we're joined this morning by eric kalor. and and on wednesday, james lindher, and joining us on our cspan bus is eric kalor, thank you for joining us this morning here on washington journal. >> very glad to be with you. >> tell us about the university of minnesota system. is it a public system? a land grant university? >> sure. it's minnesota's land grant university. we have five campuses across the state, our twin cities campus, minneapolis and st. paul, duluth, morris, christian and rochester. all together about 59,000 students, so it's a big operation. >> the university was founded in 1851. how long have you been president, president kalor? >> well, less than that for sure. i'm just starting my fourth year, i'm the 16th president of the university so people tend to serve in this job for a long time. >> what are some of your priorities as president? >> well, it's really pretty simple for me, i'm very interested in accessibilities and affordability. for qualifies minnesotan s and i'm interested in the university providing a

we're joined this morning by eric kalor. and and on wednesday, james lindher, and joining us on our cspan bus is eric kalor, thank you for joining us this morning here on washington journal. >> very glad to be with you. >> tell us about the university of minnesota system. is it a public system? a land grant university? >> sure. it's minnesota's land grant university. we have five campuses across the state, our twin cities campus, minneapolis and st. paul, duluth, morris, christian and rochester. all together, about 69,000 students. >> the university was founded in 1851. how long have you been president, president kalor? >> well, less than that for sure. i'm just starting my fourth year, i'm the 16th president of the university so people tend to serve in this job for a long time. >> what are some of your priorities as president? >> well, it's really pretty simple for me, i'm very interested in accessibilities and affordability. and i'm interested in the university providing a truly excellent education for those students. also

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we're joined this morning by eric kalor. and and on wednesday, james lindher, and joining us on our cspan bus is eric kalor, thank you for joining us this morning here on washington journal. >> very glad to be with you. >> tell us about the university of minnesota system. is it a public system? a land grant university? >> sure. it's minnesota's land grant university. we have five campuses across the state, our twin cities campus, minneapolis and st. paul, duluth, morris, christian and rochester.