we're joined by the head of indiana university, michael mcrobbie. and he's here to take questions on the issue of higher education. you may specifically gone to the school or have questions generally on the issue of higher education. here is your chance to talk to him about. students, 202-585-3880. for parents 202-585-3881. perhaps you're an educated at a university, 202-585-3882. about 46,000 students at the indiana university in bloomington. 36,000 of those so are undergraduate. 10,000 undergraduate and faculty and staff of 8,300. when you talk about cost of college specifically for indiana university, how much of your cost is taken up by employee salaries, staff salaries and facilities? >> oh, personnel salaries are the largest single component of the cost of the university. it would be around 80% of the total cost of the university, personnel related salaries, plus benefits and health care and so on. we are a personnel intensive organization, like most other universities there. so, we are very much focussed on that direct interaction between stu

on it, we're joined by the president of indiana university, michael mcrobbie. 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

michael mcrobbie of indiana university. mr. president, thank you. >> tonight on c-span3, washington journal's interview with michigan state university president luanna k. simon. that will be followed by events featuring conservative political figures and journalists. we'll have a discussion on the future of the republican party moderated by david brooks and selections from the western conservative summit in colorado. plus, ben carson speaking this year at the national press club. you can see that starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. coming up later today on c-span, a forum on college athletics with university officials, athletic directors and sports reporters discussing collegiate spending. that's live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. then at 4:45 the forum concludes with a discussion on whether student athletes should be considered paid university employees. we'd like to hear what you think about college athletes. tweet us @cspan and like us on facebook.com/cspan. here are a few of the comments we received on our ebola virus coverag

we're joined by the head of indiana university, michael mcrobbie. and he's here to take questions on the issue of higher education. you may specifically gone to the school or have questions generally on the issue of higher education. here is your chance to talk to him about. students, 202-585-3880. for parents 202-585-3881. perhaps you're an educated at a university, 202-585-3882. about 46,000 students at the indiana university in bloomington. 36,000 of those so are undergraduate. 10,000 undergraduate and faculty and staff of 8,300. when you talk about cost of college specifically for indiana university, how much of your cost is taken up by employee salaries, staff salaries and facilities? >> oh, personnel salaries are the largest single component of the cost of the university. it would be around 80% of the total cost of the university, personnel related salaries, plus benefits and health care and so on. we are a personnel intensive organization, like most other universities there. so, we are very much focussed on that direct interaction between stu

. >> 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

. >> tonight on cspan 3, a conversation with indiana university president michael mcrobbie, part of the focus on the big ten conference. then a series of events looking at the u.s. prison system, looking at the use of u.s. solitary confinement. that's followed by a look at criminal sentencing in the u.s. and a look at providing health care to the prison population. cspan's washington journal recently conducted a series of interviews with administrators in the big ten conference,

>> i apologize, we'll have to leave this conversation with you, michael mcrobby of indiana university, mr. president, thank you. >>> college athletics will be the topic of a forum tomorrow at the national press club, cspan's live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern with remarks from olympic committee ceo scott blackman, later in the day, conversations with sports reporters on the money being spent on today's college athletic programs. that will be live at 3:00 p.m. and then a discussion on whether or not student athletes should be compensated, based on the theory that they're employees of the institution they play for. >>> be part of cspan's campaign 2014 coverage, follow us on twitter and like us on facebook to get debate schedules, video clips of key moments, debate previews from our politics team. cspan is bringing you over 100 senate, house and government debates and you can instantly share your reactions on what they are saying. stay in touch and follow us on fw twitter and like us on facebook. the u.s. currently uses solitary confinement more than any other country, with some p

up here on c-span3 tonight, washington journal's interview with indiana university president michael mcrobby. it's part of our special series on universities in the big ten conference. and that will be followed by a series of events on prison issues, including a senate hearing on solitary confinement. also a discussion on sentencing practices and a look at prison health care. you can see that starting tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> also tonight c-span's campaign 2014 coverage continues with a live montana senate debate between congressman steve danes and democratic challenger amanda curtis. here is a look at some of the ads running in that race. >> i am amanda curtis and i approve this message. we all know that it's not people like us who get to make the decisions in washington, d.c. i'm amanda curtis, the only way to change washington is to elect folks who know what it's like when times are tough. i come from a family that's a lot like most other montana families, and the reason that i have stepped up to the plate is the chance to be the voice for working families like mine. i'm amanda curtis