the university. you are not limited, there's no boundaries on we can teach. if the dean of the schools will have you. i've had an opportunity to teach in schools of journalism to architecture to law school to the college of course, columbia college, and graduate of course. >> what is your field of? >> i helped develop many years ago, it seems like he was yesterday but is about 45 years ago, the field of sociology of science. when people thought science was produced by rate minds, individuals, but didn't understand that there is a social system that actually was influential on the growth of ideas and the growth of knowledge. that i should say held in great stead when i became provost because i realize it was the system that counted. >> we invite you to talk about this, your book, "the great american university." how many great american universities are there? >> i would say they're probably about 150, 100-one and 50 great american universities. that has to be put in context of over 300 universities th

university." this is about 20 minutes. >> host: conversations here at columbia university continued. now joining us as jonathan cole, who is the former provost of the university and currently university professor. dr. cole, what is a provost? >> guest: well, it is different is that the universities. at columbia was mr. inside as opposed to outside. and i basically ran all the programs come all the deans, vice presidents of the various schools. i reported to me. i also had substantial control over the budget here. i was running the internal operations of the university. i was in charge of the tenure system. i heard of her 700 cases and is a great friend come a great learning experience because i promised myself i would read whatever i was able to understand and get illiberal education through doing that. so the president was concentrating a great deal on the outside of the university, particularly fundraising and publicity and legislation in congress or in the state legislature. no extraordinarily

american universities are in crisis.h and the best universities have become too selective. they simply cannot service enough students, and we're turning too many extraordinaryily qualified people away. tough decisions have to be made about how we do things at universities. i know you don't like this word, but our business model our way of doing things has to change. it didn't seem to me that president sullivan fully grasped that when challenged by the board she submitted a planning memorandum and it seemed to be more of the same. people become presidents of universities by making people like me happy catering to the faculty's desire. my feeling she's a very good administrator. she's cape capable of pulling faculty together but not having the vision necessary to make it effective. >> cenk: i got to be honest, i still don't under. what do you mean competitive? there seems there is another agenda here. she's good with the faculty. does she not raise enough money? what do you want her to do. you talk about online education.

there are a lot of changes taking place, external to the universities, internal to the universities, and how one aligns that between boards, faculties, staff, student, alumni, and friends. this is an early example of a number of the kind of pressures i think we're going to face. this is a fundamental resetting of the american economic system, as you well know. >> brown: anne neal, you told us earlier you generally were supportive of the board at virginia. what do you think is the most important factor now facing public universities? what is the problem, exactly? >> well, i want to say, first, clearly the process was deplorable in terms of its lack of transparency, but i do think it's very important that we not let the process eclipt the more important issue, really bthe future of public higher education. and i think what we've learned in the university of virginia situation-- and we can look at california and institutions across the country-- is that we really are at a defining moment for public higher education. and i would suggest that if public higher education continues on the cu

and university of missouri rallo. m.i.t. trained aeronautical eng near who earned fellow status in the american association for the advancement of science. martin's been awarded the highest honor any of us can achieve, an honorary docket trait from his undergratd yat alma mater, illinois institute of technology. how pleased mr. morill wou have been to have an influential advocate for american public higher education, a scholar who led two mere land grant universities and two chaired the boards of both nostalgic and the aau take as his topic today the morill land grant act investing in america's future. please welcome professor jischke. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, ellen, for that very generous introduction. we wish my two children were here to hear it. it is good to be back in lincoln and good to be back at the university of nebraska. we have enjoyed this first year of your participation in our conferen conference. the women sometimes and not sometimes, but it's good to be back. i am pleased to have t

and university systems in america. we're committed to ensure that their students understand their financial aid and student loans, and the cost of college. we look forward to continue working with them to create a system where students can climb the economic ladder and live their american dream. thank you. >> with that we'll take your questions. >> thank you. to either of you what can you do to monitor the universities that are going to impose these standards to make sure they're imposed properly and you talked about encouraging other students to get onboard in addition to asking them to do so today what will you do to get nor school loans -- >> these aren't standards pshgs just transparencyy. basic data. how much are grants, how much are loan, grad ways dates. what will you pay at the back jend we just think america's young people and their families deserve to have really basic information about this huge decision they're making. we think there's going to be a tremendous appetite out there. yom think universities have

while many universities, public and private, have i'm brasz braced an aggressive model in universities, ag extension often remains separate and a part from these broader efforts. competition from the private sector, federal funding, along with what i see as a rather ancillary view of needs of agriculture in rural communities has made extension a shrinking enterprise for most of the land grant universities. this is occurring at a time when agriculture and rural communities have needs that are quite substantial and well beyond the traditional capacity of the extension. poverty, the digital revolution, immigration, economic diversification, are just a few examples to change circumstances in these rural communities find themselves in. rural america is no longer synonymous with agriculture and universities that want to engage rural america that wish to bring their capacities need to bring all their capacities to rural america in their engagement efforts. the land grant commitment to access for industrial classes is no longer theirs alone. it is shared with community colleges, proprietary sc

prior to coming to university of virginia, she held positions at the university of michigan and the university of texas. late developments from capitol hill on a story impact in many of you. the senate has reportedly reached a deal to keep interest rates on college loans steady for one more year. house speaker john boehner says he is not sure the agreement will win approval in the house. the stafford loan rate is 3.4%. it could double on sunday if the deal is not worked out. we're on storm watch tonight as we are getting a radio from the gulf coast of florida. troppo storm debby has made landfall, -- a tropical storm debby has made landfall, slamming florida. there was major flooding and thousands of power outages. the situation is far different here in our region, thankfully. bob ryan joins us with our first look at what is on the way. it is nice and cool to mike. >> is delightful. it will be another beautiful morning. let me show you where debbie is and how it affects us. there is the tampa area that had that flooding. here is what is left. all of this cloudiness is continuing to stay well t

you have the university essentially the representatives from the university liying to cover up. it's terrible and it is going to cost the university a lot of money and cost their reputati n reputation. everything you can think of is going to hurt this university. but this university will recover. i mean these things sound so horrible when they are happe happening in terms of you don't think they will ever recover in the midst of it but six months, eight months, a year from now i think people will begin to forget this a little bit. never forget the hourible stain on the university but new students and professors and program. the money judgments will be paid. the insurance company letts pay the judgments and the state will be able to move on and its football program will get up and running again. you don't try to penalize everybody for actions of a few. in this instance the criminal action. >> unless and until there is a ruling of a lack of instituti n institutional control. that happened at southern meth methodist university back in the day about charges that are no where near th

and then, of course, there's the university of oklahoma. i don't know how much time i want to spend on this, but this is a -- this is a photograph that's evocative of the struggle that was going on in the 1940s and early 1950s and how that struggle had ebbs and flows. the naacp brought a lawsuit against the law school at the university of oklahoma. eventually or at least they thought they prevailed the naacp thought it prevailed because the federal judge said the city of oklahoma law school should integrate the student body. at that point the university decided to quote technically integrate by providing a separate area for the one black student that was enrolled at the university. before they got to this, they actually put the single black student, g.w. mclauren, essentially in the capitol rotunda and had one law school faculty member teach him. this was a farce. this was clearly not an integration of the university of oklahoma law school and to be honest, this is not true integration of the university of oklahoma law school, but it reflec

you want the university of virginia one of the best schools to turn into phoenix university or some nonsense? looking to make a buck. it turns out draggus is on board. she writes an e-mail to one of her fellow board members saying we can't afford to wait, and what can't she every day to wait for? she puts a link to a "wall street journal" edit oral where she say: >> yeah. they have. so they can make a buck. but their students are in disastrous shape. i can give you a sense of it. for-profit colleges, if i went to the uva i feel dirty for putsing those in the same sentence: it's not their fault but their institution fails them. they represent 46 percents of all student loan dollars in default. so they go there thinking they are going to get a good education and they get snookerred instead. they want to turn uva into that? thank god, they lost. all right. now, i am going to bring in vadia nasin at the university of village and talk to me about what was going on here. first of all, as best as you can ascertain, what was the motivation of the board here in trying to get rid of the president? >>

and universities. next we have doctor jonathan gi braltar. is that correct? sheet president of frost berg state university and representing the american association of state college and universities. i want to give the university and the association of veteran program administrators. welcome. they testify as i was telling the ranking member and the hoosier values that i like to talk about. i want to thank you for your years of service in the air force. representing the american association of college reg stars and admissions officers and finally miss judith flink from the university of illinois representing the university business officers. we will start with miss flirchg because we will have to slip out. you are recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee. my name is judith flink and serve as student financial services for the three campuses of the can university of illinois. i have been actively involved in higher education for over 30 years. i am testifying on behalf of

arman taylor will be attending samson university. halima lewis, she will be attending san francisco state. destiny joseph, she will be attending lincoln university. alexis hunter, she will be going to clark atlanta. theresa aaliyah abdul, she will be attending lincoln university. ashante dudley will be attending fisk university. centeria lashaw ragler will be attending lincoln university. tiffany mccoy will be attending lincoln university. our final scholar, lana nicole anderson. she will be attending bennet college. she is our scholar that had a 4.0 gpa. awesome student. we want to thank you for the opportunity to announce these scholars because they are gone. we would like that one quick picture. [applause] we have a superintendent in the house! [laughter] president yee: well she is taking the photo, i want to take this opportunity to have the vice president read out the recipients of the other two groups, who are not able to attend today. there are the latin-american teachers association and the organization of filipino educators.

the universe.oing to lose those last five pounds. >> never, and in fact-- worse, because in fact, unlike normal stuff you may have learned in high school high school that gravity sucks. in fact it doesn't. with empty space it's repulsive and forcing the universe to expand ever faster. >> stephen: so the nothingness is forcings apart. >> it's forthing us apart. we're not going to be forced apart but the galaxies are. >> stephen: you say-- you say-- you say-- you haven't been rubbing any of that baby shampoo on your head, have you, with the t.h.c. in it? >> no comment, no comment. >> stephen: leave may a hair sample. we'll check it later. okay, you say there are three different types of nothing. >> that's right. >> stephen: what are the three-- i didn't know there was such a variety. a sampler platter of-- >> i would have thought you would be an expert on it. >> stephen: on nothingness? >> there are three different kinds of nothing. first empty space the nothing of the bible, an eternal dark, empty v

we were expecting the universities. we weren't considering ourselves the ones who would fix some lack of education. we were going to pick the people who were already very well prepared. it was on the institutions hands to give somebody those skills. >> you mentioned something that i think is important. we're interested in increasing graduation rates in this country. that's a goal that every institution in this room shares. one of the things that aplu works on now is a different way of looking at graduation rates. we don't capture the students that transfer and graduate from another institution, which is a significant number in american higher education. where question add to the data available, which will help us understand better the path for college students in america. another question. >> good morning. i'm president of montana university. do you have any additional ways in which technology can be enhanced, and what is your advice to institutions who want to lead in this area especially in the current budget environm

. >>> the mayor of new york city was this year's commencement speaker at the university of north carolina in chapel hill. michael bloomberg said north carolina's recent same sex marriage vote shows there's still a lot of work to be done for civil rights. the founder of bloomberg news and financial information company was first elected mayor in 2001. here's his speech and advice to the graduating class of 2012. his comments are about 20 minutes. [ applause ] >> tar! >> heels! >> tar! >> heels! >> tar! >> heels! >> forgive me but i just wanted to start this morning by shouting something but i knew what would happen if i said rah-rah, carolina-lina. on that positive note, good morning, faculty, family, friends of the great class of 2012. i particularly wanted to thank chancellor thorpe and the unc board of trustees, including my friend and your fellow alum, peter grower, for inviting me here. i also want to thank the president of the unc system, thomas ross, and a former unc system president, my old friend, dick spangler. we went to the harvard business school just because neither of us coul

i went to the university of texas. i'm entirely a university person.exas for two degree. i've taught at the university of wisconsin and university of virginia. look. when i went to the university of texas it cost barely anything to go because the state care about making sure that it was access for people of all classes go to the university of texas. we no longer care about that. what we've got now is this model, again, imposed by people who aren't drged i involved in any of these decisions. they're figuring out that, you know what, if we can just put all this course content online we can make sure that other people's children get a severely degrade experience and we don't have to worry about them. it's just another example of trying to get something for nothing. if you fierng to have top higher level education, you geebt to pay for it. there's no way we should be shifting the burden to students, shifting the burden to debt, shifting the burden to the people who are trying to work hard to get this job done. there's a lot more to it and there's a lot mor

we're a rural university in western maryland and part of the university system of maryland's 11 campuses. i'm here today testifying on behalf of the american association of state colleges and universities, commonly known as asku, which represents over 400 public institutions and university systems. thank you for holding this hearing. i would also encourage members to view my written statement for further detail and explanation of this testimony. prosberg serves the majority of military directed towards our national guard and veteran units. the number of veterans we serve varies significantly from year to year. our overall enrollment right now is about 5,500 students, we're currently serving about 102 veterans. our growing online programs, in particular our accredited mba and our advanced degree in nursing. asku which also serves as the administrative agent. our nation's veterans and military personnel should be able to obtain quality information about institutions and their programs. asku and it's member institutions, including my own campus value the perspective and experience that serv

they worked in universities and universities themselves or different. they couldn't have looked more different. corporations still seek to maximize their profits. universities were actually centers of science in the public interest. they were centers of research at the was clearly focused on the society beat a medical, social, what ever, and it attracted people who were drawn to that role. so the university had a unique role in pursuing the public interest and there was true of medical research as well. in fact there were laws and regulations that band the universities from using the discoveries made with government subsidies but couldn't license in the corporations or sell them to corporations in most cases, so there was a very, very clear member and ten corporations and universities. it's not there anymore. i'm going to talk about what happened when it dissolved. so, one of the consequences also maybe not the most important consequence is the cost of medication. i think i noted here that when medicaid and medicare were passed in the 60's it's interest

it means the university gets more money in total to make the infrastructure of the university better. it means renovating buildings, renovating laboratories, and it means we are looking good compared to the others out there. >> it sounds like this initiative is extremely successful. how would you judge it? >> we have managed to get some projects refunded. we manage to get a couple of so- called excellence clusters in the ranks of the top-funded, and it is basically spanning the space of different fields, not just in natural science. it is also in humanities and interdisciplinary research as well. >> would you say the initiative is a successful one for the german government? >> i think that is important to realize it is a one-of effort, and it will expire, and germany has attracted a lot of attention for it, but in the long run, i think germany needs to learn about spending more money in a long view. universities need more money in total. >> does it come at a good time, considering the skill shortage in the labor market in germany? >> absolutely. germany needs to train more people and

at state university in maryland. we're a rural university in western maryland and part of the university system of maryland's 11 campuses. i'm here today testifying on behalf of the american association of state colleges and universities, commonly known as aascu which represents over 400 public institutions and university systems. thank you for holding this hearing. i would also encourage members to review my written statement for further detail and explanation of this testimony. frostburg serves the majority of veterans and active military connected to our region's national guard and reserve units. the number of veterans we serve varies significantly from year to year. our overall enrollment right now is about 5500 students. we're currently serving about 102 veterans. our growing online programs in particular are accredited mba and our new bachelor of science and nursing are proving particularly popular with veterans since these programs are designed to be very flexible. aascu, which also serves as the administrativ

2100 public and non profit universities. the mission is promote sound administrative financial management of colleges. it is an honor to be here today. we affirm that these students an indeed all students deserve high quality academic and support services. we strongly support safeguards against deceptive recruiting practices. i want to take the opportunity to suggest that the agency's k task actively consult with the a organizations as they develop necessary rules. with my experience and as part of rule making, i can attest to such dialogue. i would therefore propose to the creation of groups with the define defined sprur and develop workable solution s as we develp procedures. i believe this will go a long way to develop policies and procedur procedures. since the post 9/11 gi bill, i have had the pleasure of participating in addressing issues involved in processing tuition benefits. these meetings always end with both sides walking away better informed with how both sides operate. we believe most but not all of the princip

this university is actually one of our most unique and diverse universities in our state, and it has a unique, diverse group of students who attend here. ocu actually now counts in its student population students from 41 different states and 56 foreign countries. that's quite remarkable. here the another great fig in fact, about ocu. ocu has the highest number of national merit scholars this year ever. graduating from this university. national merit scholars. congratulations to all of you. and i know that you're all going to do some very exciting things. i've looked at, where some of your graduates are going after they finish today with this degree. some are going to disney paris. [ cheers ] some are going to become officers in the u.s. military. where's mire miy military folks? [ applause ] some are going on to attend prestigious graduate programs. one is going to the eastman school of music. [ cheers ] maybe several. and some of your graduates are also going to some of our top theological programs with full scholarships as they move on. and, of course, yes, going to medical school,

today the university's board of visitors announced that dr. theresa sullivan is leaving after a mutual decision. governor bob mcdonnell released a statement thanking dr. sullivan for her leadership. the statement says serving as president of thomas jefferson university is a tremendous responsibility and she has fulfilled her duties with honor, energy and good stewardship. >>> some of the other big stories we are following tonight, three people are dead and three others are hurt after a brawl turns into a mass shooting in alabama near the campus of auburn university. the gunman is still on the loose. fox's elizabeth prawn has details on what went wrong. >> he was last seen on foot. >> reporter: the auburn police chief said these the man they are looking for. the fbi, u.s. marshals and other agencies say this 22-year- old is on the run wanted for gunning down six men late saturday night at an off-campus apartment complex near auburn university. >> i believe it was a fight that -- someone got carried away and it went too far and someone was shot.

we are the largest university in the united states, a private university for art and design. we have 26% of the student population asian american and pacific rim. with of the contributions that this -- kpix was honored with a lifetime achievement award, and this year, her students have been working on the design contest. tonight, we will find out who won. i can't wait to see who it is. thank you all very much. [applause] >> and the last remarks are from at&t. >> good evening, everyone. i would like to extend my congratulations for putting on this amazing celebration that brings the city together from all walks of life and it is something that at&t takes a lot of pride in sponsoring. as a company that does business in over 200 countries, it is a tree and the pleasure of to be part of this, so we wish you a great month. we are especially happy that the focus this year is on education. . and they lost an education program to keep young people in school and with the focus on science and technology, so we are excited. we hope to be back very soon to support and many other organiza

the university of kansas is a world-class university. applause[applause ] when people ask me what they should do to be successful in life, i tell them the first thing to do is to get a degree from the university of kansas. my congratulations to all of you. you are minutes away from holding that diploma in your hand. this is truly no ordinary moment. when you leave here today, you will have the advantage of having a great education. the question is what will you do next? in the next few weeks, all across america, commencement speakers will be urging graduates like yourselves to follow your passion. in other words, discover what motivates and excites you in life and pursue it with passion. i am a strong believer in following your passion. but i'm also an engineer, and the university of kansas has trained many e well. we engineers love continuous improvement. so i'm going to give you my version of this advice. call it follow your passion 2.0. follow your passion 2.0 is about pursuing the things in life that are meaningful and contributing t

for the auburn community, auburn university, auburn university athletic department. >> reporter: head coach gene chizik released a statement in part saying, my thoughts and prayers are with their families and all those involved in this tragic incident. >> not only university students and athletes, but it's -- it's young people. it's six young people that have been shot. >> reporter: authorities are hunting for the suspect, desmonte leonard, charged with capital murder and considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> we won't rest until he's located. >> reporter: as the search for the suspect continues. >> don't know what i'm going to do. i'm lost, you know what i'm saying? might live long or something like that. i grew up with him. >> reporter: as victims' friends and an entire community search for reasons why. curt gregory, nbc news. >>> opening statements are scheduled today in the trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky is facing 52 criminal counts for the alleged sexual abuse of ten boys over 15 years. some of the alleged victims are expected t

university, as young people like those who always stoked the fires of progress,n proud university, as young people like those who always stoked the fires of progress, proud university, as young people like those who always stoked the fires of progress,his proud university, as young people like those who always stoked the fires of progress, our country is counting on all of you to step forward and help us with the work that remains. we need you. i'll be the first to admit that it can be easy to lose sight of that responsibility especially when you first graduate from college. i mean, you're struggling to pay off your student loans and you're putting in extra hours to make a name for yourself at work. you're trying to figure out who you want to spend the rest of your life with. oh, yeah. and i remember that like it was yesterday. like all of you, i worked hard all through school. i earned my b.a., my j.d., and i had the student loans to show for it. so i did what i thought i should do, i got a great job at one of the biggest what you firmses in chicago and before long, i was checking al

around university boulevard.as 270 traffic, starting to build on a volume close to germantown good at the beltway and old georgetown road. no issues on the other side of the town. we will soon to a map. route 5, minor, nick -- collision northbound on the beltway. a little longer to clinton but you should find it out of the way by the time you get there. >> thank you. looking at about 66 degrees. >> coming up -- have dependence are you on your smartphone? his signs and symptoms of disconnect anxiety. >> and sitting down >> world leaders, including president obama, a meeting today at the g-20 economic summit. in the meantime, mitt romney returned to michigan where his father served as governor and rent a car company. david, senior editor at politico. let's start with the g-20 summit making news. what did not happen last night did not give a chance to talk to european leaders. >> the big crisis in europe is what the euro. it looks like greece form a new government that will allow it to stay in the europe. good news

penn state issued a statement saying the university wants to provide a forum where the university cantely expeditiously and fairly address victims' concerns and compensate them for claims. how would this work and what would you expect to happen from here on this? >> this was a very very good thing, i think, that the university did. they have a new president in place. the university has a $1.8 billion endowment. there are funds available and probably some insurance coverage available. this indicates a willingness to try to settle these cases out of court quietly so you really don't have to put the victims of sex abuse through a public trial again. i would be hopeful the university and victims would be able to sit down and reach an agreement on these cases. the hardest thing is always trying to decide what is an appropriate number of damages. some people want millions and millions of dollars and the university will try to limit its exposure there. there will be hard negotiations about how much to pay these victims. >> i'm sure. paul callan, nice to see you this morning. >>> it is a litt