The library. We are fortunate indeed to have professor Cathy Davidson with us this evening the author of a critically important book, the new education how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. Kathys distinguished professor at thprofessorat the graduate Cr University of new york and director of the future initiatives program. Prior to joining the faculty she held a professorship and was a Vice President for Interdisciplinary Studies at duke university. She is the author or editor of more than 20 books, the cofounder and director of the worlds first academic social network and serves on the board of the corporation. The developer as you probably know as the web browser and underwriter open Source Developers and appointed by president obama to the National Council and was a 2016 recipients of the award for significant contributions to Higher Education. All that yo of that you probablw and in any case you can read it in your program should you wish to r
The heavy rains and Severe Weather that hit parts of north and east iowa are making an impact this morning there are a number of schools that have been affected. Affected. Right now north butler schools are closed for the day. That area was hit hard by heavy rain. Schools in charles city nashua plainfield and rockford are all starting two hours late closings head to our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Com. Youre now looking at a photo of a funnel cloud that was seen yesterday evening in charles city. Ellie kew sent in this photo. Now heres video from damage left after last nights storms in floyd county. Powerful winds knocked trees into roadways closing some of them down. Other large tree branches also fell onto powerli. Powerlines. We want to thank the cbs 2 ne shared their pictures of the storms. A number of people posted pictures of the tornadoes that touched down, including this picture taken by sean britt near greene in butler county. You can track storms anytime by downloading the cb
Headed that way, fog is thick. Colorful sunrise on the way and 66 at noon and 72 at 4 00 with increasing sun and dress for 60 around the bay and milder inland at 52 and lowtomid 70s this afternoon with increasing sun and a dry 61 at 7 00 with stubborn clouds and ten degrees cooler with lowtomid 60, with a problem at the richmondsan rafael toll plaza with a big rig crossing the lanes but trying to get into the right lane. The traffic has moved along but it caused a backup approaching the toll plaza and then everything is fine. A couple of pockets of slowing as you come into richmond along 580 and as we look at this drive, westbound 580 from albany to the maze clear at five minutes and southbound 880 from fremont to san jose is seven minutes and 280 from 101 to cupertino is 11 minutes and accident free. Officials willance questions of plans to end a furrier freeze on tuition hikes in the full system with fee increases each year for the next five years. And knick is at uc berkeley. Why no
Too soon to know whether the debate moved the polling needle. To the sense there was anything memorable it came in the form of a broadside delivered with hud secretary Julian Castro to the former vice president. You said they would have to buy in buy in were you forgetting already what you said two minutes ago . Are you forgetting already what you said two minutes ago . I cant believe you that said two minutes ago that they had to buy in and now theyre saying youre forgetting that. I thought it was a cheap shot by a candidate of the fringe of the stage seeking to elevate himself which leads me to todays survey question question smerconish. Com, is joe bidens fitness for office fair game for democrats . A natural for this setting. Shes its difficult to see her faltering in any debate. You cant quarrel with how she says it. Bernie was, well, bernie. He has loyal supporters but how sun a known quantity is suddenly about ascendent is questionable. I think for the rest, they did the best to
Projecting an enrollment nosedive, West Virginia University is preparing for a lean future. Some call it an act of surrender, while others say it’s a prudent choice to be replicated elsewhere. At his semiannual State of the University address in March, West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee gave a blunt assessment to a crowd of faculty, administrators, students and staff: WVU is too big and its student body shrinking too fast to operate sustainably. With enrollment rates eroding and costs skyrocketing, the university had to shed weight, he said. Programs and positions that served the most students effectively would be prioritized; the rest were up in the air.