than ever. it's what it is really about. i think we're off track. this government is not about what katie belief in. haiti believe in people and how. that's what the institute has, bring people back on track. it will shape the future, future you

very kind of sexual -- of criminal allegations and the institutional neglect. what lessons do you think the church learned that other institutions have to also learn painfully? >> i think, i'd say three. number one we've learned that we have to make sure that we are absolutely open and putting everything on the table. and that when there is a problem, we handle it, we handle it according to law, we handle it according to the canon law. it's all in there. it's all in there. if we just did what our cannon law tells us to do, we wouldn't have these problems. but sometimes we allow, and i think one thing is important to say. when these problems first surfaced, the only area that we had to find the answer was psychology, was these therapeutic agencies. they're the ones we will for how can we help this person not to do this again? how can we help this person not to be involved in these things? how can we cure them? and the therapeutic agency said, oh, we can do it for you. they were wrong. they were wrong. in too many cases, even if they were wrong in one case, they

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that is meant to help consumers versus large financial institutions. if republicans in the congress continue to oppose even an up or down vote but allowing us to have an up or down vote to confirm a director can you explain what the practical consequences of not having a director means for consumers for middle-class families or this agency? >> absolutely. as you said and as my opening statement says without a confirmed director in this position the consumer financial protection bureau will not have authority to supervise and enforce cherry common sense consumer protections with respect to lenders, mortgage brokers, mortgage servicers, student loan providers and if you look at what the consumer bureau has done to date, you see the kind of overwhelming importance of their effort. they are trying to make clear mortgage disclosure, clear credit card disclosure, clear disclosure for students who take out loans, trying to help service members and seniors, make sure they get the information they need in a clear form so that they can make essential choices abo

the meal is visually stunning and will be served at the institute's wine spectator greystone restaurant. >> it takes a tremendous amount of energy and strength, not just physical strength but also emotional strength, to maintain the kind of hours and lifestyle of a chef, and i often wondered to myself as i was getting older was, like, "well, what am i going to do? what am i going too?" and i was very fortunate to be able to come here to the cia and teach. i've been here for 11 years. i've had my time inhe sun, as it were, and now it's time for me to help other people get there. >> it's a meal that's cooked, grown, and harvested by students practicing sustainable culinary methods. in napa valley, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv." >> thanks, charlotte. the cia is a great place to visit, and one more reason to visit it-- th just opened a flavor bar, where you can taste different flavors and ingredients just like a chef does. kind of cool, huh? well, coming up next, we're visiting a farm that has withstood the test of time and is stronger than ever. that's next. >> welcome back

of political economy at the university of maryland and a former guest scholar at the brookings institution the other of several critically acclaimed books on the atomic bomb and atomic diplomacy as articles appeared in leading american politicians including the new york times washington post the l.a. times they should magazine the atlantic and he's frequently featured guest on major cable news programs after completing his ph d. from cambridge university professor alfred's served as a legislative director in both houses of congress and as a special assistant in the state department he's also the president of the national center for economic and security alternatives and is a founding principle of the democracy collaborative a research institute institution excuse me focused on initiatives that promote the democratization of wealth and most recently he's the author of america beyond capitalism a book that has been described as one of the most important books of the decade it's my pleasure to welcome. alper of it's good to be here thought of you're with us to conversations the great minds. a

these institutions do not work in isolation from one another. >> dr. lee, is a safety say that the senate is dysfunctional? >> when we consider the role of legislative institutions, they are too deliberate, to give voice to many different perspectives. they are also charged with responsibility of making loss, processing the changes that need to be made in the nation's laws. those two goals are in conflict with one another. efficient processing of the legislative agenda stands at odds with giving full voice to different perspective. the senate tends to err on the side of giving full voice, ands the house tends to air on the side ofsw efficiency.ssswss >> do you think that the super majority rule should be done away with in the senate? or if you talk about the super majority rule. >> i don't really take a stand in the context of this book. it's existed for very long time but it works in very different ways. today at the context of the high level of partisan unity that we see today. so that the super majority, which has been around, you know, ever s

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and the institution was in turmoil. the crisis was a way, "a" first of bringing the-- university together, around survival. and... and then secondly, allowing her to make some tough decisions without actually getting branded with, you know, "oh, that's just another larry summers." it was very helpful to her. and in universities, it's particularly hard to make change in any case. and so the crisis was unusually helpful to her, and i think she took good advantage of it. >> susie: she did so in a big way. faust pushed through an unprecedented change in harvard's governing board. she decided that more members with key expertise would better meet harvard's needs in the 21st century. so she doubled the number of trustees, something none of her 27 predecessors ever dared to try. >> if you think about the fact that the corporation was organized in 1650, the oldest corporation in america, when the university was about a hundred students in cambridge. today, it's a $3.7 billion organization with literally tens of thousands of stu

how about some of the other institutions? and how does that relate back t the typical american investor, you know, the guy who buys into a money-market fund, whose retirement is dependent to some extent on these kinds of things? how does the everyday american who has some portfolio of investments going to be impacted by these things? and do we havimpacts on our pensionunds, or any other kinds of insurers, like we had with a.i.g. that are not being discussed as much, but may have a genuine exposure? this is the last question i have. >> i will take a stab at that. ultimately, individuals are the owners of the economy. on the various levels of financial institutions. he rattled off insurance companies, pension funds and so forth, to the extent that there are capital losses bymericans, that will, in turn, reflect on things like corporate pension funds, union funds, a broad range of financial intermediaries. but ultimately, that loss will come back to individuals and families in this country. it is unavoidable. there is no someone

when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks but in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries and racial tension. finding any long-term solution is a never-ending battle. >> inmates in the general population right now consider everything a state of war, so they are ready for everything. >> some guys gonna get their head blown off, some guys are going to get stabbed real good. >> there's no hope. >> we are in the new alcatraz. >> isolated on the northern coastline, some 300 miles north of san francisco, there is a small community besieged by violence, incinerated by racial hatred. the community is called pelican bay, one of the most notorious maximum security prisons in america. pelican bay state prison was designed as california's new alcatraz, a single facility that would isolate and contain the state's worst inmates, inmates too violent and dangerous for any other

there are many complaints that these religious institutions cannot be counted. that there is not a full list of the curriculum they are teaching. of how the pupils are being turned out and what happens when they leave these places. there is a concern that while some are provided with a good religious education, others are not and they are largely unsupervised. >> an iranian official has said the u.s. drone captured last week is now the property of the republic, despite barack obama demanding that it be returned. these pictures showing the captured drone alongside banners saying death to america. iran appears to have hacked into defense computers to bring it down. the opposition national league of democracy was banned last may after boycotting the national elections. the move paves the way for [unintelligible] -- i think it should said unbanned. the syrian council, more than 5000 people have been killed by the syrian authorities and 14,000 have been detained for anti-government demonstrations in march. canada has formally withdrawn from the kyoto protocol is on g

and no, but relaxed work on analytical institution that no one pays any attention to. so i think that what makes them different is that they are viewed as nonpartisan and i think that's what gives them their influence. and the minute they became viewed as just another partisan voice in washington, i think people would start listening. >> we are at the university of maryland and we've been talking with professor philip joyce, a professor of management and finance who has also written this book, "the congressional budget office: honest numbers, power, and policymaking." it's published by georgetown university press. >> thanks very much. >> recently "the new york times" released their top 10 best books of 2011. here are the five nonfiction titles. >> more from the university of maryland. carol graham talk to booktv about her latest book, "the pursuit of happiness." "the pursuit of happiness" is the name of the book and university of maryland professor and workings institution fellow, carol graham, is the author. dr. graham, is happiness public-policy? >> that's a big ques