minerva is a new school in san francisco that promises an ivy league education for just $10,000. coming up in tonight's class action, we talk to some members of the freshman class to see if this online college really lives up to the hype. that's coming up tonight at 6:45. >>> it's quite an exit deal. a pg&e executive who was fired walked away with millions of dollars. that's according to a recently filed report. it indicates that the departing senior vice president of regulatory affairs was compensated with a million dollars, a bonus, and options for 47,000 shares of pg&e stock. that's more than $3 million exit package. the deal for the two other executives were not disclosed. the three were terminated last month for e-mails reflecting an inappropriate relationship with state regulators. >>> well, it comes after a string of victories. the same-sex marriage movement lost its first major court case today. the ruling from the sixth circuit court of appeals reversed rulings that had struck down gay marriage bans in michigan, ohio, kentucky, and tennessee. the decision conflicts with

this is the minerva project, s named for the roman goddess of wisdom. >> universities were meant notes job but actually to train people to run major decisions in society and train them how to think and make decisions and how to work with other people. >> entrepreneurs said traditional universities are failing students so he created his own. >> i decided rather than trying to reform universities from within, to stand up the greatest university from scratch and serve as a beacon for other universities to follow. >> what he's come up with is a proprietary online experience. students interact with each other from anywhere in the world. the curriculum was created in part by one of the world's top psychologists. >> we have focused on what we think of as great cognitive tools. the tools that allow our students to be successful after they graduate. >> steven kostland is also a former college dean. >> we have technology developed here inherent with the science of learning. >> there's not a single classify that you are not called on by a teacher, and many times. >> students went through a rigo

minerva was the roman equivalent of the greek athena. for latrobe's first house chamber, there was modeled a seated figure of liberty above the speaker's chair. its appearance reconstructed by chenowitz in two images based on latrobe's description. by her side stands the american eagle supporting her left hand in which is the cap of liberty. her right presents a scroll, the constitution of the united states, her foot treads upon a reversed crown on -- as a footstool and upon other emblels of monarchy and bondage. franzoni also carved a spread winged eagle in the entrance. its wings spread 12 feet, 6 inches in breadth. four relief panels opposite the eagle were personifications representing ag kultsure, art, science and commerce. all were ruined in the fire but some vague outlines of horizontally oriented figures are discernible on latrobe's 1815 sketch of the burnt colonnade. they suggest latrobe designed these based on the tower winds. when latrobe planned the sculpture for the second house chamber, he resurrected his 1810 athena libert

to get things off the ground, minerva is paying their tuition for four years and it's also paying theircisco for the first year. next year minerva hopes to admit 200 to 300 students with hopes of doubling that number every year after. students will pay about $28,000 for tuition and housing. nelson says he hopes his idea will catch on, changingth way we look at universities forever. >> when the university started, when johns hopkins started in the 1870s, they were the first german style research university launched in the united states and within a decade he changed the face of all of america higher education. >> in san francisco, leeann melendez, abc7 news. >>> happening today, san francisco will honor the men and women who wear the nation's uniform with their 95th annual veteran's day parade. parade kicks off at 11:00 this morning from second street and market, winding its way down market street to city hall. mayor ed lee is expected to attend. nearly 1,000 veterans turned out for last year's parade. and the weather should be nice for those marching and for those cheering them on. >> y

>>> high tech takes another crack at higher end something called the minerva project. we'll sit down with the next ceo ben nelson. plus predictions for holidays and key for 2-year-olds. with reporters tom and john of u.s. today this week on press:here. >> good morning american. we're going to start this morning with online college courses. they have not worked out as well as everybody has hoped. we had some hesitation when we hear from the manerva project which wants to revolutionize the way college the talked. unlike the online courses, it is not massive and it's not open and it's more exclusive than harvard. ben nelson is the head of the manerva project. though he's getting help from former president. ben, formally an executive is joined by john schwartz of usa today. i'm going to ask you what does an executive from snapfish have any business running a major important university that's going to be as important as harvard in. >> manerva is going back to my original passion. i tried to form my university, i went to the university of pennsylvania and worked for four yea

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