200 cash prizes for students and teachers totaling 100,000. For rules and how to get started, go to studentcam. Org. More from interviews with University President s in the big 10 conference. This is Robert Barchi from rutgers. Its about 40 minutes. Cspan bus big 10 tour wraps up today. Today, cspan is on the campus of Rutgers University in new jersey. Joining us from rutgers is the University President there, dr. Robert barchi. He will take your questions, your comments about Higher Education. Let me give the lines out here for our viewers. Students, 2025853880. Parents, 2025852881. Educators, 2025853882. New jersey residents, 2025853883. You dont have to have ties to rutgers. We want to hear comments, questions about Higher Education. Dr. Barchi, let me begin with what keeps you up at night about Higher Education, the challenges with it. Well, that is a huge question. I guess it depends on the day of the week. Theres something every day that keeps me up at night. I guess the biggest
Cspans washington journal recently conducted interviews with president s at universities in the big ten conference. Challenges facing Higher Education. Its about 50 minutes. This week, we continue our month long series of interviews with University President s in conjunction with the cspan buss Big Ten College tour. This morning, cspan bus is on the campus of penn state and University Park in pennsylvania. And joining us from the bus is penn states president eric barron. Good morning, sir. Good morning. To start with, being an educator yourself and overseeing a university, what would you say are the greatest challenges that you see when it comes to the topic of Higher Education . I think there are a lot of them. No one specific topic. Access and affordability. In making sure that students fully utilize the opportunities that are presented by a campus further their success in life. I think we have challenges and innovation after years of flatter, declining budgets, there are a lot of di
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President s term . Independents. All others. Send us a tweet. You can go to facebooked you can also email us. Start dialing in now. First the column for the Washington Post says the president should listen to the criticism. Writing in his piece this morning that, that anyone that knows leon panetta cannot be surprised if he has written a candid and insizive memoir. Goes on to say at the end of his column that panettas book is not the first time hes expressed frustration. A year ago, he lamented the changes in the culture of washington that he has seen. He says there was plenty of blame to go around. And today says there are many ways to convey a message to a pet he says. But sometimes a public bracing can be more effective. Main message is that obama will need to change. Restrictions sense to engage are no longer options. Frustration with Congressional Republicans or the political process or the culture isnt either. At this point, as panetta says, the jury is still out on obamas legacy