president mcrobbie, go ahead. >> yes. firstly, let me say that we take very seriously and are acquired to by the state the distinction between in-state students and out of state students and we have pretty rigorous requirements for what the requirements are for a student to be regarded as an in-state rate. we have committees that deal with appeals and requests to be considered as in-state on a regular basis. but they are very hard-nosed about what the criteria are and we sort of pride ourselves on applying them consistently across the whole university all campuses. now, with respect to financial aid and scholarships and so on that you were talking about, i mean, we're a very large university. we have on this campus over 46,000 students. but -- and 36,000 undergraduates, but we also pride ourselves on the fact that the students with average family -- in-state students with average family incomes of 50,000, they pay almost no tuition because the combination of state, federal and university based financial aid pretty much co

president mcrobbie, thank you for joining us. >> delighted to be here. and welcome to indiana university. >> thank you for the invitation. can we start, president, with your general thoughts, before we talk about the details of the university? but your thoughts on the an we greatest challenges facing those in higher education today? >> oh, i'd say that probably the greatest challenge in front of us is to continue to provide a quality and affordable co education, especially to the students within the state of indiana. a state university, afterre all, and keeping that education tth affordable, but also ensuring its haquality, so that our students are graduating with very high-level skills that will enable them to prosper in the workplace. i think it's onet of the greatt challenges. and of course, that involves a whole range of factors to do with the sources of funding for an institution with a budget of $3.3 billion. to >> what steps do you think have to take place iinn order to balance that affordability with quality? >> well, i think one of the key thing

president mcrobbie, go ahead. >> yes. firstly, let me say that we take very seriously and are acquired to by the state the distinction between in-state students and out of state students and we have pretty rigorous requirements for what the requirements are for a student to be regarded as an in-state rate. we have committees that deal with appeals and requests to be considered as in-state on a regular basis. but they are very hard-nosed about what the criteria are and we sort of pride ourselves on applying them consistently across the whole university all campuses. now, with respect to financial aid and scholarships and so on that you were talking about, i mean, we're a very large university. we have on this campus over 46,000 students. but -- and 36,000 undergraduates, but we also pride ourselves on the fact that the students with average family -- in-state students with average family incomes of 50,000, they pay almost no tuition because the combination of state, federal and university based financial aid pretty much co

president mcrobbie. go ahead. >> yes. firstly, let me say that we take very seriously and are required to by the state the distinction between in-state and out of state students, we have a pretty rigorous requirements as to what the residency requirements and other requirements are for a student to be regarded as an in-state student and to get tuition at the in-state rate. we have committees that deal with appeals and requests to be considered as in state on a regular basis. they are very hard-nosed about what the criteria are. we pride ourselves on applying them consistently across the whole university, all campuses. with respect to financial aid and scholarships and so on that you were talking about, i mean, we're a very large university. we have on this campus over 46,000 students. and 36,0$36,000 undergraduates. we pride ourselves on the fact that for students with average family -- in-state students with average family incomes of $50,000, they pay almost no tuition because the combination of state, federal and univer

>> coming up on c-span 3 tonight, washington journal's interview with indiana university michael mcrobbie. part of the special university in the big 10 conference followed boy a series of events on prison issues including a hearing on solitary confinement and sentencing practices and a look at prison health care. you can see that starting tonight at 8:00 eastern. our campaign 2014 coverage continues with a week full of debates on c-span tonight at 8:00 eastern. the georgia governor's debate with jason carter and at 8:00, the montana u.s. senate debate with republican steve banes and amanda curtis. the south carolina governor's debate. nicky haley, democrat shin cent shaheen, independent steve french and independent morgan bruce reefs. thursday night, live at 8:00 eastern, the iowa fourth district debate between representative steven king and jim nower. c-span camp 2014. 100 debates for the control of congress. now the concluding panel of this all day panel and policy makers on asia. they look at security issues on the asian peninsula. they have singapore's ambassador and john mccain's for

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