we'll show you our conversation with penn state president and rutgers university president robert barche. then telephone scams that target the elderly. after that a senate hearing on intellectual theft and trade secret theft. c-span's washington journal recently conducted interviews with presidents at universities in the big ten conference. challenges facing higher education. it's about 50 minutes. >> this week, we continue our month long series of interviews with university presidents in conjunction with the c-span bus's big ten college tour. this morning, c-span bus is on the campus of penn state and university park in pennsylvania. and joining us from the bus is penn state's president eric barron. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> to start with, being an educator yourself and overseeing a university, what would you say are the greatest challenges that you see when it comes to the topic of higher education? >> i think there are a lot of them. no one specific topic. access and affordability. in making sure that students fully utilize the opportunities that are presented by a campus

we'll show you our conversation with penn state president and rutgers university president robert barchen telephone scams that target the elderly. after that a senate hearing on intellectual theft and trade secret theft. c-span's washington journal recently conducted interviews with presidents at universities in the big ten conference. challenges facing higher

we'll show you our conversation with penn state president and rutgers university president robert barche. then telephone scams that target the elderly. after that a senate hearing on intellectual theft and trade secret theft. c-span's washington journal recently conducted interviews with presidents at universities in the big ten conference. challenges facing higher education. it's about 50 minutes. >> this week, we continue our month long series of interviews with university presidents in conjunction with the c-span bus's big ten college tour. this morning, c-span bus is on the campus of penn state and university park in pennsylvania. and joining us from the bus is penn state's president eric barron. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> to start with, being an educator yourself and overseeing a university, what would you say are the greatest challenges that you see when it comes to the topic of higher education? >> i think there are a lot of them. no one specific topic. access and affordability. in making sure that students fully utilize the opportunities that are presented by a campus

we'll show you our conversation with penn state president and rutgers university president robert barche. then telephone scams that target the elderly. after that a senate hearing on intellectual theft and trade secret theft.