the university of colorado boulder campus is using a new process taking into account the students' economic standing along side his or her grades. nebraska has a program offering free instate tuition for pell grant recipients who continue to do well in their constitution, and florida university offering extra assistance to the economically disadvantaged. after michigan's ban took effect many of its public colleges stepped up recruiting campaigns to attract minority applicants, however the number of black and latino applicants have dropped by a third since the ban started. >> in states where affirmative action is pro h prohibited. one such state is florida where a ban on racial considerations has been in affect since 2001. joining us now to discuss how the university of florida has adapt is joe glover, senior vice president for academy affairs. provost. welcome to the program. was there a drop off of minority students after the ban. >> yes, but we discovered ways to work around that drop off. >> you still wanted a diversified body, how did you get one? >> yes, we believe we have achieved it.

, university of colorado at boulder, colorado state university in fort collins, major national companies like intel, google, microsoft, have a presence, and there's a strong start-up scene as well. >> host: congressman polis, recently you led a fight against the cell phone unlocking bill. what was that kerfuffle about? >> guest: well, you know, we had a good -- so this is about somebody's right to unlock their cell phone and change their carrier. now, not if you're under contract to a carrier. some people get a free cell phone because they sign up for that. it means if you're not in contract, you should be able to unlock your cell phone and choose your carrier. there was a a ruling by the librarian of congress that consumers couldn't. there was a good faith effort to change that. president obama announced the voluntary agreement by industry providers that got us there. this was supposed to enshrine that in statute, and there was a bill that was reported out of committee that did that, but at the last minute some languag

. >> you know some of the schools - i think the university of colorado, in boulder, has implemented such programme. i think there are other universities doing the same. what do we think of the approach. is it too early to gauge results at this point? >> boulder is a great example with strong results. they have a normal race-based affirmative action. they have implemented a socioaffirmative plan. it looks at two factors, looking at a disadvantage index and overachievement. they are looking at factors of a family's socioeconomic status and parent income and seeing how do the students achieve relative to students of the same background and created more economic diversity and racial diversity using the socioeconomic plan than under the race-based affirmative action. it's been successful and a model that other schools will do well to follow. >> thank you hally, from the central foundation, focussing on public policy solutions in education. thank you. >>> recent violence in south sudan drove thousands of civilians to seek safety with u.n. troops, fighting between the s.p.l.a. and the governmen

on our toped research universities, university of older -- colorado at boulder. there is a strong startup scene. >> recently on the house floor, you lead a fight against the cell phone unlocking bill. what was that about? this is about somebody's right to unlock their cell phone and change their carrier. not if you are under contract to a carrier. some people get a free cell phone because they sign up for that. if you're not in contract, you should be able to unlock your cell phone and choose your carrier. there was a ruling by the librarian of congress that consumers could not. there was a good-faith effort to change that. president obama announced the voluntary agreements by providers that got us there. there's a bill that was reported out of committee that did that. at the last minute, some language was added that through uncertainty around this bill. it created the question of bulk unlocked phones. many consumers with technical expertise try to unlock their cell phones. there is no reason for us to have a vibrant market that should be unavailable for consumer

good example is university of colorado boulder.they were faced with affirmative action ban, they came up with an action plan they use along side their race based plan. they found the socioeconomic one compared to students that face the same obstacles they did. that has actually increased race -- the admissions race of underrepresented minorities compared to race based affirmative action. so it's actually increasing those. >> right out the box, i'm in favor of class based attempts to admit students from poor backgrounds, et cetera. >> of all races. >> absolutely. i think there's a huge issue in the 21st century is going to be of the class line. economic disparities. having said that, let's be clear about what this decision was about and what it wasn't. the court still has allowed the notion that institutions, colleges and universities can create race one that is up to stand. this decision today doesn't touch that. this is about how the political process can be changed. >> but it has whittling away at the justification. and the justi

a model they want to follow is the university of boulder. developing a soeshia economic plan looking at different factors. not just income, but education levels, what was the high school like, what resources were available. consider all of that and then measure achievement based on comparing them to students of similar backgrounds. how do we consider that student's credentials, considering the soeshia economic obstacles. when you make class or focus, when you take race out of the equation, do you achieve the diversity that american schools want or should achieve. >> it shouldn't be one thing or the other. it's a combination of considerations of background which could include race, something that people are born into. also, a class which people are born into, but in a different way. then... >> in a less obvious way. >> because then if we are only considering socioeconomic status, this is presupposing that diversity will come back when we have considerations of poor people, saying that all blacks, all hispanic people, all native american peopl

that's according to a study at the university of colorado at boulder. there is pat. both funny contributors. >>researchers evaluated data that included the number of comedy clubs and the number of famous comedians from here. they also surveyed people from the top ten cities about their sense of humor and how important it is. while the city has high marks for being funny, residents in the survey had a hard time thinking of a funny joke. the research says chicago humor is more about observational humor. that's the smartest kind. >> i agree. anybody can memorize a joke but pat and vanna, all those guys are on the spot. that's what makes them so funny. and demetrius as well. >> they are professionals. you know they will rose to. it's 63 degrees right now. the temperatures are going to climb into the mid '70s. yesterday we were at 79. just a bit closer to a call in number today. but we still are in the '70s. it's 54 in lansing. 57 in bartlett. 58 in union. in a start today. we will be in the '70s. but take your umbrella with you. with a potential for showers and thunderst

they were at the university of colorado at boulder to discuss congress and potential presidential candidates. here is a little bit of that. >> people who tell you that they think they know what is going to areen in 2016 really smoking something that is not legal here in colorado. [laughter] legal here in colorado. [laughter] there are some clues. i will debit the sheldon adelson primary. [laughter] it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. you can tell by who chose to participate in the primary, who is looking at 2016. these are people who went to a forum sponsored by the world's eighth richest man, sheldon adelson, whose principal interests are two -- israel and the prevention of internet intoing, which will cut the fact that he is the world's eighth richest man, largely based on casino gambling in las vegas and macau. the people who went to las vegas to see sheldon adelson included chris christie, the governor of new jersey. anyone hear of them? [laughter] he has been out of the news a lot lately. he is the governor of new jersey, which includes part of the george washington bridge. only h

they were at the university of colorado at boulder to discuss congress and potential presidential candidates. here is a letter -- a little of that event. >> it was held a few weeks ago in las vegas. you can tell by who chose to whoicipate in that primary is looking, not necessarily who is favored, but who is looking at 2016. these are people who went to a world'sonsored by the eighth richest man, sheldon adelson, whose principal israel andre two -- the prevention of internet gambling, which will of course cut into the fact that he is the world's eighth richest man, largely based on casino gambling in las vegas and macau. the people who went to las vegas to see sheldon adelson included a man you may have heard of, chris christie -- he is the governor of new jersey, has him?dy heard of he has been out of the news. i just wanted to remind you he is the governor of new jersey, which includes part of the george washington bridge. only half of the george washington bridge, as my good friend points out. not the new york half, which has behaved a little bit better. ofumber of over -- a number other

the university of colorado at boulder has recently implemented a socioeconomic affirmative action planxisting race-based plan that actually looks at a number of different socioeconomic factors for students and balances that with their overachievement. how is their academic qualifications compared to students of similar backgrounds who face those same educational obstacles. >> ahkil, you were saying before that you deal with these admissions. >> i'm the faculty director of admissions, actually. >> all the time. >> and when we actually believe in affirmative action, we believe in racial affirmative action, and thank goodness you see that justice kennedy didn't use this an opportunity to say you can't do it at all, which is what scalia and thomas were skag. but we focus on whether you were the first kid in your family to ever go to college or ever go to graduate school. from a yale law school perspective, you have two of our graduates on the supreme court. you have three but justice sotomayor and justice thomas both beneficiaries of affirmative action, as was i. you know, when i got admit

procrastination might be in your genes that's right according to new research out of the university of colorado boulderprocrastination may have a lot to do with your genetic make up and it's been in our genes since the earliest days of humanity scientists arrive at these results by surveying one hundred eighty one pairs of i don't. twins and one hundred sixty six pairs of fraternal twins his highness surveyed the twins and their ability is set and maintaining goals and noted of any of them had an increased risk of procrastination or on the other hand impulsivity after studying the twin pairs the scientists arrived at the conclusion that not only is our pro cross a nation and impulsivity in our genes but they also both appear to have helped our ancestors survive and evolve i put this forward as a hypothesis back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight for some i did in print . i called it the hunter farmer hypothesis and i suggested that that in hunting gathering societies that the the what we would call distractibility or or it would be a really very useful thing and that in a farming society these w

from the university of kentucky, university of tennessee, notre dame and ohio state are partners with the hub that's in detroit. and there are researchers from boulder, indiana, notre dame, u.t. austin and wisconsin who are partnering with the hub in chicago. what are these hubs? just some diffuse academic team that shares names and a little bit of data with each other? no, if there were, for example, to be a hub in maine on composites you'd find researchers at the university of delaware who have done great work on composites and companies doing work in composites partnering with the fundamental research being done say hypotheticalally at the university of maine and learning about how to deploy that new technology in ways that would benefit the local work force and local manufacturers. that's why there's so much leverage coming out of these linkages, why the hubs are so powerful in germany's experience. it is a way to harness our federal investment in research by the national labs and state universities with the energy of the private sector and the capacity of our manufacturers to relentlessly innovate. we have a very broad menu of bipartisan manufa

a panel at the annual world affairs at university of colorado with the democratic and republican strategist. and talked about the 2014 2060 elections. from boulder, colorado, this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you. mic on? oh, yes. sorry for that. i want to get started. we run as tight a ship as we can for world affairs. welcome to session 2164 of the conference of world affairs, entitled "the political crystal ball." how appropriate, given what is coming in the next couple years. today is tuesday, april 8, and we are in umc 235. -- ime is suzi addicks m have the pleasure of moderating this panel today. we will have each of our panelists give some comments, roughly 10 minutes. them an opportunity, if they wish, to comment on each other's comments. up tonviting you to come the microphones on either side of the dais. we will give preference to students. if i see students in line, do not feel upset if i call them to the microphone ahead of you. that is the focus of the conference. i want to start this morning by reminding all of you to turn off your cell phones, any other elect rick -- electronic devices that you have. we do this out of resp

university of colorado. this panel forecasts the political future. you'll hear from democratic and republican strategists about the 2014 and the 2016 elections. from boulder colorado, this is about an hour, 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> mic on? oh, yes. [laughter] sorry for that. i want to get started because, as you know, we run as tight a ship as we can for world affairs. good morning, everyone, and welcome to session 2164 of the conference of world affairs. this session is entitled "the political crystal ball," how appropriate given what's coming in the next couple years. and just for the recording, i need the say that today -- i know you know what today is -- today is tuesday, april 8th. it's 9:30, and we are in umc 135. >> [inaudible] >> 235, thank you. [laughter] good, you're checking me. my name is suzy ageton, and i have the pleasure of moderating this panel in morning. -- this morning. we will have each of our panelists give some comments, roughly ten minutes if they so choose, and then i will give them an opportunity if they wish to to comment on each other's comments, and i may throw in a question at that point as i'm inviting you to