time sullivan, who is the president university of vermont and he was peacefully the senior vice president at the university of minnesota. we have the university of michigan and trying to grapple with the future of research universities and public research universities. to my left we have domenico grasso, who is dean of the college here at the university of vermont and we have william dabars, who is a research fellow for the university of design in the office of the president of arizona state university. they have answered a number of questions in advance that i will draw from. when you ask about scholarship and research at public research universities today, should there be a different aspiration for public and private great universities, or is it the same? >> well, i think the answer has to be a definite no, there should not be a difference. i think the public, when they are supporting, regardless of what level, public institutions need to know that they will be of the highest quality and first rate and compete on the global stage for talent and faculty and also students. i think it is particularly important for public universities to ready those expect

university of new york. daniel mark fogel, past president of the university of vermont. james duderstadt, the president emeritus of the university of michigan. we put the michigan people together. and we have michael crow, also past president of michigan state herson, past president of michigan state. we have seen a lot of university presidents. shortly after the sullivan fiasco at the university of virginia, -- i am tamar lewin from the new york times -- i was talking to a lot of past and present presidents of universities, and possibly the most passionately frustrated with the past president of the university of wisconsin. she said, it was so much easier to run the department of health and human services then the university of wisconsin because i have the power to do something. as the university's head, people do not understand we do not have the power. all we can do is try to push and pull and persuade. thinking about that together with some of the ones that have run into real problems. it was not an accident that happened. it was not missed communication with the board. it was a real structural difficulty about should be a candidate be

the university of michigan lists and dies by that. if we get good deans, they do extraordinary things. if we get bad ones, then we make a change, ok? more and more of the large public universities are following this pattern of pushing downward in the university control of resources, because that is where it is generated. at the university of michigan, we are very much a public university. but the public we serve and the public that supports us have very little to do with michigan. only four% of our budget is paid by taxpayers. but we seem to have adapted to that very well. so, think perhaps of the future of these public research universities. they are loosely coupled, but highly adaptive. >> [indiscernible] what would it take to make the university of vermontand other ones more easily governable? is this a model that you see? >> well, we are not quite so loosely linked as the university of michigan. but there has historically been a great deal of centripetal force at our university -- centrifugal force rather, that has placed a lot of

a guy who is running a student council. >> well, anderson, as a private citizen and as a university of michigan alum, i care because this is my university and i wasn't the only first person to criticize chris. in fact, long before i started the blog a couple of weeks before that, the alliance defense fund, a well-known legal christian foundation, put out an alert about chris. so i'm not the only person that has criticized chris and i'm not the first person to criticize chris. >> but you are the only person running this blog, which is putting nazi swastikas on this guy. you're a grown adult. does that seem appropriate to you? >> like i said, this is a political campaign. this is nothing personal against chris. i don't know chris -- >> what do you mean it's nothing personal? you're outside his house, videotaping his house, shouting him down at public events, calling him satan's representative on the student council, attacking his parents, his friends' parents. you can't say it's not personal. >> well, chris and any political campaign, you have to raise awareness and issues, and that's one way of

university of minnesota. then we have jim, the president emeritus and university professor of science and engineering at the university of michiganing to grapple with the future of research universities and public research universities in particular then to my left we have the vice president for research and dean of the graduate college at the university of vermont and and then at the upper and we have william daars at the university design and the office of the president of arizona state university. they have answered a number of questions in advance that i will draw from and you have in the material and i want to start by asking all of the panelists and i will mabey go down starting with our host the question about aspirations. when you think of scholarship and research at public research universities today should there be a different aspiration for public and private great universities or is it the same? >> i think the answer has to be a definite no there shouldn't be a difference. i think the public when they are supporting regardless of what level public institutions need to know that they will be of the highest poverty and

of the gaza conflict. we're going to head to ann arbor, michigan and juan cole a mideastern scholar at the university of michigan. juan, thanks so much for being here in "the war room." i hope you were listening to that conversation with hussein. were you able to hear it? >> yes, i was. >> jennifer: great. so from your perspective inside of gaza, i want to get at -- so the people see how has the economic blockade impacted palestinians on the ground? >> well, the israeli economic blockade is devastating to the gaza economy. the people in gaza, the palestinians in gaza are not able to export most of what they produce. whether agriculture or handy crafts or whatever. they can't get it out of the country. and so their own market and that's it. it has driven people into poverty. it has created about 56% of palestinians in gaza are food insecure. they're not starving to death. there's not a lot of -- malnutrition. it is not clear to me why the israeli -- that should be about bringing in weapons. to send out their goods. >> jennifer: so juan, you heard hussein's description of the challenge with hamas palestinian autho

the 17-year-old running back has committed to play football for the university of michigan after his the while maintaining a 4.0 gpa. but it was this play in an early october game when he stepped out of bounds just one yard shy of a touchdown that has many calling ferns a hero. >> being able to make what happened happen, you know, was more important than some statistic in our record books. >> reporter: believe it or not, the coach planned for ferns to run out of bound, also that the big score and the boosted spirits that come with it could go to this young man. freshman logan thompson whose father had died two days earlier after suffering a stroke. >> he meant the world to me at the time. it made me forget all the bad things that were going through my mind. >> reporter: thompson had insisted despite his father's death to suit up for the game, so ferns and his teammates conspired to give the 15-year-old a special way to honor his dad. >> i think my dad would have been really proud. growing up as a kid, my father and i would always pass a football in the backyard. >> reporter: after tel

supreme court actually issued two affirmative actions rulings today both having to do with the university of michigan. by just one vote, 5-4 the court ruled that the university's law school can continue to use race as a factor in its admission. the law school considers race, but only on a subjective case by case basis. >> i'm overjoyed, this is a huge victory. a tremendous victory for the new civil rights movement. >> reporter: but in a six will have three ruling the court ruled against the university's administration program saying that program goes too far because it awards bonus points to minority applicants giving them a clear advantage. jesse choper says today's rulings didn't necessarily break new ground, but are significant because in recent years, affirmative action has come under attack. >> this came very close to reaffirming the status quo. you want to have an affirmative action program you can do it so long as you structure it the right way. >> reporter: no to one admissions program, no to the other. the split division was called a victory because it gives her a constitutional road map to

the 17-year-old running back has committed to play football for the university of michigan, after his team wrapped up an undefeated season this year. all the while, maintaining a 4.0gpa. but it was this play in an early october game when he stepped out of bounds just one yard shy of a touchdown that has many calling him a hero. >> being able to make what happened happen, you know, was more important than some record book. >> reporter: sinclair coach planned for him to run out of bound, and the big score could go to this young man, freshman logan thompson, whose father died two days earlier after suching suffering a stroke. >> he made me forget the bad things ever. >> reporter: he insisted despite his father's death, to suit up for the game, so ferns and the teammate conspired to give the 15-year-old a special way to honor his dad. >> my dad would be proud, my father and i would also toss the ball back and forth. >> reporter: after it telling ferns to stop short of the end zone, he sent thompson in, his first start as a varsity running back, and he scored his first touchdown moments la

the 17 year old running back committed to playing football for the university of michigan after his team wrapped up an un defeated season this year. maintaining a 4.0 gpa. this play in an early october game, he stepped out of bounds, one yard shy of a touchdown, that has many calling burn as hero. >> being able to make it happen was more important than some. >> the coach planned for the are up out of bounds, that the big score and boosted spirits could go to logan thompson, whose father died two days earlier after suffering a stroke. >> he meant the world to me at the time. it made me forget the bad things. >> had insisted despite his father's death, to suit up for the game. furns and his teammates conspired to give the 15 year old a special way to honor his dead. >> my father and i would toss the ball in the backyard. >> after telling him to stop short, the coach sent thompson in to the game, his first start as a varsity running back and a few moments later, he stored his first touchdown. >> we got together, to honor logan and his father, we never jumped in to the locker room. quite a s

i'm still staying optimistic, two really important numbers at that came out this week, the university of michiganmer confidence survey shows that it's at the highest level since july of 2007 and additionally, the expectations for the next six months are also at the the highest level in five years, despite the uncertainty, consumers are feeling pretty good and the word out of washington today, is a lot of trying to work together. >> well, gary b, actually, i mn, do you know what it means if we fall off the fiscal cliff for you? i don't know, does anybody know? and is that uncertainty that gary k was talking about really the key here? >> i'll go beyond the uncertainty that gary k said. i think it's doom and gloom. brenda, if you walked outside the studio and grabbed ten people off the street, all ten of them, if you ask what does the fiscal cliff really mean? they go, i don't know, but it sounds bad. this fiscal cliff sounds bad, it doesn't sound like a good thing and brenda, when you he this day after day after day, i think it starts to weigh on consumers out there. it sounds gloomy, it sounds ter

justin, thank you, sir, from the university of michigan. to have you. >> thanks, alex. >> catch one of the key players in the fiscal cliff negotiations right here on "now" when senator patty murray joins us tomorrow at noon eastern. >>> and coming up after their romney nominee received just over a quarter of the latino vote republicans say they're ready to put up when it comes to comprehensive immigration reform. what are they doing about it? so far putting up a lot of window dressing. the display when telemundo's jose diaz-balart joins us ahead. want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve t

the 17-year-old running back committed to playing football for university of michigan after his team undefeated season this year. all the while maintaining a 4.0, gpa. but it was this play in an early october game when he stepped out of bound just one yard shy of a touchdown, that has many calling him a hero. >> being able to make what happened, happen, you know, was more important than, some record book. >> reporter: the coach planned for him to run out of bound. also that the big score and the boosted spirits that come with it could go to this young man. freshman logan thompson whose father had died two days earlier after suffering a stroke. >> it meant the world to me. it made me forget all the bad thing that were going through my mind. >> reporter: thompson insisted despite his father's death to suit up for the game. so farnes and his teammate conspired to give the 15-year-old a special way to n honor his dad. >> my dad would be proud. >> reporter: after telling him to stop short of the end zone, coach mclane sent thompson into the game, his first start as a varsity running back.

the study by the university of michigan found that more women than men have driver's license. they looked at gender trends in driver's license between 1995 and 2010 and researchers say the findings findings of economic and safety applications, women are more likely to buy smaller, safer and more fuel efficient cars. >>> the iphone 5 just hit the market but there's already talk that apple is working on a newer version. according to a chinese newspaper, the iphone 5s will enter trial production next month. the reason, production issues with the current iphone and they might be able to make a few more bucks, too. >>> it's 4:48 now. fewer babies are being born premature. early births dropped from 12.8% in 2006 to 11.7% last year. the improvement comes after a national campaign urged doctors not to schedule deliveries early unless there was a medical reason. >>> a new study finds graphic warning labels on cigarettes are effective. doctors at the medical university of south carolina tested them on 1000 american smokers. most smokers said the pictures made them think about quitting mo

all through proxies of course right because you can hire people who can do that i mean a university of michigan team of computer scientists went to washington d.c. a couple years ago and showed them how they could break into their voting system and change the mayoral race from one candidate to the other is the winner so this can all be done my investigation of these corporations like monsanto tell me that they will do anything literally anything to win. and vote fraud is just the least of these i mean they want to flood the planet with food. medical engineered about which no health studies safety studies that are reliable have ever been done so to say what would they participate in broke fraud in a second if they can find a convincing way to do it and it's quite possible that they have like i say. i got suspicious immediately because the early votes that were coming in on prop thirty seven in california were heavily weighted against it it looked from the outset as if it was a total loss because where did all those votes come from as far as we knew right up until the election evening it looked s

the university of michigan reuters consumer sentiment index this month rose to 84.9. that's its highest level since july of 2007. the dow added four points, the nasdaq was up nine, the s&p 500 added two points. for the week overall, the dow fell 2.1%. the nasdaq dropped 2.6%. and the s&p 500 is 2.4% lower tonight compared to a week ago. >> reporter: while president obama and house speaker boehner both say they're open to new ideas, wall streeters remain cautious about the fiscal cliff. meridien equity partners' joe greco says the market doesn't expect it to be resolved this year. >> i think we're going to see a push pull back and forth and we're probably not going to see much compromise until mid to late january. if we don't get things in order by february that's when things can start to get ugly for the markets. >> reporter: with so much short- term risks, greco says retail investors are sitting on the sidelines until congress and the president reach consensus on the fiscal cliff. he says today's buyers were mostly institutional investors. >> you're going to see the b

university of michigan says cons7 sentiment went up this month, index increased 19% in the last year and where they are concerned is the fiscal cliff. >> new in the next five minutes on abc 7 news at 5:00 what are the must haves on the wish list? 7 on your side michael finney will show which stores are offering the best deals on products this black friday. including computers, tvs and sporting equipment. >> stay tuned for that. 49ers coach cleared the air today about his ig regular heartbeat ask a possible quarterback controversial. he received electrical therapy. as for the controversy, he says isn't one. >> two quarterbacks we're confident have one force. and... we believe in. and... to me, it's opposite of a controversy. >> coach expects alex smith to be cleared soon. back up quarterback will start sunday if smith is not cleared. >> a bay area woman is going back home tonight after an abc 7 news i team investigation uncovered officials violating a federal regulation. >> that is right. now, the county is changing policy moving the woman back into the home she never wanted to leave.

>> i graduated from the university of michigan with a master's degree in women's studies. i work for a nonprofit organization in detroit that provides after-school programs for girls, and ged classes for woman, and i work as a community organizer in southwest detroit, and i plan to go to law school. >> jennifer: all right. so no incidents, nothing has hand that would cause me to regret the decision right? >> absolutely not. >> jennifer: okay. so tell people -- i don't think people can imagine what it was like to spending 16 years in prison and then one day be free. >> it was like living in hell and then walking into heaven. every day i'm so grateful to have an opportunity to live as a free person and to pursue my career and to be with my family and friends, and i'm just so grateful every day. >> jennifer: and you are i hear a young mother as well. >> i am. i had a child a little girl and i want you to know governor granholm, when you look at her picture, i want you to know that her life would not have been possible, had you not given me a second chance. >> jennifer: now yo

the thomson-reuters, university of michigan consumer sentiment survey for november was up just a fraction from a month ago, but it continues trending higher. the pace of the increase slowed the same month as election day, and as talks over avoiding the fiscal cliff heated up in washington. fewer americans filed for unemployment insurance for the first time last week. initial jobless claims fell by 41,000 as the impact of super- storm sandy on the job market began to ease. still, new claims remain over 400,000 thanks to the storm. on wall street: the dow closed up 48 points, the nasdaq added almost 10, and the s&p 500 finished higher by three. >> susie: stocks also rose on news of a ceasefire in the fighting between hamas and israel in the gaza strip. the announcement came after a week of rocket attacks and counter-attacks that has killed an estimated 150 people. most of the dead are palestinians. and just before that agreement to end hostilities, a bomb exploded in a tel aviv bus station injuring 27. >> tom: i don't wake up trying to solve for wall street, i wake up trying to solve for ou

the university of michigan found more women than men are now driving. 2010, more than a million more licenses were issued to women than men. an author of the study says the trend could change the landscape of the auto industry as women are more likely to buy smaller, safer, and more fuel-efficient cars. >> more women than men. >> more women. >> stay away from any comments on that. thanks for joining us this evening. "nightly news" is next. we'll see you for more local news at 6:00. >> good night. see you then. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. >>> on our broadcast tonight, the fallout from the petraeus scanda

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university of vermont and our host today, and he was previously the senior vice president for academic provost at the university of minnesota. then we have jim duderstadt who is president emeritus at the university of michigan and who has led many a panel trying to grapple with the future of research universities and public research universities in particular. then to my left we have domenico grasso who is vice president for research and dean of the graduate college here at the university of vermont. and then at the other end we have william dabars who is in the office of the president at arizona state university. they have answered a number of questions in advance that i'll draw from and that you have in your materials, and i wanted to start by asking all of the panelists, and i'll maybe go down starting with our host, to ask the question about aspirations. when you think about scholarship and research at public research universities today, should there be a different aspiration for public and private great universities, or is it the same? >> i think the answer, i think the answer has to be a definite no, there should not be a difference. i think the public when they are supporting regardless at what level

. >> reporter: justin wolfers of the university of michigan just published a study on polling data, whereague looked at data from hundreds of elections dating back to the 1930s, asking what pollsters question was the best predictor of who got elected. it was not the obvious one, which candidate do you prefer, which they say would have predicted only 69% of the elections they studied accurately. rather, it was, which candidate do you expect to win? 81% of the time, voters consensus on that turned out to be correct. and that's because, wolfers believes, voters, real people, know things. >> the amount of nchx, it's almost like you're a little pollster. >> mitt romney wins the popular vote but loses the electoral college. >> it's a tie. >> reporter: let the pundits predict. it just may be that voters know best, not only what's in their own hearts, but also those of everybody else in line. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> it is going to be close. and as they proclaim here in cleveland today, it's all about ohio. "good morning america," first thing in the morning and diane sa sawyer right

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