sally mason?you, >> i'm sorry, i'm trying to understand her story.nds to me like her son had an experience, perhaps overseas that might not have been the best. one of the things that we try tv do at the university is to help our students have that first international experience with some supervision.ents h with some folks who areav very,t very skilledh at helping them understand the different killedi cultures, the different parts of the world that they might be going to.ts of anthd i think studying abroad tr today, especially at most of our universities in the country today, are just amazing.universi they're wonderful. i did not have that experience as a student myself. but i would encourage every exr student who can, to try and take advantage of a study abroad, to immerse themselves in another culture, to learn what it's likn to be in a very, very differentn situation with a different government, with different with people around them. and perhaps a very different eri language being spoken, and maybe one that they s not fully understand. that first

city, iowa at the university of iowa and joining from the bus is the president university of iowa, sally masonhat been the president of university since 2007. president mason, begin by what's the budget for the university of iowa, the annual budget. revenues derive from? >> the total budget for the iowa is $3.4 million. we have a large medical center includinge operation, a big hospital. it's a big budget. absolute ly absolutely. it's one that continues to grow natural disaster in 2008, a flood that impacted us significantly and we're from.ring we're recovering in fine fashion with nearly $1 billion of construction going on in iowa right now. the education budget is $680 million and $220 million of this come trillions the state of iowa and the rest comes from tuition. resident is going to pay about $8,000 a year to attend the university of iowa. resident going to pay $28,000. hy that discrepancy between in-state and out of state? in-state bviously the students are subsidized by appropriations from the state of iowa. always s in iowa have valued education very, very highly. here in this state a

sally mason, your how much time is spent fundraising. how much time is spent being the administrat administrator, etc., etc.? the job of a college president today is very, very different from a couple of years ago. midst of a large capital campaign, the largest in the history of the state of iowa, certainly the largest in history of the university of the process of raising $1.7 billion in the state of iowa, forever more campaign. about $1.3 billion on the way to $1.7 billion. a lot of that money is being raised to provide scholarships students, to provide professorships, infrastructure, the excellence of the university of iowa to continue well on in to the future. it. joy to be able to connect with so many alumni, literally all across alumni the country and around the world who have a passion for the who have of iowa and been so generous in giving back to us. i spend probably half of my time fundraising and half of my time in administrative activities, in activities. i try to remain active in the number of organizations that are to highe

our guest is sally mason. "washington journal squts live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> hi. we're excited to announce that it is launch week for the 11th annual studentcam documentary contest. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded this year to middle and high school contest winners. this year's theme is the broadest ever. it is the three branches and you. we would like you to tell a story that demonstrates how a policy, a law or an action by either the executive, legislative or judicial branches of the federal government has affected you, your life or your community. the competition is open to students in grades 6-12. students may work alone or in groups of up to three. contestants are asked to present a 5-7 minute video documentary supporting the topic and to include some c-span programming. that $100,000 in cash prizes will go to 150 students and to 53 teachers, and the grand prize winner with the best overall entry will win $5,000. the deadline for entries this year is january 20, 2015 and winners will be ann

or today's interview well.r website as friday we'll talk with the university of iowa president sally masonlinder, we want to thank you for your time. now live coverage of the house. tom: the house will be in order. -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., september 10, 2014. i to act as speaker pro tempore on this day john j. duncan

friday.esidents on the bus will be at the university of iowa and we will alk with the president there, sally mason on friday. this morning, james linder c-span bus in lincoln, nebraska, charles in next. sioux city, ein a apartment will. go go ahead with your question or comment? caller: good morning. i have a question, two grandsons going to your university in the ag department. and i was just wondering why is to find ficult moneyrship or any kind of to go to school. if you don't do the right getting you end up none. none. guest: the university of nebraska lincoln, there are a ide variety of need-based scholarships. the of l, students attend university with no tuition charge. relatede other academic scholarships depending on what field the student is in. scholarships nt re actually focused on the potential research a student might be interested in doing. a graduate ey're extensive we have support for students pursuing mappsers degrees or phd. degrees. get more money out of the out of state students. do these students get preferences? guest: in my experience, out of state students do not get prefer

friday, sally mason, president of the university of iowa.ng us on the c-span eric the napolis is kaler. on ks for joining us here washington journal. >> glad to be with you. host: tell us about the system.ty of minnesota is it a public system, a land university? uest: five campuses, minneapolis, st. paul, duluth, morris, rochester. students, $75 million a year in research spending. a big operation. how long have you been president? guest: well, less than that, for sure. i'm starting my fourth year. i'm the 16th president of the university. this ple tend to serve in job for a good long time. some of your priorities as president? guest: well, it's simple for me. i'm interested in accessibility affordability and i'm interested in the university roviding a truly excellent education for those students. also interested in being sure that we help to drive the state of the minnesota, that we're the home innovations innd medical care, science, engineering. and we have a critical important maintain the to liberal arts and make sure that creative work

our guest is sally mason. journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span.tion on facebook and twitter. in response to president obama' speech senate democratic leaders called on congress. they spoke to reporters for 15 minutes. >> last night, president obama laid out his strategy for isis.ating the president made it clear that we will not rush into another ground war on the middle east and we will not do it alone. instead, america will lead a coalition that includes european arab nations and the targeted strategic mission to destroy isis. american air strikes will be supported by local forces fighting on the ground to protect their own countries, their own families, their own homes, their own communities. but now it is up to congress to rally behind president obama and his is to slice of strategy. i am confident we will put our political differences aside and work together to give this administration the tools it needs to meet isis head-on. the administration has consulted with congress. i expect cooperation to continue. senators will be briefed on the situ

. >> sally mason is the president of the university of iowa. we appreciate you joining us. thank you. >> next week, university of wisconsin, illinois, indiana university, all the presidents of those universities will be joining us here on "washington journal." up, the brookings institution is holding a panel discussion on the independence vote in scotland. i believe september 15 is when the vote will be held. all indications show that the vote is close. two administrators from the university of edinburgh there. it is just getting started now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> i want to welcome you to one of our first event in our revamped brookings conference space. i am thrilled that the microphone works. it seems fitting to inaugurate our new facility with the big question of certainly next week, the prevent -- potential revamping of the united kingdom. if the referendum moves to a yes vote, the renovation will be an overhaul to a system that we have known for 300 years, and many of us here

or today's interview well.r website as friday we'll talk with the university of iowa president sally mason. linder, we want to thank you for your time. now live coverage of the house. tom: the house will be in order. -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., september 10, 2014. i to act as speaker pro tempore -- i s day john j. duncan hereby appoint the honorable john j. duncan to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john boehner, speakers speerk of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes

our guest is sally mason, president of the university of iowa. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, and you can join the conversation on acebook and twitter. the chair of the senate armed services committee carl levin spoke at the council on foreign relations on thursday. mr. levin is retiring after 36 years in the senate. he spoke about foreign policy and potential support for the president's isis strategy. this is an hour. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to today's on-the-record meeting for the council on foreign relations. we certainly have a lot to talk about. and just so there is no confusion, since we're about the same size and same age and we both wear our glasses on the edge of our nose, this fellow on my right is the very distinguished senator from michigan carl levin and i'm the pbs ombudsman. senator levin is, of course, the widely respected chairman of the senate armed services committee , has served for 36 years when he retires in january. he literally needs no introduction to this group, and

on friday the bus will be at the university of iowa and we will talk with the present they are sally mason on friday. this morning though dr. james lender up for the c-span bus in lincoln nebraska. charleston south sioux city nebraska. charles go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: good morning. i have two grandsons going to your university in the ag department and i was just wondering why is it so difficult to find scholarship or any kind of money to go to school if you don't do the right research you end up getting none. >> guest: well at the university of nebraska lincoln there are a wide variety of need-based scholarships and in fact at unlv thousand students attend the university with no tuition charge. there are also other academic related scholarships depending on what field the student is then. very few student scholarships are actually focused on the potential research that a student might be interested in doing unless of course they are a graduate student and we have extensive support for graduate students who are pursuing master's degrees or ph.d. degrees. >> host: d

friday, sally mason, president of the university of iowa.bus ng us on the c-span eric the napolis is kaler. on ks for joining us here washington journal. >> glad to be with you. host: tell us about the system.ty of minnesota is it a public system, a land university? uest: five campuses, minneapolis, st. paul, duluth, morris, rochester. students, $75 million a year in research spending. a big operation. how long have you been president? guest: well, less than that, for sure. i'm starting my fourth year. i'm the 16th president of the university. this ple tend to serve in job for a good long time. some of your priorities as president? guest: well, it's simple for me. i'm interested in accessibility affordability and i'm interested in the university roviding a truly excellent education for those students. also interested in being sure that we help to drive the state of the minnesota, that we're the home innovations innd medical care, science, engineering. and we have a critical important maintain the to liberal arts and make sure that creative w

on friday, the president of the university of iowa, sally mason.in, our big 10 tour starts this week and you can check out all of our scheduled information online at c-spanl.org. back tomorrow morning for "the washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern t to talk about the con gretelal agenda now that lawmakers are coming back to town. our first interview with the president of the university of minnesota. all tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 o'clock for those of you on the west coast. thank you for joining us for this sunday edition of "washington journal." enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead.

mason,st is sally president of the university of iowa. "washington journal" is live 7:00 a.m.ing at eastern on c-span. and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. today the center for american progress hosts a discussion on for combating isis in iraq and syria. you can watch the event live eastern, onnoon 2.pan >> this weekend on the c-span networks, american history tv is live from baltimore's fort the 200thr anniversary of the star spangle banner. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll how fort mchenry and hear war came to baltimore in 1814, about the british barrage on the and why francis scott key was there to witness the fight. c-spany night at 8:00 on the presidential leadership scholars program with former presidents george w. bush and clinton, and sunday afternoon at 3:30 live coverage fry.e harkin steak an sunday evening at l, author on the conservative politics.n american and saturday author ken silversteen on the secret word of oil. kirsten jillenator en brand. all us, e-mail us, or send us tweet. con