the streets but what it was like to be part of the program is intended to be graduates for their undergraduate work. >> with berkeley and columbia university they did quite well for those that graduate go on to college post secondary and i think that is astonishing. while living in south central the have the reputation to be a place of games and drugs in the impoverished communities so how they feel about coming home to this community so with all these problems and issues i set out to interview them but i realized that a certain age they cannot do anything had you feel we we're doing? find. so there is a methodology that is used but is a grassroots organization that everyone has the right to speak and we are not giving the of voice of the marginalized so they believed to give them a $5 a disposable camera at to document their life for those second interview cameras cited not want to tell them because i wanted it from their perspective in that was an amazing experience and i've learned from them. to say that was astonishing. they use a camera to tell their experience they saw things that i did

approximately 70% of our undergraduate students are virginia residents. the dean would like to share today about part of the university's approach to access persistence and graduation and the partial role that campus-based funds play in that process. the university's office of undergraduate admission reviews a student's academic credentials and extracurricular involvement to select the strongest candidates for our student body. the office practice a need-blind method in which the ability to pay for school is not a criteria considered for admission to the university. in the fall of 2003, uva's president challenged student financial services to develop a program to change the so-so economic diversity of the university. our office suggested meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need and the university's board of visitors approved access uva in february 2004. the practice of meeting need for all students in state and out of state began with the entering class in the fall of 2004. the university of virginia is just one of two public universities with a need-b

the last remaining all women's undergraduate college in new jersey at least for now. >> due to financial troubles they are opening this college up to the boys in fall of 2016. i've got to say it's really quiet and serene here on the campus. i haven't seen to many people. >> what do you think lacks a male dog or a female dog? it looks like a girl to me. i wonder if it will be this quiet once the males show up. it usually isn't. after a check of the campus it was time to bring out my frat boys.

undergraduate professor -- i had an undergraduate professor who told me when i was entering my senior year, mark, you need to work at the hermitage. he was a check -- he was a jackson expert. i trusted him and i worked there for a summer. he did not tell me i had to dress in. cost you. i will be honest with you. dressing in period costume which involves multiple layers was not exactly the most pleasant thing. it was certainly not the coolest thing. as a young 21-year-old college didn't. in any case, that is where i became enamored with andrew jackson. i gave the tour's and learned about him and learned about his family. coming to realize that this was a man who is very instrumental in american history. i wrote my dissertation on one of his nephews. andrew jackson donelson who was a prominent diplomat. he ran for the vice presidency in 1856. when i finished that book, i was looking for a new topic. my graduate mentor who has worked on william tecumseh sherman and is now the editor of the grant papers he threw out some ideas and suggested i tackle jackson. little did i know that a guy n

over the past decade of the university of texas i have from time to time the undergraduate -- taught undergraduate courses in the history of physics and astronomy the students had no special background in science, mathematics or history. this book grew out of the notes of those courses. what i found from my experience in teaching and from the reagan i had to do somewhat surprised me. people who recall the scientist in the past not only did know what we know about the world they didn't have the foggiest idea of what the worst in about the world or about how to learn it. you shouldn't imagine that the idea that i described of searching for and personal mathematically expressed laws of nature which can be used to explain a great deal and are validated by the success of those explanations nothing like that was imagined in the past. science as we know it was not obvious to be put never seen it done. this is illustrated by a controversy that continued for over 1500 years, from roman times to the scientific revolution of the 1500s 1600s in both europe and in the lands of israel. this is whe

when i was an undergraduate about 30 miles east of nashville, i had an undergraduate professor by the name of money -- monte who told me when i was entering my senior year, you need to go work at the hermitage. i trusted him so i went and worked there for one summer. it was asked a 22 years ago -- 20 years ago this summer. he didn't tell me i had to dress in costume. [laughter] in hot, humid tennessee can -- summers, dressing in costumes was not exactly the most pleasant thing. and it certainly wasn't the coolest thing. the young 21-year-old college student. but in any case, that is really i became enamored with andrew jackson. giving the two is, learning about him, his relatives, his family, and coming to -- to realize that this was a man who was very instrumental in american history. i actually wrote my dissertation on one of jackson's nephews. who was a prominent diplomat and newspaper editor and actually ran for the vice presidency in 1856. when i finished that book, i was looking for a new topic and my graduate mentor, who has worked on william tecumseh sherman and is now an edit

it helps students dig through the early stages of an undergraduate education. these corridor efforts are tremendous effort to underserved populations and begin to adjust the civil rights of unequal access and an equals of war. and the entire american public shares in the benefit of better access and student success. a stronger global economic position in a stronger society. we are all in this together. or me, it is professional, but it is also intensely personal. i am many others are first-generation. i high school did not encourage me to consider college. i tended a california community college -- i attended calvary community colleges and -- california community colleges and universities. i'm proud of public education. part of my support came from the federal government. thank you very much. >> thank you. i'm not -- he had to attend to his wife this morning due to a family illness. i'm happy to be here today. the university system of maryland consists of 12 is a three research universities. for traditional apprehensive. 2 regional centers. one virtual universi

into the 50s and 60s the also 17th and 18th century british literature and a variety of teaching undergraduate course about the figures from the 18th century to the present as disorder and chaos with the reason how they combat each otherwhere. >> whate'er is hollywood mean to our culture? >> i think that is not used to represent the movie business until the twenties about the time this line goes up. one is the idea this is where the movie stars are which is not rosy true. hollywood has very few studios or movie stars living there are very few movies made there but it became the word that signified the whole industry also signified it dash and 1920's there is an outcry against morality for scandals like the are buckled case murders who was the head of the directors guild and groups all across america would use hollywood negatively so those came together in the '50s to mean the movie business with all aspects. >> host: "the hollywood sign" leo braudy is the author. >> host: your new book "real-time diplomacy" teeeighteen that that cushion of time has steadily diminished. >> a lot of diplomats wi

each year 20% of all undergraduates hispanic serving institutions enroll 50% of latino students despite only being 4% of all colleges. more than 50% of students at minority serving institutions receive pell grants. that's compared to 31% of all students and nearly half of all students at minority serving institutions are first generation college students, versus 35% of those at majority institutions. community ledges have an particularly important role to play in providing educational and degree opportunities for minority students. approximately half of all hispanic students enrolled in post secondary education attend two-year institutions. as do a third of african-american students. affordability and open enrollment policies are often cited as key reasons why a community college is likely to be more appealing to students for low-income backgrounds or those who may be less prepared academically for higher education. the office of post secondary education also administers federal trio programs that serve low-income students at various points in the educational pipeline for middle school

our entering >> are female and that is also true at the undergraduate level. think that looks pretty good among our peers, actually. erik: collect -- let's talk about other industries. finance, still the destination for 26% of wharton grads. technology is up to 14%. after that, it tapers off to radically. health care, only 6% of your graduates. manufacturing, less than 2%. why is there not more diversity in the destinations for graduates in terms of the sheer numbers? the percentages speak for themselves. >> it really depends on how you measure stuff. the number you used therefore technology, which i'm sure is one of ours was 14. but if you have a broader definition of technology startups and entrepreneurship, we get up to about one third and one third of financial services you also had a small number of media and entertainment. when i think about that i think about analytics. stephanie: we're out of time. ♪ stephanie: welcome back. this is my partner, erik schatzker. dollar general's revenue and sales both missed estimates. shares are up about 3% in early tra

when i was an undergraduate at cumberland university, i had a history professor by the name of monte pope who told me when i was entering my senior year, mark, you need to go work with -- he was a jackson expert. i went and worked at the hermitage. he did not tell me i had to dress in period costume, and i will be honest with you, and hot, humid tennessee summers dressing in costume with multiple layers was not exactly the most pleasant thing and it certainly was not the coolest thing is a 20, 21-year-old college student. but that is where i became and am third -- and enamored of andrew jackson, learning about him, learning about his friends, his relatives, the community and come to realize that this was a man that was very instrumental in american history. i wrote my presentation on one of andrew jackson from nephews andrew jackson donaldson. he actually ran for vice president in 1856. when i finished that book, i was looking for a new topic in my graduate mentor, who has worked on william tecumseh sherman and is now the editor of the grant papers i threw some ideas out to him and h

today it's one of the most prestigious colleges it has 4,000 undergraduate and she's right for one of the heroes of the women's education in japan and she got here supported by her two friends who became her patrons. here they are with one of the foster sisters who came to help them so this is a story of extraordinary faith of three little girls chosen essentially by chance that had the grit and intellect and charm to be successful both when they were transplanted here and when they were translated back. that's the story in a nutshell. >> i went to columbia university and it made her he asian languages and i remember reading the story about these girls probably in a history class someplace. i am half japanese and i've written two books and i was so excited when i learnt your book was coming out and that someone had taken the time to trace the history of these girls and find out what had happened because i always had it in the back of my mind but i didn't know what exactly their faith was and i saw that it was a period of incredible change in japan and i was wondering if you would be w

the last remaining all women's undergraduate college in new jersey at least for now. >> due to financial troubles they are opening this college up to the boys in fall of 2016. i've got to say it's really quiet and serene here on the campus. i haven't seen to many people. >> what do you think lacks a male dog or a female dog? it looks like a girl to me. i wonder if it will be this quiet once the males show up. it usually isn't. after a check of the campus it was time to bring out my frat boys. i'm going to find action if there is any and there might not be. but i will bring it. i will stop now. the first item on the list is a tire. we have got to get rid of this chaser henley and replace it with a very brode out tank for frat voice. i just traveled back 10 years and i got a stated chaser for my boys back in the ceo. that's number one. it's a staple of any good frat party. i brought something pong balls to play a little bit of ping-pong. the third item in the most important item on the list is a staple of any frat of any brow and that would be light beer. finally a cozy spot and putting up

in spending for child care and child health coverage, and there are no tuition increases for undergraduates at california university. the legislature passed the $115.4 billion last week. >>> time is 4:45. project getting a lot of attention in san francisco. it's the city's first apartment building that will have services specifically designed for low income lgbt seniors. the building is located near market and laguna. nonprofit social service agency open house helped spearhead the project. reps say lgbt seniors are often single, tonight have the same level of family support other seniors may have. >> the gay and lesbian community is the equivalent of a persecuted ethnic community. it would be nice to be around your own people, especially in your later years of life. >> very critical we create a space that is safer and more supportive and understanding of the unique challenges they face accessing those services. >> the 40 units will be ready for move-in next summer. seventy-nine others are slated for completion in three years. lgbt seniors will be encouraged to apply. >>> tonight, the warrio

my faith is renewed in the future of our georgia tech undergraduates. so what a great night.thank you very much for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> first deadweight. this is a great book. almost a minute by minute description of what happened to the lusitania. and it's very dramatic and it goes back and forth between what's happening in europe and was happy and washington with president wilson of what's happening to the passengers on the ship. they are stories. it's really a great read, well well written and i think really brings that piece of history in 1915 back to life and really makes it very human. it's not cold history. these are real human beings we can relate to the often lost their lives sound on the lusitania. great story. this is all about how typhus actually was responsible for destroying the polish army in the invasion

now we go back to the undergraduate lectures. how far -- greece berlin.pro like you look at that game of chicken that we talk about? guest: the game of chicken was made famous in a movie in which people drove cars had long at each other and the one who loses gets out of the way at the last moment. if neither swerves, they both lose. tom keene: is that what's going to happen in europe? guest: people are hoping that it won't, that someone will swerve. tom keene: the keyword is how you hold that word hope into our analysis of economics. what does he hope for with christine lagarde? guest: when you look at the two drivers heading towards each other, they hope the other will turn away. they also must be prepared to turn themselves. bargaining often goes to deadlines. brendan greeley: what of the things we are seeing now is you have to convince the other participant that you would be willing to run off the cliff. that is what we are seeing right now. germany and greece are saying we could leave. let's see what happens. that is part of a successful strategy. gue

i spent some time in pittsburgh as an undergraduate, and kind of similar in their vibe.nd it was also appropriate given the famous correspondence in the winter of 1862 and 1863 and lincoln and the self-described workingmen of manchester. this wasn't present at the original location, but the 1980's the statue was moved to a city center location, which you can see here and on the base of the statue, you might be able to make out some words and those words are excerpts from that correspondence between lincoln and the working men of manchester. and this emerged from a letter that the manchester working men wrote to lincoln in the winter of 18 62-1863. they wrote to him praising his leadership in the union war and praising his decision to issue the emancipation proclamation. and they connected the freedom of american slaves with their own struggles for class equality across britain. lincoln agreed, he wrote back we are fighting for similar things, universal human equality. there it still stands. you can go and visit that if you happen to be in manchester. it isn't a big touri

here is his undergraduate degree from princeton university. he has a phd in political science from the university of california and a doctorate degree from the university of virginia school of law. he has taught political theory and government at the university of virginia, virginia tech and also the university of california. in addition he was council to virginia governor mark warner. senior policy adviser at the center for american progress and candidate for lieutenant governor of regina in 2009. if that is not enough in addition to that his writings have appeared in the washington post, the new republic, usa today, and a book for the daily beast. for this book michael signer was inspired by what seemed like a loss of leadership in our current political climate and in examining this, he was drawn to the story of our fourth president, james madison. madison's role in crafting the u.s. constitution advocating for adoption. and madison a man who was uncomfortable on the public stage, also on man who was brilliant and powerful be driven. at madi

. >> he was the first in his family to go to college earning undergraduate and then a law degree from the university of south carolina. he then went into the air force and later joined the reserves working as a lawyer in court-martial proceedings. in 1994 with the port of senate icon strom thurman he ran for a seat in the house and won. four years later graham was one of the most outspoken republicans urging the impeachment of president clinton clinton. >> let it be said that any president who cheats our institutions shall be impeached. >> his approach made his a national g.o.p. star. and when his term expired he ran for a seat and won it easily. he has traveled to hot spots with john mccain close friended a colleague. >> i'm here to talk to israeli allies about their concerns about the u.s. security council defining the outline of a peace process. for 40 years it has been the policy of the united states not to let that happen. >> during the obama administration graham has been tough on the president. he was one of the president's harshest critics of shifting policies and creating con

he did his undergraduate work at maryf washington college and earned a mattser's and -- master's and a ph.d. from william and mary. he's the author of several books besides the one he's talking about today. they include an account of the army of the potomac at berkeley plantation and one about the james river squadron. dr. coski has worked at several of the national parks park service's civil war sites, and he has taught briefly at hollands college mary washington and william and mary. since 1988 he's been at the museum of the confederacy here in richmond and is now historian and director of the library and research.f he's the source for anyone interested in the collections at the museum. i can tell you that frome personal experience, and i'd like to take this public opportunity to thank him for his help with my research on my books. john has an encyclopedic knowledge of the civil war, and he yen rousely -- generously shares that knowledge with researchers. you can see the results in the acknowledgment sections of virtually every book published on the civil war.li certainly, every bo

he did undergraduate work at mary washington college and a master's and ph.d. from william and mary. he is the author of several books, can include an account of the army of the potomac at berkeley plantation and one about the james river squadron. john coski has worked at several civil war sites. and mary washington. since 1988, in the library and research. for any historian interested in the collection at the museum of the confederacy. from personal experience i would like to take this public opportunity to thank him for his help with research on my book. on as encyclopedic knowledge on the civil war and generally has researchers. you can see results in the acknowledgements section of virtually every book published on the civil war. every book on the war that touches on virginia bears the thank you to john for his advice and counsel. please welcome a good friend of the virginia historical society and many of us in the hall today, dr. john coski who will speak to was on his latest book "the confederate battle flag: america's most embattled emblem". [applause]

but the many americans across the country who don't go to college, don't get undergraduate degrees, they're now going to be paying for these loans. >> yeah. one way or the other. hans thank you very much. scary stuff. >>> meanwhile it turns out that hillary clinton likes chipotle not just for the food. the presidential candidate is lending her support. hill li hillary said the company did this on their own without any government help. you like that? >> i do. at the same time sunday neil you and i both know where she was speaking. she was speaking to a room of fast food worker employees where she basically was the fight for the champion of 15 movement. today, she's the champion of the free market. the other day, she's the fight for champion of 15 movement. really is the champion of her own self interests. i think it's important to realize in a free market system the innovation that comes from tuition reimbursement from places like chipotle means a happilyier work environment and happier workers and better sales. it produces better results in companies like this when they have the ability to

during the fall of 2012, students, undergraduate students of color were 37% of the degree enrollment. but at these research universities, they were 29%. and students of color were 41% of the students at two-year colleges. so you see a disparity there. and overall, of the research universities only nine of them are institutions that have a specific mission of serving communities of color. hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and historically black colleges. so the first step for addressing some of these inequities is to look at the cuts that have happened to public education. after the recession in 2008, many state governments had to cut back their funding for colleges. our research has shown that 29 states decreased their overall total investment in higher education. and 44 states decreased their investment on a per student basis. we also found that institutions that served a higher proportion of students of color were particularly hard hit in these -- with these cuts. so one of the things that c.a.p. has proposed to sort of address this situation is a program we call the pu

he teaches history and writing to graduate students and undergraduates and has written several dozen books on american history and politics and is no stranger to the bestseller list, two of the books traitor to his class by fdr. he's also written on andrew jackson, woodrow wilson and theodore roosevelt. he's written historically on the events and can be seen and heard on the national and international television and radio. he's spoken several times over the years at the national archives for his latest book reagan wife, they were held in the national archives. at the ronald reagan presidential library researched and written correspondence monitored conversations with foreign leaders and give speeches and much more. the book has created from a number of sources into the "washington post" that the legacy continues to fuel the choices facing his would-be successors and the astute biography is further evidence that the 40th president continues to cast a long shadow over a largely conservative political order. please welcome h. w. brands to the stage. [applause] >> thank you for that kind

this is always popular with undergraduates, until they learn exactly how it works. and then it is not so appealing. david: do you want to share that? john: it's absolutely a fun topic. but you have this freedom to not just tinker with the details of this, but actually groups who feel the freedom to reformulate everything about the human experience. mormonism is part of this as well. i think part of what is driving this is -- you have a new model of leadership. so, in colonial america, leaders of religious groups are mostly college-educated gentlemen, and that's a pretty limited school. -- limited pool. how many college educated gentlemen are there. it is a conservative pool in the end. after the revolution, there is growing leadership. so, there can be african-american preachers. you do not have to be literate to preach in methodist, baptist churches. you get leaders like anne lee. you get this tremendous opening up of accessibility. it's never complete or without its limitations, but it brings in a new level of cultural engagement. you have a lot more people who ca

for example, as an undergraduate i was a sociology major.u know, i clearly understood that i needed to go on to graduate school as a sociology major if i really wanted to hone in on a specific professional degree area. we do offer a lot of professional degrees, of course. whereas cheryl's analogy lines right up. nursing profession, for example. some of our stem degree professions whether it's engineering or whatever. i think we have to be a little bit open because at the four-year level you're moving into a lot of breadth and depth. you have to allow for the important majors and the arts and the sciences. my college was huge in the arts and those students do everything from designing your wedding ring to fixing your picasso. >> yeah. i want to move forward because we don't have a ton of time and i have a lot of questions, but i think you touched on two points that i want to circle back to later in the conversation. one, the value of you know collecting data on outcomes and publicizing it. and two the fact that there is incredible diverseity

nearly 40% of undergraduates attend public two-year colleges.er nearly 40% attend public four-year colleges. 40% of all those students that i just mentioned are eligible for a federal pell grant that they don't have to pay back of up to $5,700. so as a result two years of college in the united states is free or nearly free for every low-income student in the country. nationally community college tuition and fees average $3,300 a year. the average pell grant averages $3,260 a year. in tennessee, community college is now free for every student. what about public four-year universities where another 40% go? the average tuition is $9,000. remember about 40% have a pell grant. at the university of tennessee almost all have an in-state state grant called the hope scholarship. $3,500 annually for sophomores, up to $4500 for juniors and seniors. so a degree is available for most students. what about really expensive colleges? the elite so-called schools. tuition is about $31,000. i saw the georgetown university president the other day. he said this is w

as an undergraduate--i'm the child of immigrants. my parents are european, so i was born in the united states, but english is my third language. i spoke french and german because my parents--my father was french, my mother was german. so as an immigrant, i came here as refugees. i had no money or anything else. so i go to school, i go to harvard as an undergraduate. then i go to stanford because there was a professor there i wanted to study with, and i got a master's degree, and then unfortunately this professor had a heart attack and died, and so i completed my education at yale. so here i am, harvard, stanford, and yale, by most american standards sort of a poster kid for elite education. that's what it is. it's elite education. it is designed for people not like me. i was one of those allowed to come in, and they've regretted it ever since. [laughter] allowed to come in on scholarsh--i had to have financial aid. my folks didn't have the money, et cetera, et cetera. i had to work all the time, that kind of thing, but it's an educat

>> guest: i did my undergraduate -- i did a b.a., m.a. all in middle east history at columbia, columbia college, and then i went on to do an m.a. and a ph.d again in middle east history at princeton. c-span: are you both an israeli and an american citizen? >> guest: i am. c-span: and why did you end up in the '82 war in lebanon? how did that work? >> guest: well, i had always wanted to move to israel. i saw my future in israel. i wanted to raise my family in israel. and in 1973, at the end of the '73 war, which i would have missed had i actually been living in israel, i determined that i wasn't going to move just then, i was going to do my b.a. first. i did my b.a. and, as it turns out, an m.a. i ended up working for the israeli foreign ministry as an adviser to israel's mission to the un during a very tumultuous period. it was the period of the "zionism is racism" vote arafat's speech before the general assembly, a very, very tumultuous period. and then i moved to israel, and i tried out for this unit in the army -- the try-outs are rath

a member of the tribe for the rest of my life. [ applause ] it's been many years since my own undergraduate commencement at the university of denver. i remember almost everything about it. i remember how proud my parents were. i remember the closeness i felt to my classmates and my friends. i remember the thrill of achieving my academic goal. i do not, however remember a single word that the commencement speaker said that day and you won't either and i promise not to take it personally. on this day, you can be forgiven for feeling a little restless and a little prowl. you'll have lasting memories of this place and your professors trying to outdo each other in the debates and even i will remember the joy on your faces as i joined you last night for the candlelight ceremony. those experiences have been a part of your journey together, a journey that ends today in celebration of your educational achievements at this highly respected institution. education is transformative. it literally changes lives. that is why people over the centuries have worked so hard to become educated. education is mo

the second speaker is her own kevin who growth in preston junction new jersey undergraduate work at uc berkeley and his major there was applied mathematics with a specialty in mathematics and physics. he also holds two master's degrees from university of maryland, one in business and management and the other in mathematical statistics. he followed that up and finish his ph.d there at the university of maryland a year ago with specialties in statistical computing. is not just some egghead. he is our egghead. no. [laughter] so he does science. he does business and he has math with a focus on policy which is not that, and we feel lucky to have him here. batting cleanup is marlo lewis. marlo lewis a junior, if you google marlo lewis you find his father's name pops up. his father was the producer and creator of the ed sullivan show and one of my favorite sergeant bill goes the phil silvers show. is also a bluegrass musician. is at the competitive enterprise institute. he's been published in the "washington times," "investor's business daily," tech central station, the "national review" and

most recently in new scholarship was created to support undocumented loyola undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need but did not qualify for federal aid. the scholarship was champion holy bible oil a students to their student governmental leaders. this is all very exciting and i think it is important to demonstrate again the path breaking work loyola is doing on this issue and as i mentioned earlier today my role here has also been as a recently appointed co-chair of university committee, which we have named the dreamer committee, to implement recommendations of an earlier forum to the university committee and undocumented students. i had the pleasure of code-sharing this committee with my colleague at the medical school and one of the charges under this committee was to empower staff, faculty, student and community members to advance meaningful long-term solutions to challenges facing undocumented students and their families. with that it is my pleasure to introduce our guest speaker today, margaret regan. margaret regan is the author of two books, the death of joseph lev

i observed undergraduate second baptist high school. there are things you discover going to second baptist high school some good and some not. one of the things i discovered this amazing grace and the theme from gilligan's island. they are musically interchangeable and i guess i sort of felt inspired so from a pulpit i illustrated amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. i once was lost but now i'm found. once was blind but now i see. the political team was in panic saying oh my goodness he is singing. the political career is over but somehow i survived it. >> host: i don't think i can top that. you went from -- to country music. how did that evolve? >> guest: i were up in high school listening to classic rock rock. i saw pink floyd and concert at the astrodome which was a great concert by the way. it was really an amazing concert concert. i saw the police and concert emerson lake and powell but my music tastes changed on september 11. and it was a strange thing. i mentioned it in another interview people and media

about 8 million undergraduate students will borrow about $100 billion in federal loans next year. the total amount of outstanding student loans is $1.2 billion. that's a lot of money. but the total amount of auto loans outstanding in the united states is $950 billion and i don't hear anyone complaining that the economy is about to crash because of nearly a trillion dollars of auto loans. nor do i hear that taxpayers should do more to help borrowers pay off their auto loans. well you might say what about all those $100,000 student loans we hear about? the answer is, student loan debts of over $100,000 make up only 4% of student loans and 90% of those are doctors lawyers businessmen and women and others who have earned graduate degrees. nevertheless, it is true that college costs have been rising and a growing number of students are having trouble paying back their debts. according to the u.s. department of education about 7 million or 17% of federal loan borrowers are in default meaning they haven't made a payment in the last -- in at least nine months. the total amount of loans cu

. >> our second speaker did his undergraduate work at the university of california berkley, and his major there was applied mathematics with a specialty in mathematical cityicing. he also holds two masters degree from the university of maryland one in business and management and the other in mathematical statistics. he followed that up and finished his phd there a year ago with majors in statistical computing. so he's not just some egghead he's our egghead! no, so he does science. he does business, and he has math with a focus on policy, which is not that common and we feel lucky to have him here. batting cleanup is marlow lewis. marlow lewis jr. his father was the producer and creator of the ed sullivan show and in any event that's not marlow that's his father. but he's also a bluegrass musician. he's at the competitive enterprise institute. he's been published in the washington times tech central station, the national review and interpretation of journal of political philosophy. prior to joining cei he was at the region foundation in los angeles, joining the 106 congress he served in th

i got my undergraduate degree because i had a very similar background. i got it because i was able to go to the city university of new york. watching mr. christie, i look at him and it has been 116 years since we have had a bona fide bull loose. i look at him and he is literally, figuratively, and physically a bull loose in the presidential run. i'm a life long democrat but i'm serious attempted to cross my lines. i'm also in an ordained clergymen. my father soap is that mr. christie will go to bed one night, have a revelation and his sleep, and wake up a populist democrat. believe me, i'm thoroughly tempted to cross party lines. i think that guy says it like it is. i think he is a brush of fresh air in the overgrown and overbloated field of one of these -- of wantabees. host: thank you for the call. here is a tweet that echoes what he was saying. chris christie once voters against turning over the white house two obama second mate, hillary clinton. a call from patrick in california, line for independents. go ahead. caller: yes. i have heard mr. christie

architectural triumph that is hitten james dormitory. [ laughter ] i am a product of the keenan flagler undergraduate business school. [ cheering ] in addition, i'm also a product of unc's school of journalism and mass communication. [ cheering ] which is soon to be rebranded unc school of media and journalism which i think is a fantastic moment of change for the school. it has been an absolute pleasure to be back on campus this weekend and to be welcomed by chancellor folk with the southern hospitality that can be found nowhere else on earth. y'all have been mighty kind. so it must be said that this year rather than choosing from any number of nobel prize laureates or political luminaries to be your commencement speaker, you have chosen me, the guy best known for making it easier to watch recent episodes of "south park" and "family guy." [ applause ] so assuming that there were no jedi mind tricks involved, it's clear to me that you have chutzpa and moxie. i share it in the hope that you may find some benefit. it is a story of dreams, failure and loss perseverance and one unfortunate run-in with the

nearly 40% of undergraduates attended public two-year colleges.ear colleges. 40% of all those student that i just mentioned are eligible for a federal pell grants that they don't have to pay back up to $5700. as a result, two years of college in the united states is free or nearly free for every low-income student in the country. nationally community college tuition and fees averaged $3300 a year the average pell grants averages 30-60 to you. intimacy community college is now free for every student. what about public four-year universities with another 40% to? the average tuition is $9000. we% have a pell grants. university of tennessee almost all have been in state state grant called the hope scholarship 3500 annually for freshmen and sophomores, up to 4500 for juniors and seniors. so it is within reach for most students. what about what expensive colleges? the elite so-called schools, private tuition and fees at private universities about $31,000 per i saw a georgetown university president the other day. he said this is what they do. they figure

. >> our second speaker did his undergraduate work at the university of california berkley, and his major there was applied mathematics with a specialty in mathematical cityicing. he also holds two masters degree from the university of maryland one in business and management and the other in mathematical statistics. he followed that up and finished his phd there a year ago with majors in statistical computing. so he's not just some egghead he's our egghead! no, so he does science. he does business, and he has math with a focus on policy, which is not that common and we feel lucky to have him here. batting cleanup is marlow lewis. marlow lewis jr. his father was the producer and creator of the ed sullivan show and in any event that's not marlow that's his father. but he's also a bluegrass musician. he's at the competitive enterprise institute. he's been published in the washington times tech central station, the national review and interpretation of journal of political philosophy. prior to joining cei he was at the region foundation in los angeles, joining the 106 congress he served in th

during the fall of 2012, students, undergraduate students of color were 37% of the degree enrollment. but at these research universities, they were 29%. and students of color were 41% of the students at two-year colleges. so you see a disparity there. and overall of the research facilities, have a specific mission of serving communities of color. hispanic serving institutions, travel colleges and historically by colleges. so the first step for addressing some of these inequities is to look at the cuts that have happened to public education. after the recession in 2008, many state governments had to cut back their funding for colleges. our research has shown that 29 states decreased their overall total investment in higher education. and 44 states decreased their investment on a per student basis. we also found that institutions that served a higher proportion of students of color were particularly hard hit in these -- with these cuts. so one of the things that c.a.p. has proposed to sort of address this situation is a program we call the public college quality compact. this would be a

for example, as an undergraduate i was a sociology major. you know, i clearly understood that i needed to go on to graduate school as a sociology major if i really wanted to hone in on a specific professional degree area. we do offer a lot of professional degrees, of course. whereas cheryl's analogy lines right up. you know, nursing profession, for example. some of our s.t.e.m. degree professions whether it's engineering or whatever. i think we have to be a little bit open because at the four-year level you're moving into a lot of breadth and depth. you have to allow for the very important majors and the arts and the sciences. my college was huge in the arts and those students do everything from designing your wedding ring to fixing your picasso. >> yeah. i want to move forward because we don't have a ton of time and i have a lot of questions, but i think you touched on two points that i want to circle back to later in the conversation. one, the value of, you know, collecting data on outcomes and publicizing it. and two, the fact that there