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Cspans washington journal recently conducted interviews with president s at universities in the big ten conference. Challenges facing Higher Education. Its about 50 minutes. This week, we continue our month long series of interviews with University President s in conjunction with the cspan buss Big Ten College tour. This morning, cspan bus is on the campus of penn state and University Park in pennsylvania. And joining us from the bus is penn states president eric barron. Good morning, sir. Good ...

It is interesting. The software forces you to be positive and share something that deserves a thumbsup, a like. Host as a College Professor here at pepperdine, is technology interfering with teaching . Guest every teacher, i think, wrestles with what to do with technology in the classrooms. I mean, the students, if they are taking notes on their laptops they are also getting updates, that twitter feed, you know, so you are constantly competing for their attention. Even in an exam situation, the ...

It is not 20 years away. 510 years. Already being tested in california. The question is, if we are headed toward near zero marginal cost labor what does it say about the prediction . What do we do . How do we define the human journey . Our people employed in this collaborative, and, in a zero Marginal Cost Society . In the short run i think there is a silver lining. I think that we have a 30year and tear interim where we will have to a bill that the internet of things. That is going to be labori...

To god. Host and you have a quotation from kevin kelly, we tend to see got it reflected in nature, but technology is the better mirror of god and next to that is a picture of jesus. [laughter] host with a laptop. Guest he has a whole world in his hands. Kevin kelly is such a fascinating character. He was one of the early editors of wired magazine. And he also comes from a position of faith. And so i think he has looked at technology and how we organize our lives, how engineers structure things a...

To competeis it like for these federal dollars for contract echo what is the process like as well . Guest these are not contracts per se. Host grants. Guest these are grants by research initiators. And as you know, after the funding wrapup in the 1990 through 2000 decade, funding has been decreasing. The competition for those dollars is very intense among investigators. Only the very best Research Projects are funded. And often, not at the level we would like to see. Im not so concerned about ou...

President s term . Independents. All others. Send us a tweet. You can go to facebooked you can also email us. Start dialing in now. First the column for the Washington Post says the president should listen to the criticism. Writing in his piece this morning that, that anyone that knows leon panetta cannot be surprised if he has written a candid and insizive memoir. Goes on to say at the end of his column that panettas book is not the first time hes expressed frustration. A year ago, he lamented ...

Up next on booktv after words with guest host Siva Vaidhyanathan author of the globalization of everything. This week bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin and his latest book the zero cost society. In that the European Union advisor argues that capitalism is on its way out and Communications Energy and listed just ask internet will lead to its demise by increasing production and distribution and effectively eliminating corporate profits. The program is about an hour. Host hello. Jeremy rifkin is wit...

[background sounds]. Good morning, the subcommittee on commerce science related agency on the Appropriations Committee will come to order, and senator moran, is on his way we think and so in the interest of trying to keep this hearing on time, i want to go ahead and began. For the record we will no longer take people asking questions and virtual formats so people wont be here who person and we will take people in the order of arrival for questions. This is a Pivotal Moment with disparity and sec...

Good morning, the subcommittee on commerce science related agency on the Appropriations Committee will come to order, and senator moran, is on his way we think and so in the interest of trying to keep this hearing on time, i want to go ahead and began. For the record we will no longer take people asking questions and virtual formats so people wont be here who person and we will take people in the order of arrival for questions. This is a Pivotal Moment with disparity and security of the United S...

Im sam stein. The search for survivors continues in ecuador this morning after a massive 7. 8 magnitude earthquake struck on saturday night. The countrys president says at least 272 people have been killed, and that number is expected to rise. More than 2,000 people have also been injured. Search teams are still digging through the rubble. Looking for anyone who might be trapped. Authorities say that at least 370 buildings have been destroyed. Almost 200 aftershocks have followed saturdays quake...