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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion 20141129

Introduce our speaker Richard Preston did his undergraduate work in english and got his ph. D. In english from princeton university, studied Nineteenth Century american nonfiction writing. He is the author of nine books on a variety of topics including fixes disease. Im also sure that the hot zone inspired many of its readers to consider and pursue careers in epidemiology, vie rolling and Public Health. That fascination fuels curiosity and a lot of what we know today. The most recent mass i outbreak of ebola occurring in west africa has once again propelled the hot zone back onto the National Bestseller list, 20 years after its publication. I have always had a particular fascination for the insidious ingenuity of
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion 20150404

The cost of college combined with advancements in technology will lead to a fundamental transformation of our Higher Education system in the near future. Well, thanks and let me 2nd youre welcome to this great audience and our speaker and panel. The 1st thing i should say about kevin carey, probably the most important thing is that he is a graduate of the university of new york no doubt is at the root of much or all of his success. You can read about some of that success in your program, so i we will briefly recap his rise from being a state budget analyst in indiana washington policy analyst to education analyst who very quickly joined the top tier of education writers around the nation. He has written for the Washington Monthly the chronicle of Higher Education, and education, and many other publications. He no ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion 20150411

Higher education and many other publications. He now has a regular gig at the new york times. He makes his professional home at the new America Foundation and he directing directs the Education Policy Program there. And, of course hes the author of end of college, which well be talking about today. But i thought id also tell you a few things you might not know about kevin, because he contains multitudes. As a blogger, he has established a reputation over the years for finding excuse and i really mean any excuse to write about the education policy implications of shows like the wire and friday night lights. And when you read his book, youll find references to downton abbey, to game of thrones, and theres probably others that i missed. Im going to be very disappointed in his talk today if kevin doesnt at least mention
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Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News Weekend 20150425

Continue to climb especially as they began to outline and roy carriers a number of people survive as one man according to his facebook is from fremont he spoke with our partner at cnn about the moment is struck. a lot of people ran out we had under a table Marty Gonzales the meantime the usgs recording that more than 15 aftershocks of the magnitude of 4. 5 hit the country it will continue to update the story this morning as the war continued also find the latest information on our web site at kron 4. Com Marty Gonzales the other big story we are following this morning is the weather. Marty gonzales on the left a live look at the embcardero some wet roads after overnight rain in the bay area. Marty gonzales and on the right snow in tahoe as we look live at heavenly ski resort. To find out what else is ahead anny hong is standing by. Anny . Anny hong we are starting to see a li ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion 20150503

Of course one of the most famous College Professors in american history, had agreed that when all the way into the end of the century, in his book is a chapter called the american octopus come his way of signaling his continued disagreement with what when james had 30 years prior, made all the same point. But by that point it was much much too late really for the University Organizers of model to change. Theres sort of a wellknown phenomenon where once organizations become a certainly they become more like one another over time, just basic organizational theory. The question that interested me was why it has persisted for so long. These kinds of things happen all the time. Organizations form in certain ways and eventually some comes along with some new way of doing things and the world changes. And get virtually everything that robert said about university in 1934 ....

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