Any gambled on plays and her everything into the stock market. But the stock market crash, he goes down. A lot of others go down with them. But before that happens, new york has won stunning absolutely stunning moment. Washington d. C. Comes into new york and he doesnt make it. He comes back and he makes it in this grubby little clubs run by gangsters. A hustling agent finds that everybody hated me. I did nothing. Harden the term. Theyll pull them this is the guy that does the music. Theres an opening at a place called the cotton club. It is designed by joseph urban design theaters for safeco. Ellington does not addition. Madden signed him up. So madden called one of his mob bosses in philadelphia and said pay this guy robinson who runs the show visit. So the gunman pays him a visit and says get bigger or be dead. He says what does he mean . He said sending ellington to new york city, and he says im ready to get back. That night ellington and the bad were playing at the cotton club and
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 now has a regular gig at the new york times. He makes his professional home at the new America Foundation and directly Education Policy Program there. Of course, the author of te
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 Better Call Saul or the serial. [laughter] hes a musician officionado a student of the perhaps tease and although shes trapeze and i would urge you do not make the mistake,
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 you could say about universities now 80 years later. Why . I believe it has a lot less to do with the virtues of a model an
It is monday. My producers will try to stop me with tonights mystery guest. Headlines from bloombergs olivia sterns. Thank you so much. American express has agreed to spin off half of its is this Business Travel unit. It creates a joint venturer with a group that includes the sovereign wealth funds. It is expected to be completed in the second quarter. Sony recently produced the movie robocop and is said to have a new round of firings in the entertainment division. The cuts are part of the effort to improve profitability. They cuts are said to be taking place at the base as well as other ones worldwide. Outdoor america has vowed to raise as much as 1500 million in a u. S. Ipo. It is the latest step in the plan to spin off a billboard division. They plan to sell 20 million shares for 26 and 28 each. Cbs will own 83 after the filing. Those are the top headlines. Back to you. The u. S. And the European Union are hitting russia was some of the toughest western sanctions since the end of th