In the big ten conference, including student death, admission policies and campus safety, this interview with Indiana University president Michael Mcrobbie is 45 minutes. This morning, the cspan bus is on the campus of Indiana University in bloomington. On it, we are joined by the president of Indiana University, Michael Mcrobbie. Thank you very joining us. Delighted to be here and welcome to Indiana University. Thank you for the invitation. Can we start, president , with your general thoughts before we talk about the details of your university, but your thoughts on the greatest challenges facing those in Higher Education today . Oh, i would say that probably the greatest challenge in front of us is to continue to provide a quality and affordable education, especially to the students within the state of indiana. We are a state university, after all. And keeping that education both affordable but also ensuring its quality so that our students are graduating with very high level skills t
Periods of time. We heard about the serious impact, fiscal impact of solitary confinement. It costs almost three times as much to keep a federal prisoner in segregation than in the general population. And we learned about the human impact of holdsing tens of thousands of men, women and children in small, windowless cells 23 hours a day, for days, for months and for years with very little if any contact with the outside world. This extreme isolation can have serious psychological impacts on an inmate. According to several studies, at least half of all prison suicides occur in solitary confinement. And ill never forget the testimony in our last hearing of anthony graves, who was held in solitary for ten of his 18 years in prison before he was exonerated. Mr. Graves told this Sub Committee and i quote, no one can begin to imagine the psychological effects isolation has on another human being. Solitary confinement does one thing, it breaks a mans will to live. Now, ive been chairman of thi
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Them it was simple. My mom went here. My mom went to usc. She started here in 1957. Mom knows best. Congratulations to the parents of the class of. 14. Congratulations to my mother. I loved it here. I was loved being here. I was loved being here on this beautiful campus and i loved the incredible student body and going out to the athletic games. I loved the fraternity lifestyle. I love my Marshall School of business and my entrepreneur program. I loved all the great musical programs and dance programs and all the great things we have it usc that make us a special and unique. I will tell you i love the student body here. I love the diversity of it. I love the meritocracy of it. I love the spirituality of it. Moree that it usc we have catholics than that notre dame. Which i think is a college in the midwest. Is that right . Jews here then brandeis. More hindus here and theres a lot of people like me who are grateful to god for this glorious day. I will tell you i was sitting out here not