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We will discuss if college is worth it. First, your take on that question. We will divide the lines this way. Hig host you can also email us. Magazine put these graphics together on whether or not colleges worth it. Take a look at this, the cost, fees adjusted for inflation. Look at the cost back in 1980, 19 81, around 5,000 for a twoyear public degree, for your public degrees right here. You can see how the cost has risen. In 2010, 20 11, that price is over 25,000 for your private school. That ...

Always taking advantage of that. Thanks and thanks for the opportunity to speak about the amazing young people that, as the president and ceo of student veterans of america, that i get to represent. And so to start with a little bit of background on student veterans of america or sva, started six years ago on 20 campuses because when student vets were transitioning they saw that the College Environment or higher ed was not prepared for student vets. We were older, we were much more mature. We ha...

We begin there are with the latest protests over Commencement Speakers and whether you think they should reflect students values. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. An independents and all others, 202 5853882. College graduates, we want to hear from you, 202 5855883. Join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan, send us a. Weet cspanwj, or email us we will get to your thoughts in a minute but let me begin with iece. Inside higher ed p substitutes speak out. In a season in which nu...

Soylent. Ill get to the name in just a minute. But for now the most important thing to know is this relatively cheap, it gives you all the nutrition and calories you need. In other words, man or woman can live on soylent alone forever. David is one of the people who made soylent a reality. He studied evolutionary biology at harvard before getting his ph. D. In highology from cal tech. Hes joined by farhad manju 6 the New York Times and the return of sarah lacey from pando daily. So glad to have ...

Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to yo...

Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to yo...

One bay area man is leading a new effort to protect the private Data Collected at school. Hes going to join us a little later in the show. But we begin tonight with the bathroom wars. This month be beginning of a new law for students to choose which bathroom they want to use at school. Parents say its an imposition on their kids. Im a girl. In junior high in the restroom, i dont want a boy coming into my restroom. And i dont think most parents want the opposite gender into their childrens restro...

, pleasure and satisfaction of the graduates families and friends, who take this occasion to observe and celebrate a significant accomplishment on the part of those whom they love. In that respect a commencement is sort of like weddin a baptism. The primary participants in those events would rather be elsewhere as well. Since its for the benefit of the families, one of the wonderful things about graduation addresses is that you can talk about whatever you want. It really does not matter. What i ...

Children is a joke. It is against the constitution. The border should be shut down 100 . I do not care we have every military take on the border. If that is what it takes, that is what it takes. But going back to the election, he says, the gentleman who won the election, he said point blank if it was not for the Grassroots Tea Party people, he would not have had a chance. And he went in with the least amount of money. Here is one thing as a campaign slogan, i believe i want to see somebody say t...

From america because they were in search of the American Dream. I want you to think about something there was no there was no internet back then. It was not easy to get on a plane back then. Parents had never been to louisiana. They had unshakable conviction. They had an unshakable faith that if you get there and work hard and get a great education, you can provide your children with a better quality of life. They knew the American Dream was alive and well. They came nearly 50 years ago so that ...