Recently held interviews with with president s of universities in the big ten conference. The issues are the high cost of education, student debt, admission policies and campus security. This week we have kicked off a monthlong series looking at the big ten universities and interviewing their president s, giving you a chance to talk with some of these University President s. This is a cspan bus tour and this month, this morning, the cspan bus is in iowa city, iowa, at the university of iowa and joining us from the bus is the president of the university of iowa, sallie mae son. She has been president of that University Since 2007. President mason, begin by telling us, whats the budget for the university of iowa, your an yul budget, where do those revenues derive from . The budget for the university of iowa, the total budget for the university of iowa is about 2. 4 billion. Largely because we have a very large academic medical center, thats part of our operation, including a very big hos
The november elections on the washington journal. What are the top issues for you . You can join the conversation on twitter cspanwj. R go to facebook. Com cspan we will get to your thoughts and a second, what are the top issues for you and campaign 2014. Let me show you a gallup pole that was recently finished. Viewed onnode a americas list of top u. S. Problems. This as the quarantined ands or the first people to be diagnosed to the virus, it ranks among the top 10 issues americans consider to be the most important facing the country. However it still ranks behind five others including the economy which tops the list at 17 . Dissatisfaction with government is 16 and unemployment at 10 . Inlup earlier this month october did a similar survey when they found the economy and government are the top election issues for both parties. , but for bothdely parties, republicans and democrats it is the economy and the government that tops the list. What are the top issues for you. The lines are o
Question. Senator, for 29 years in the legislature, you have fashioned yourself to be a collaborative consensus type of leader. Things have not gotten better. Its gotten worse. A State Hospital crisis. We have the highest electricity prices in the nation. The state of our Education System needs some budget fixes right now. How can we be sure if you can do the job for 29 years, that you can fix our problems as a governor when you go to a bigger and greater job. Thank you very much for that question. I would love to be able to respond to it. You know, i am the only candidate here that has passed conference of restructuring of our Public School system. I am the only candidate here that has passed legislation that allows the Public Private partnerships for our hospital system. And really cut budget requests because i believe that is what you, the people of hawaii wanted. It is easy to say and talk when youre not really responsible for things. It is easy to be a leader and take a stand. It
I got in the race to continue what i have tried to do for 26 years, to try to make a difference in peoples lives by working together and solving problems. I believe that is what we need more of an washington. A collaborative spirit, looking for Common Ground and bipartisanship. Wage. Raise the minimum create an affordable pathway to college for students and can tackle the longterm debt if we work together. I hope you will join with me in working together to live out the andgia state mottos, wisdom justice and ask for your vote. Your closing remarks. Thank you. During the campaign i have traveled all over our great state, traveling and listening to concerns. Clear,sage is very washington is broken. It is affecting your live and your families life. I believe our country is headed in the wrong direction. I believe we need to turn that around right now. Enough with dysfunction and lack of accountability. I am tired from going one crisis to another. I want your voice in the senate to take u
Alloweve we should private colleges and universities to compete with public universities because it is competition that provides better opportunities. If they have a higher loan default rate, lets tighten the standards. Lets not put colleges or universities out of business as the senator has done. I believe greater use of technology such as learning over the web, taking advantage of the very best teachers would provide a way to bring down some of the cost of education. We need to move in those directions. The next question is from laura washington. Voters say they are turned off by all the negative and misleading ads of the campaign. Same here. In one of your ads, you accused your opponent of spying on citizens, putting millions of dollars in his own pocket and being the father of d. C. Gridlock. What is the factual basis for those allegations . Public documents show he has received in excess of 9 million of lobbyist money. Clearly, that is influenced some of his votes in legislation.