wayne frederick of howard university. this is part of a bus tour that will go to black colleges and universities. here's your chance not only to learn about these tops of colleges, but specifics of guest and their universities. we divided the lines differently, if you attended historically like college or university and give your perspective, 202-748-8000 is the number you call. everyone else, call 202748 8001. dr. frederick, give us a snapshot of howard university. we talked about the specifics, but dylan the blanks and give us a sense of what the university is like. -- but still in the blanks and give us a sense of what the university is like. guest: absolutely. we are the only school in the country that has one of its own hospitals. a dental school, debility school, and medical school. i'm a professional graphic side, we have a formidable educational product that we are delivering. we have 10,300 students at the university today, as you said earlier. roughly 7000 in our undergrad population. when you look at the progra

going to your university? >> guest: well first of all we have quite a reputation and history and tradition of academic excellence, leadership excellence and in fact we also have a social justice excellence aura that we got from years ago and the notion is if you want to be involved and you want to be apart of something fairly special come to fisk university. not only do you walk these hollow wood grouse and get to feel the sense of what it means to be a scholar, what it means to be a leader, what it means to be involved and engaged and concerned about social justice issues you could only get that by being here. we talk all the time about encouraging students and getting them to take a look at fisk but we know when they visit this campus we have a great chance of capturing them if you will. the alums always say what you may think you are choosing fisk fisk actually chooses you. so that is where we try to sell fisk university. we have always been a leader in this stem area science and technology have always been

specific to your university? >> guest: the students that are attracted that are attractive florida a&m university are attractive because we offer an affordable and accessible education for the quality of the education we provide is comparable to any other institution. the matter of preference with regard to where you like to study and getting to know the faculty. many students choose an institution with -- but at smaller universities like florida a&m with 10,000 plus students were smaller institutions with three, four and 5000 students, students choose to learn and go to schools in places where they feel comfortable and where they can realize their dreams. we are all supportive of freedom of choice. >> host: in silver spring sea went to an hbcu. where did you go? >> caller: hi i went to hampton university of very proud hamiltonian. first of all i wanted to congratulate dr. mangum on her employment as president at florida a&m university. my wife went to cornell. thank you for the work you did there. my question is

obviously tuskegee university and all universities have to be prepared for that. in addition to the self-study we are also creating program outcomes and operational objectives for those nonacademic program related units so that we can measure our progress of weekend do with the distinguished alumni indicated take tuskegee into the future. >> host: aaron from -- go ahead. >> caller: good morning. my dad went to tuskegee in the 60s and i must tell you it had a tremendous impact on his life. it has lifted us up out of poverty. i myself did not attend an hbcu and am currently attending boston university but had there have been an offering i definitely would have attended. >> host: to that point president johnson about an on line offering hell is tuskegee capable of back? isn't something you want to expand? >> guest: i i think you must have been reading my vision document. we are pleased to say we will be presenting to the board of trustees in the upcoming board of trustee meeting for approval for on line modes of delivery. we are to have in the structure platform that

i'm 79 years old now but i think i missed hampton university. my grandfather was a -- for general armstrong and he went to that school at the age of 11. at that time it was a high school and you should see the letters that my grandfather wrote or at one letter at least when he was 11 years old and how proud he was of hampton. i will never ever be able to repay general armstrong. my mother attended a school and one of my sisters. i just wanted to say that but it's really about xavier university today. >> host: thank you caller. dr. blanchard from your academic point of view turning to politics when you hear president bob obama talking about community college when you think about it as a policy idea and how do you think it would affect universities like yours? >> guest: well i'm not opposed to the idea. i certainly think with a lot of the financial hardships that families have been experiencing especially since the recession it would certainly serve as an opportunity for students to be able to get the kind of foundation that they need in order to

harvey tell us about hampton university. how do you sell hampton to students that are considering your college to other colleges that they maybe will to go to? >> guest: well hampton is a wonderful institution. we were founded in 1868 by brigadier general samuel chapman armstrong on some very strong principles. we say that but they do is to provide the very best education possible under any circumstances and compared to an institution. that's number one and number two we believe very strongly in character development. we don't apologize for that. we believe in honesty and integrity and responsibility taking responsibility for one's actions, respect for oneself and respect for others. in today's world we think that these things are just as important as they were when john armstrong founded the place in 1868. we are on a peninsula here in virginia. we have had water on three sides of her campus. we think it's the prettiest campus anywhere bar none. i think that is one of the things that sells itself. we have a wonderful alumni

is not just our observable universe but part of the multi-verse, that there may be universes that may be like our own or very different, how the universe is a bubble in a much bigger entity. >> the idea that our universe is one of many is controversial. in the next few years, there may be hard evidence to support this incredible eerie. >> for more on this discovery, i spoke a short time ago with the chief extraordinaire at the franklin institute in philadelphia. >> when a first read this story i thought 440 million years as opposed to 550 million -- it does not sound like a very big difference, and then i realized with talking about millions of years. how important is this difference in time? >> it actually is quite a fair amount of importance because when we look at when this was happening, that timescale really makes a difference back then of what the condition of the universe was like from one time to another time, and it gives us a sense of how these processes could take laced. when we actually begin to look at them, we are looking to see how well these processes fit the model tha

you are catholic university. are there other historically black colleges or universities that are also catholic? >> guest: historically black and predominantly black and catholic university in united states. xavier was founded by sister the blessed sacrament. we have a number of sisters who work here in various capacities and in addition to that that particular founding as a black and catholic university ties in very well with the mission of the university. that mission obviously is to develop professional leaders but develop them in such a way where there is a strong emphasis of social justice strong emphasis of service as well as a strong emphasis on really working within the realm of research as well as best practices and knowledge and skills so that when a student actually graduates from this university not only are they content rich but they are also very spiritually rich and socially rich and they're able to really go out and make their mark on the world. >> host: ernest n. romney york, thanks for holding o

. ♪ >> from queens college, city university of new york. >> university of virginia. >> university ofexas at austin. >> guatemala. >> unc charlotte. >> vanderbilt university. >> university of queensland, brisbane australia. >> university of maryland. >> are you republican? >> no. >> are you democrats? no. john: what are you? [shouting] [applause] >> and now, john stossel. [applause] john: i'm in washington, d.c. this is the place that could use a lesson in liberty. we'll try to give them one because, i'm surrounded by students here, more than a thousand of them who traveled to join a conference called, students for liberty. because here in washington life is dominated by democrats, who want to take away our economic liberty, republicans who often want to take away our pennal liberty. there are a couple exceptions to that. one is congressman justin amash from mesh ban. [cheers and applause] -- michigan. he is unusual because he has an economics degree. he worries a lot about america's coming bankruptcy. we are probably going bankrupt. how many of you students think, when you're my age

c-span is touring historically black colleges and university kicks off at howard university in washington dc. our guest will be caller:♪ ♪ >> the senate will hold a confirmation hearing for president obama's choice to replace chuck hagel. the center will focus on the obama administration strategy for conflict zones in afghanistan, syria and ukraine. you can see that live here at 9:30 a.m. on c-span3. on the house, a bill passed for the complete overturn of the affordable care act. three republicans voted against the bill yesterday. we will discuss that in a moment. in our first or a five minutes your thoughts on changes you would make to the affordable care act. have to are a recipient. -- perhaps you are a recipient. you can give your thoughts on changes you would recommend to the administration on changing it. here's how you can call us on different lines. if you are a medical professional or if you are uninsured. everyone else can call on202-748-8003. buchanan also continued the conversation on this on our face up page facebook.com/cspan. about the three republicans that voted with dem

college. >> university of virginia. >> university.riz bane australia. >> university of maryland. >> are you republican? >> no. >> are you democrat? >> no. >> what are you? >> libertarian. >>> oo and now, john stossel. (applause) >> i am in washington, d.c. this is a place that could use a lesson in liberty. i am surrounded by students here more than a thousand of them who traveled to join students for liberty. here in washington life is dominated by democrats who want to take away economic lipberty and take away personal liberty but there are a couple exceptions to that. one is justin amash from michigan. >> these are unusual because he has an economics degree and he worries a lot about americans becoming bankruptcy. we are probably going bankrupt. how many students think when you are my age medicare will be here to pay for your heart problem. we will have spent money. >> they will talk about fixing this a little bit but not much. >> there are problems we are facing and man pee people don't believe they will receive the benefits they

your university?uest: the students that are attracted to florida a&m university are attractive because we offer an affordable and acceptable education. the quality of education we provide is comparable to any other institution. it is a matter of preference with regard to where you like to study and getting to know the faculty. many students choose students with 40,000 students or 50,000 students because they want to be in an environment that those institutions provide. but at florida a&m and other smaller universities, students choose to learn and go to school in places where they feel comfortable and where they can realize their dreams. we are all supportive of freedom of choice. host: ryan in silver spring. you went to hbcu? where did you go? caller: i went to hampton university. i want to congratulate dr. mangum as her appointment as the head of florida a&m university. thank you for the work you are doing there. my question is in regards to south carolina state university, and their proposed shutdo

that a university has to think about these things.believe every business in the world is facing these issues and a way that they have never had before. did the sony hacks chain something? >> i think the sony hack changed something because all of a sudden, just the axis to e-mail and data like that, companies realize how vulnerable they were that although there in communications can be stolen. it is no longer just the banks and the health providers that we are worried about this is corporate information. in some sense it is corporate espionage. it is not that different than what they try to do a google and intel, all of a sudden, sony was not accompany you thought was more durable but they are -- vulnerable but they are. >> the ceo of palo alto networks is here, the ceo of apple is here. the ceo of google is not here. why do you think? >> i knew he was out of town. the chief information security officer was here. >> there was a lot made about this of how google has problems. >> there are a variety of different issues. tim cook brought

all the league university vice chancellor's condemned condemn his university policy. he can't find one single business leader to back his economic policy. is it any wonder that the chuckle brothers have launched an official complaint and said they don't want to be compared to the two clowns opposite? [laughter] [shouting] >> i'm afraid, i'm afraid i'm going to keep asking the question until he has an answer. right, now let me explain it let me -- [shouting] you can help them, george. you are too far away. [shouting] let me explain to very specifically. let me explain it to them very simply. everybody pays stamp duty on their sheer transactions -- >> i apologize for interrupting. the questions and the answers will be heard. this is a democratic chamber and no one but no one is going to be shouted down. the point is very simple and very obvious, and i hope everyone can grasp it. ed miliband. [shouting] >> everybody pays stamp duty on their sheer transaction but the hedge fund are protected. we have been calling for action on this. hundreds of millions of pounds. why won

tuskegee university.l be talking to brian johnson. we'll be right back. ♪ >> the c-span cities tour takes both tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. citizens to learn -- cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable with a visit to greensboro, north carolina. christ after months and months charles halpern, was making one more walk-through. in the acted -- at it, he looked over and saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over and noticed the date with an 1832 document. he was a single male from a panel and in an upstairs room, uncovered a trunk with porches. this was this treasure of dolly madison's. we had this story of available to the public, display different items from time to time, but trying to include her life story from her birth to death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display are ivory calling card case. they had the calling card included with dolly's signature as well as her nieces, anna. there are

ducation at texas southern university. he established a university center for excellence in urban education. he has also been known to have a knack for inclusive leadership. as a school board trustee and then as superintendent of the houston independent school district. that school district was the seventh largest school district in all of the united states. he was appointed superintendent in 1994 and he was the first african-american in the district's history to serve in that position. in 1999, he was named one of two educators in the country by the council of the great city schools. two years later, paige was honored as the national superintendent of the year by the american association of school administrators. following his time as secretary of education, dr. paige served as a public policy fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. in 2006 he authored the war against home. and in 2010, he published a black/white achievement gap, why clothing it is the greatest civil rights issue of our time. dr. p

i attended majority universities. first, great job. i think my question is, i have a daughter who is getting ready to graduate and we are looking at hbcu's and other colleges. my frustration is, since i graduated, the only information i get back from the hbcu's is on attending events. i received -- but i don't to the reach back. and also, are other issue is the leadership. we have had several presidents. i know morehouse has better reputation that way, but it affects the alumni's relationship with the school. can you talk a little bit about how you are dealing with the leadership level, beyond the actual education, and how your reaching out to alumni to kind of keep that cycle and keep that passion for the hbcu going? host: thanks, christina. guest: thanks, christina. that is a great question. as i said, i'm a graduate of morehouse college, and i attended morehouse for four years. and then i spent six years at harvard university. getting to masters and a doctorate from harvard. i echo what you just said. i have moved from atlanta to bo

your university set yourself apart. you're a catholic university. dr.lanchard: eczema or is the only predominantly black -- xavier is the only historically black university that is also catholic in the united states. we have a number of sisters who work in various capacities. in addition to that, that particular founding as a black and catholic university ties in very well with the mission of the university. that mission is to develop professional leaders, but develop them in such a way where there is a strong emphasis on social justice. strong emphasis on service. as well as an emphasis on working within the realm of research as well as best practices in knowledge and skills so that when a student actually graduates from this university, not only are they content rich, but they are also very spiritually and socially rich. they are able to go out and make their marks on the road -- marks on the world. caller: hello. my name is ernest braxton. i have two sons in the air force academy. i'm retired air force. pedro: go ahead. you have got to stop listening

hampton university did a marvelous job. i am concerned about the hbcu's losing business for accreditation and so forth and we are not getting our fair share of the industrial projects . i want to get your opinion on that. when i was in germany, the german government required -- the industry's gone vacation and the germans get on vacation, our students were able to work in the industry and may had to by law pass the same salaries. host: thank you. dr. harvey, i will also add there is a tweet this morning for our viewer that says how much of the budget is dedicated to science, technology education, -- engineering, and math majors? guest: to your speaker, first of all, let me say to him, go pirate. i'm happy to hear you talk about your experience at hampton. i absolutely agree with you as it relates to the stem field. we did have the first phd program in physics. about 24 masters degrees and about 72 bachelor degrees. as it relates to stem, the fact is we need to get more minorities into stem. the fact also is unfortunately th

all the league university vice chancellor's condemned condemn his university policy. he can't find one single business leader to back his economic policy. is it any wonder that the chuckle brothers have launched an official complaint and said they don't want to be compared to the two clowns opposite? [laughter] [shouting] >> i'm afraid, i'm afraid i'm going to keep asking the question until he has an answer. right, now let me explain it let me -- [shouting] you can help them, george. you are too far away. [shouting] let me explain to very specifically. let me explain it to them very simply. everybody pays stamp duty on their sheer transactions -- >> i apologize for interrupting. the questions and the answers will be heard. this is a democratic chamber and no one but no one is going to be shouted down. the point is very simple and very obvious, and i hope everyone can grasp it. ed miliband. [shouting] >> everybody pays stamp duty on their sheer transaction but the hedge fund are protected. we have been calling for action on this. hundreds of millions of pounds. why won

a university?st: we have a history and tradition of academic excellence and leadership excellence. we also have a social justice excellent aura that we carried it from years ago. the notion is if you want to be involved in something special, you come to fisk university. not only do you get to walk these hallowed grounds and get to feel what it means to be a scholar, what it means to be a leader, what it means to be involved and concerned about social justice issues, it can only get that by being here. we talk all the time about encouraging students and getting them to look at fisk. when they visit this campus, we know we have a good chance of capturing them, if you will. while you made think you are choosing fisk, fisk actually chooses you. we have always been a leader in the stem area. science and technology have been our calling cards, especially these days. that is a very compelling prospect. when we tell students about these kind of opportunities they want to see who we are. the fact that we ar

this is, you know nearly 13% of the university's budget.is devastating and will be felt by students across the state and it weakens our state and our economy. it is the wrong move and it comes in face of his previous tax cuts that benefitted some of the biggest disadvantaged in the state. i think he signals time and time again he has the wrong priorities. his priorities are for the billionaires he is beloved by, but this is now the walker snow job. and we know a snow job when we see one. >> he won three elections in four years. he framed this in a fascinating way politically. a cut but capping tuition for the next few years, so he can skate away from tuition hikes, and the squeeze gets made up by professors who are layabouts anyway and don't want to do any work. even if it is a mass misrepresentation of the truth, perhaps there is an audience for that politically in the state. >> yeah, he has a few, i'm sure of the 2016 race. and so many students in this country have norm debt, and it will just add to the increasing debt that students have

katty: you can go to a public university here for less than 20,000. still, the numbers for private university are staggering when you compare them with others. we would love to hear if you think the cost of your school is worth it. you can reach me and most of the bbc team. for all of us here, thank you for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> makes sense of international news. >> running of the presentation is made by the freeman foundation. the newman's own foundation. giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler. mufg. >> build a solid foundation and you can connect community and commerce for centuries. that is the strength to between desk behind good relationships. we believe financial partnerships should endure the test of time. what matters is that you are strong enough to support it. we build relationships that hold the world. >> captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> our coalition is strong, our cause is just, and our mission will succeed. >> woodruff: president obama asks congress to approve mili

juan williams: and a letter comes back a few days later signed by the university president saying university of maryland law school does not accept people of color. marshall's ecstatic, because now he says i've got a policy written out stated and signed, and i am going to file a lawsuit. narrator: on june 17th, 1935, in an empty courtroom, houston and marshall begin the first serious attempt to enroll a black student in a segregated white university. juan williams: a judge at the lower court level, eugene o'dunne, calls the case andmarshall, accompanied by dean houston, and they make the argument that if the university doesn't have a separate and equal law school for blacks, then it must admit blacks to the existing facility. rawn james: they say your honor we're not asking you to overturn plessy versus ferguson. we would not ask you to do that. we know this is a trial court. we are asking you to enforce plessy v ferguson. narrator: under his close supervision, marshall joined houston in the use of exhaustive research to confront and surprise university of maryland president raymond pearson,

do philadelphia university. regardless of the name of the school, it's been a long time coaching. now at 73. >> 10 years becomes 20, 20 to their, 30 to 40 and before everything is said and done there's a bunch of wins there. and the wins are important but sometimes you reflect back on some of the games you lost and they hurt a little bit even more as you start reflecting but i always have approach one game at a time. >> overtime the game has changed changed. three-point line, a shot clock has been added since within number one but the basics for herb magee haven't. >> i think i've always done it the same way and that's always been treat kid the same way you want to be treated. the kids -- something is gone going wrong treat them you think you would like to be treated. that's what i've done my whole career. >> 999 wins one away from history. but one thing still more important than numbers. >> it's about the relationships you have with young people and those young people become older people and then they have chil

so vibrant, this university.nd just behind us in just a couple of hours the president will be here to talk to folks about immigration. what would you like to hear the president say? >> well, i want him to be firm and to stand behind his beliefs and just tell us and encourage us to really go out there and apply. if you are eligible for daca and the dapa programs now is the time to really get involved and really see in you're eligible so that you can take advantage of the programing. because if you don't, then we can miss out on an opportunity to really show that there is a need for change. >> yes. diane, i know you're involved hosting a hangout, right? >> i did a google hangout. >> what was that like? >> great. weird to get involved like that because you're not physically there with the people. fantastic. you open up a conversation. what i'm here doing and important for now for a lot of us. >> you see it. a little promotional, a little graphic to show that there's going to be ininvolvement, look there you go. how

best educators to other universities. all vacantings will also be eliminated and no merit-based raises will be given. for students, how this will affect you, you will still see that 2% increase on your mid- year tuition. at the university of maryland's campus, i'm nikki burdine. back to you in the studio. >>> it is 6:34. we want to congratulate our facebook fan of the day. bryan lenard from mechanicsville. he says, i wake up every morning to wusa9. wouldn't miss it. >> thank you, bryan. we hope you're having a good wednesday. you at home, we would love for you to become our next wusa9 facebook fan of the day. you can win the ultimate pizza party from papa john's. large pizzas, bread sticks, chicken popper, dessert and sow today. it's easy to enter. -- soda. it's easy to enter. just go to the facebook page and fill out the >>> it's 6:37. we'll be climbing. a cold front will be dragged in here as we head into tomorrow morning. today we'll get nice and mild. a few clouds early. we'll go through the morning with increasing su

they the universities didn't come out to the got students. the students applied to the university.hey knew exactly what they were getting into. they knew exactly what the costs were. they got student loans. now obligated to pay student loans back. got value for the service. they need to pay the service. no different than going into home depot and taking something that doesn't belong to you because you say you don't have the money. outrage for politicians to even tell students don't worry about the debt. yeah, worry about the debt. pay it back. be responsible. gerri: isn't this natural extension of the democratic democrats efforts here give away education? to make education free? president wants a pay as you earn budget so that ultimately you can have college debt forgiven. isn't natural step, college students say, i'm not paying? >> they will find out real quick nothing is free. you have to earn what you get in america. and, if a college education is free, it ain't going to be worth a penny. the fact of the matter is, we have great resilience in the education system between private

>> universities have to abide by the rules that are in place. and the rules as they stand put the onus on the state department to screen out these applicants who may be preparing for studying here and going back and contributing to iran's nuclear program. so for the time being universities do have to toe a fine line, where they are not taking the onus and policing the laws on their own. but they are taking a nuanced approach that they are abiding by what they are told. umass went far beyond that. the state department, working with the authorities and to craft a policy that they are not discriminating, and hopefully we get a nuclear deal that begins to unwind these sanctions so we don't have to continue to put up with these difficulties and see universities burdened by these tough laws that they have to adhere for. jamal, thanks for joining us we appreciate it. >>> still ahead the conference to stop what the white house calls violence extremism. we will show you what the president said. >>> plus we'll look at recent antimuslim situations in the u

the council member says the university could be referred to as mb-udc. knowing his legacy, some students welcome the name change, but the student is not sure. >> was that? this is my first semester here, i have no idea. >> they say that is why is necessary, so that younger washingtonians know of his legacy. muriel bowser already named the summer youth employment program for him, and there are other options across the district to honor him, they say.

joining us to talk about his university, historically black colleges and universities. if you have questions for him 202-748-8000 for the eastern and central time zones, 202-748-8001 for mountain and pacific. and if you attended an hbcu, 202-748-8002. we'll take those calls momentarily. dr. blanchard, college education is where you're at, but we have someone on twitter who asked if you've seen a decline pattern in freshman attendance due to insufficient high school u.s. curricula? i wonder if you take a look at what's going on at the high school level especially as those students come to your college. >> guest: yeah we spend quite a bit of time in our enrollment management work looking at high schools. obviously, looking at the feeder schools, the main feeder schools for xavier not only here in the state and in the region, but across the country. and really getting a better understanding of why it is that students select xavier and then why they are not. and what we are finding in the category of why they are not i'll start there primarily has hinged on affordability is

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use a former teacher at georgetown and towson university's, as well as the university of maryland. -- he is a former teacher at georgetown and towson universities as well as the university of maryland. >> a lawsuit against the ferguson, missouri, police department may be in the works. cnn alleges that the will allege racial discrimination. the due year jay will follow suit if ferguson does not make changes on its own. federal charges are not expected against officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of michael brown last year. >> the search for a pair of bank robbers that targeted a bb&t bank this afternoon, then the wells fargo in sterling. during that incident, one suspects threaten the teller with a gun. the fbi is investigating if they are tied with other bank robberies. if you have information, contact the authorities. >> a prince george's county man is accused of soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex. investigators say that 21-year-old vincent hill sent explicit messages to the girl using a messaging app called kik. she went to the police and an undercover officer stepped into

i'm pat ciarrocchi in university city watch as these two new drexel university grads are surprised, on a random tuesday afternoon. >>> and priceless treasures at princeton, history comes alive as the the university receives rare artifacts, involving beethoven, independent day and the bible. kathy? >>> in weather we're talking about cold, moving back into the delaware val which an arctic front record cold again, it could happen two more times this week. i'll have details on that coming up. >>> eagles safety nate allen is deeven ifing his name and reputation after a teenage girl said she saw him committing a lewd act in his car last night in florida. >> i kept telling these detectives, they girl, girls could have ruin my life tonight. >> allen was detained and questioned for five hours. i'll tell you what the teenager is saying about nate ahead in sports. jacklyn: our middle schools have classes that are devoted for test prep. my kids only have a half a year science and a half a year social studies to make room for preparing for the test. gina: we have no after-school programs, we have n

. >>> we have breaking news from the university of massachusetts amherst. controversial admissions policy banning iranian nationals from some graduate programs in the energy sector just been reversed. moments ago, this is just coming in that the school told us "the university of massachusetts amherst as of this announcement the will accept iranian students into science and engineering programs developing individualized studies, it follows consultation with the state department and outside counsel." we'll have a lot more on this later in the show. it ignited a firestorm and two important voices from on that campus on what led up to the change. >>> up next, as the world turns, the real life daytime drama of europe's real life greek tragedy. the clock is ticking now to hold that country back from the economic brink but some hard-nosed and colorful person als have threatened to stubborn negotiations. that's all next. look, jamie, maybe we weren't the lowest rate this time. but when you show people their progressive direct rate and our competitors' rates you can

i have one child who's been to university in the uk and one to the university in america.etty clear the quality of education is better here in the states. there's simply more teaching going on. what's less clear to me is whether it's worth the enormous extra cost. fees at george washington doubled in the last 2 1/2 decades. it was a deliberate strategy to make the college more attractive. because humans are complicated animals, it worked. >> reporter: is it worth the money? >> who knows? is it better to drive a cadillac than a chevrolet? both get you from point a to point b. >> reporter: the university's former president oversaw an investment boom here and has no regrets about run away fees. >> if they can find a job and are able to practice their profession and they can make a living, well then the university has served the purpose presumably they wanted society wanted. if they can pay the debt back it's not a problem. >> reporter: eventually competition will cap college fees in america and it won't come from buildings and stadiums and beautiful dorm rooms, it will come f

that win came as rams beat the post university eagles university.y is live outside philadelphia university with more on that story, syma good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. if you think bit herb magee has been coaching for 48 years. that makes it at least 20 wins a season, making a thousand wins a remarkable feat. the the pressure was on for philadelphia university's mens basketball team as they rally with toyed bring their coach herb magee his 1,000 win last night. it took him 48 seasons to hit that milestone with the rams winning 80-60 against post university marking number 1,000. >> i never really thought about it, until just now, you know, 1,000 wins that is a lot. >> reporter: the 37 year-old coached saturday at the court that only holds about 1200 fans and a few rows of bleachers which sounded more like a louder stadium,. >> his attitude toward winning is phenomenal. that is all he knows and all he instills in his players. >> reporter: magee's overall record is 1,000 win to 398 losses. he has spent his entire adult life at the phi

the university says it's following the law here. >> reporter: that's right the university says it's ao the change in its admission policy. the school is no longer admitting students from iran for some graduate science and engineering programs. >> it is 100% not okay. it's basically racism. >> reporter: the university says it's following a 2012 federal law that blocks iranian nationals from getting a visa to study in the u.s. if they juan to work in the nuclear or energy fields. part of sanctions to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. >> they're prejudging the people that want to study science and assuming they're going to use it for something negative and that's not okay. it's limiting. >> reporter: opponents are making their views known on a facebook page with more than 3,000 followers. the university is standing by its decision saying in a statement "we recognize that our adherence to federal law may create difficulties for our students from iran and regard this as unfortunate. we have no choice but to institute policies and procedures to ensure we're in full compliance w