Bit of the institution to be able to maintain the excellence and teaching capability of our institutions. So, i main focus now is making sure that we raise funds for scholarship, for grants, and making sure that we bring your kids and my kids also to a Great Institution that prepares them for a lifelong learning, lifelong job and lifelong citizenship in a great country. Provost, here is a tweet from one of our viewers, lauren, who says Virtual Schools will be one tenth the cost. Well, Virtual Schools are great for people who are very interested in that. But i believe sincerely in the residential experience for students. Its not i mean, its not only bringing the students here to study, but bringing students here to socialize, to create networks, to make friends, to meet people from all over the world. If you stay in your bedroom, thats very difficult, very, very difficult to produce what i call a whole citizen. We believe we produce Online Education for people who are desirable of that
Critical to increase a little bit of the institution to be able to maintain the excellence and teaching capability of our institutions. So, i main focus now is making sure that we raise funds for scholarship, for grants, and making sure that we bring your kids and my kids also to a Great Institution that prepares them for a lifelong learning, lifelong job and lifelong citizenship in a great country. Provost, here is a tweet from one of our viewers, lauren, who says Virtual Schools will be one tenth the cost. Well, Virtual Schools are great for people who are very interested in that. But i believe sincerely in the residential experience for students. Its not i mean, its not only bringing the students here to study, but bringing students here to socialize, to create networks, to make friends, to meet people from all over the world. If you stay in your bedroom, thats very difficult, very, very difficult to produce what i call a whole citizen. We believe we produce Online Education for peo
Schools. Michelle obama said yesterday that School Districts that hold back on efforts to emigrate, others say success has been made. Schooloughts on segregation and if it is still an issue in this day and age. Heres how you can make your thoughts known. We divided the line regionally. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education, First Lady Michelle Obama in kansas making comments that only about the state of education and her experiences, but also segregation issues as she sees that race saying raised inequality still exists and that School Districts have pulled back on efforts to integrate, even as schools are becoming less diverse. Much has been made of a study that came out of ucla this week. Amongst the study, they put several charts taking a look at most integrated states for black students. This is for 2011 and 2012. Earlier this week in the pages the wall street journal here is some of what she wrote in the wall street journal pages. Again, we will tak
And like us on facebook, to get debate schedules, video clips on key moments, debate previews from our politics team. Cspan has brought you over 100 house and governor ship debates. You can instantly share what the candidates are saying, stay involved and engage by following us on twitter and facebook. Up next a conversation with University Illinois urbanachampagne provost, he spoke about some of the challenging facing Higher Education including student debt and campus safety. This is part of a recent series on cspans washington journal. Last were here on the american journal, we kicked off a month long series with University President s as part of cspan busses big ten tour. Aboard the bus today is the provost. Let me begin with what you see as the top changeses for Higher Education. Well, good morning. Its nice welcome to everybody to our campus. To talk challenges for Higher Education for where we sit in the middle of the prairie in the United States is the issue of access and affo a
Themselves in the world. Access and affordability. Because the cost of Higher Education has gone up over the last many years and now we have to figure out as a country, and as individual institutions how to make this affordable and accessible to young people, because education is transformational. Transformative experiences make a whole individual. Thats for citizens of every country, especially in a democratic environment. So how are you doing that then . How are you addressing this challenge of affordability and access . The university of illinois at urbana, champagne, tuition for instate is over 15,000, out of state is over 30,000, and room and board can come in at nearly 11,000. Yes, indeed. We are over the last many years, we are increased our effort in terms of Financial Aid. We have given over 70 million in Financial Aid. We have been going out to our friends and alumni trying to college bonds. Because the top reason, probably four or five regions, that students accept our invit