years of the early work on u.s. terror. .. .. from politics, policy and leadership. my husband, john mccain, fought his whole life to promote american character-driven leadership and democracy to the public, and it s incredibly important today to carry that legacy forward by any means possible. today s installment, the roles of freedom and democracy in american foreign policy, will feature general. r. mcmaster who served in the military for 34 years, and held the position of the 26th 26th assistant to at the president for national security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. he will be talking about his new pock, battlegrounds, the fight to defend the free world. with dr. michael crowe, the president of arizona state university, mccain institute trustee and a dear friend to my family. we re honored to host a pair of thoughtfully general mcmaster and professor crowe on what will be a timely discussion on u.s. foreign policy. go ahead a
blown away by the fantastic talk that there was on sustainability. thank you, again, for that wonderful tour deforce of the imperative for sustainability in our future. allow me to recognize and thank our sponsors for their support and commission for the council. and i want to thank lockheed martin. pepsico, snap-on, deloitte, air chairman sponsors asu, university of california san diego, as well as our benefactors and patrons, hntv, michigan state, university of michigan. verizon, marquette university and white cap investment. without this we could not do the forum and we thank you very very much for that. well, we have a full day of very exciting talks, as well as the release of some of the critical annual policy work at the counsel of competitiveness. calling for our clarion call that we will release shortly and i want to really just frame that in a few overarching facts about the good and bad of our economy right now. the good news, of course, is that gdp growth over the
benefited their students, online courses and their benefits to nontraditional students such as members of the military. thank you for attending the summit on innovation in education and thanks to all of you who will present this morning. we re excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and ek per tease in one room, and i know we re eager to hear from all of you. before we begin, i want to say a quick word about innovation, about the focus on innovation. this year, i embarked on our rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institutions that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. i continue to travel country to see the great work that s being done and i ve been inspired by the educators and administrators i ve met thus far, but there s still not enough. we need more like them and like you. the reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing higher education, and washington, d.c., does not have
good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to be here. we re going to talk about the university of maryland university college, which is a public online university, that is designed here we go. designed from the ground up to provide affordable, accessible, quality and career-relevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. and to understand who we are, i need to tell you the story of umuc. we were established in 1947, at the university of maryland, as a department that was charged with serving adult students, particularly those who were returning g is from world war ii. in 1949, we became the first university to send faculty overseas to teach our trips stationed in germany. and this was the beginning of umuc s global reach. by 1956, we had established divisions to deliver higher education in both europe and asia, and in 1963, we became the first u.s. university to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. in 1970, we became an independent, ful
gives hirs state of the union address to congress and the nation. join c-span for a preview of the evening starting at 8 eastern. and then the state of the union speech live at 9:00 p.m. and following the speech, the democratic response, also hear your reaction and comments from members of congress. president trump s state of the union address tuesday night live on c-span. listen live with the radio app and on demand on your desk phone or tablet at c-span.org. education senator betsy devos took part in the rethink school summit here in washington. over the next hour 15 minutes, stakeholders from across the country discuss ideas for educating and training america s future workforce. so we are going to go into our third group of presenters. under the rubric of breaking the mold. we are going to start with blakely pal el owe followed by michael roark and wrap up by jeff. if we could have blakely. thank you. so good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. we a