1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,805 >>> THE NEW ECONOMY IS BASED ON KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT. 2 00:00:06,807 --> 00:00:08,307 KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT. IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM 3 00:00:08,309 --> 00:00:10,409 IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM UP TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING THE 4 00:00:10,411 --> 00:00:12,945 UP TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND FILLING THE TALENT 5 00:00:12,947 --> 00:00:13,245 KNOWLEDGE AND FILLING THE TALENT NEEDS? 6 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:14,446 NEEDS? U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR 7 00:00:14,448 --> 00:00:17,750 U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. 8 00:00:17,752 --> 00:00:19,151 ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. THEY COME TO US AND WE CAN PUT 9 00:00:19,153 --> 00:00:20,252 THEY COME TO US AND WE CAN PUT THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. 10 00:00:20,254 --> 00:00:22,621 THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE NEED MORE. 11 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:24,056 BUT WE NEED MORE. >> JUST BECAUSE THEY ENTER 12 00:00:24,058 --> 00:00:25,157 >> JUST BECAUSE THEY ENTER COLLEGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY 13 00:00:25,159 --> 00:00:25,791 COLLEGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY FINISH COLLEGE. 14 00:00:25,793 --> 00:00:28,627 FINISH COLLEGE. THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER 15 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:31,263 THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. 16 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:33,132 RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. >> MAKING ARIZONA AND ITS 17 00:00:33,134 --> 00:00:34,099 >> MAKING ARIZONA AND ITS WORKFORCE COMPETITIVE IN THE 18 00:00:34,101 --> 00:00:37,503 WORKFORCE COMPETITIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY ECONOMY. 19 00:00:37,505 --> 00:00:39,304 21st CENTURY ECONOMY. THIS "ARIZONA WEEK." 20 00:00:39,306 --> 00:00:40,806 THIS "ARIZONA WEEK." >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" 21 00:00:40,808 --> 00:00:42,041 >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A 22 00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:43,675 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL 23 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:44,877 GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF 24 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:45,544 FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. 25 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:46,245 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 26 00:00:46,247 --> 00:00:50,449 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 27 00:00:50,451 --> 00:01:04,430 >>> ONCE AGAIN, YOUR MODERATOR, MICHAEL CHIHAK. 28 00:01:04,432 --> 00:01:06,131 MICHAEL CHIHAK. >> HIGH-QUALITY JOBS WILL BE KEY 29 00:01:06,133 --> 00:01:08,233 >> HIGH-QUALITY JOBS WILL BE KEY TO ARIZONA'S FUTURE. 30 00:01:08,235 --> 00:01:10,402 TO ARIZONA'S FUTURE. THE MAIN TALENT TO FILL THOSE 31 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,004 THE MAIN TALENT TO FILL THOSE JOBS IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION 32 00:01:12,006 --> 00:01:12,337 JOBS IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM. 33 00:01:12,339 --> 00:01:13,605 SYSTEM. WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THE SYSTEM 34 00:01:13,607 --> 00:01:15,040 WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE TALENT, WHAT ONE 35 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:17,242 WILL PROVIDE TALENT, WHAT ONE BIG EMPLOYER THINKS ABOUT IT, 36 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:19,711 BIG EMPLOYER THINKS ABOUT IT, AND A POTENTIAL SHORTCOMING. 37 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:21,146 AND A POTENTIAL SHORTCOMING. WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH 38 00:01:21,148 --> 00:01:22,448 WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH EXCERPTS OF A FORUM FEATURING 39 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:24,416 EXCERPTS OF A FORUM FEATURING THE PRESIDENTS OF ARIZONA'S TWO 40 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:26,118 THE PRESIDENTS OF ARIZONA'S TWO BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES THIS WEEK. 41 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,420 BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES THIS WEEK. THAT'S THE TUCSON REGIONAL 42 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,189 THAT'S THE TUCSON REGIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ANNUAL 43 00:01:30,191 --> 00:01:30,556 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ANNUAL LUNCHEON. 44 00:01:30,558 --> 00:01:32,057 LUNCHEON. >> MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE 45 00:01:32,059 --> 00:01:35,828 >> MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE READ FOR YEARS THAT THE 46 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:36,595 READ FOR YEARS THAT THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY THAT THE WORLD 47 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,764 KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY THAT THE WORLD IS FACING NOW IS COMPLETELY 48 00:01:38,766 --> 00:01:40,232 IS FACING NOW IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN AN ECONOMY BASED 49 00:01:40,234 --> 00:01:41,467 DIFFERENT THAN AN ECONOMY BASED ON LIMITED SKILLS THAT COULD BE 50 00:01:41,469 --> 00:01:44,536 ON LIMITED SKILLS THAT COULD BE QUICKLY ACQUIRED, AND THEN 51 00:01:44,538 --> 00:01:46,638 QUICKLY ACQUIRED, AND THEN PRACTICED IN A PROFESSIONAL OR 52 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,140 PRACTICED IN A PROFESSIONAL OR TRADE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 53 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:50,309 TRADE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AND WE KNOW THAT MANY AMERICANS 54 00:01:50,311 --> 00:01:52,377 AND WE KNOW THAT MANY AMERICANS WILL SWITCH CAREERS, I'M NOT 55 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:54,279 WILL SWITCH CAREERS, I'M NOT TALKING JOBS, BUT CAREERS, FIVE 56 00:01:54,281 --> 00:01:56,248 TALKING JOBS, BUT CAREERS, FIVE TIMES IN THEIR LIFETIME. 57 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:58,584 TIMES IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND SO, THE WHOLE NOTION OF 58 00:01:58,586 --> 00:01:59,318 AND SO, THE WHOLE NOTION OF TALENT HAS TAKEN ON A MUCH MORE 59 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:04,790 TALENT HAS TAKEN ON A MUCH MORE DYNAMIC, AND I THINK FLEXIBLE 60 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:06,325 DYNAMIC, AND I THINK FLEXIBLE MEANING FOR ALL OF US AND IT 61 00:02:06,327 --> 00:02:08,327 MEANING FOR ALL OF US AND IT MAKES WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION, AND 62 00:02:08,329 --> 00:02:12,498 MAKES WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION, AND WAYS OF KNOWING AND DOING THAT 63 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:14,700 WAYS OF KNOWING AND DOING THAT ARE OPEN TO THAT NEED TO BE, TO 64 00:02:14,702 --> 00:02:15,968 ARE OPEN TO THAT NEED TO BE, TO ADJUST AND TO LEARN. 65 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:18,103 ADJUST AND TO LEARN. I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE IN THE 66 00:02:18,105 --> 00:02:19,438 I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE IN THE EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT 67 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,342 EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR ALL -- 68 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:25,144 HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR ALL -- FOR THAT TALENT TO BE PEOPLE WHO 69 00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:26,645 FOR THAT TALENT TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE ARTICULATE AND CAN USE THE 70 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:30,282 ARE ARTICULATE AND CAN USE THE LANGUAGE WELL, WHO HAVE NUMEROUS 71 00:02:30,284 --> 00:02:32,284 LANGUAGE WELL, WHO HAVE NUMEROUS SKILLS, WHO WORK IN TEAMS, AND 72 00:02:32,286 --> 00:02:34,019 SKILLS, WHO WORK IN TEAMS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO VIEW 73 00:02:34,021 --> 00:02:34,653 MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO VIEW TAKING ON NEW SKILLS AND 74 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:39,658 TAKING ON NEW SKILLS AND LEARNING AS AS IMPORTANT AS THE 75 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:40,959 LEARNING AS AS IMPORTANT AS THE BASE DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE 76 00:02:40,961 --> 00:02:41,293 BASE DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE ITSELF. 77 00:02:41,295 --> 00:02:43,395 ITSELF. AND SO FOR US, WHAT IT MEANS, I 78 00:02:43,397 --> 00:02:45,497 AND SO FOR US, WHAT IT MEANS, I BELIEVE, IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE 79 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:47,833 BELIEVE, IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO CREATE 80 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:49,801 HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO CREATE THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND TO 81 00:02:49,803 --> 00:02:53,005 THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND TO CONVEY IT TO OUR VERY, VERY OPEN 82 00:02:53,007 --> 00:02:55,073 CONVEY IT TO OUR VERY, VERY OPEN AND ENGAGING LEARNING 83 00:02:55,075 --> 00:02:56,842 AND ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES, BUT ALSO TO TAKE 84 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,510 EXPERIENCES, BUT ALSO TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CREATING WAYS 85 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:00,546 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CREATING WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT LEARNING, AND 86 00:03:00,548 --> 00:03:01,213 OF THINKING ABOUT LEARNING, AND THINKING ABOUT GROWING AND 87 00:03:01,215 --> 00:03:02,548 THINKING ABOUT GROWING AND DEVELOPING. 88 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:04,750 DEVELOPING. SO THAT TALENT IS SOMETHING WE 89 00:03:04,752 --> 00:03:05,951 SO THAT TALENT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT AND 90 00:03:05,953 --> 00:03:07,152 HAVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT AND THEN WE'RE FINISHED. 91 00:03:07,154 --> 00:03:07,886 THEN WE'RE FINISHED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOP 92 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:09,555 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOP ACROSS A LIFETIME. 93 00:03:09,557 --> 00:03:11,089 ACROSS A LIFETIME. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKFORCE 94 00:03:11,091 --> 00:03:12,991 BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKFORCE THAT WE'RE PREPARING YOUNG MEN 95 00:03:12,993 --> 00:03:15,460 THAT WE'RE PREPARING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FOR, AND KEEPING 96 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:18,330 AND WOMEN FOR, AND KEEPING THAT -- THAT DYNAMIC APPROACH TO 97 00:03:18,332 --> 00:03:20,566 THAT -- THAT DYNAMIC APPROACH TO THEIR OWN TALENT IS CRITICAL. 98 00:03:20,568 --> 00:03:23,368 THEIR OWN TALENT IS CRITICAL. >> THANK YOU. 99 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:24,903 >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK THE IDEA THAT I'D 100 00:03:24,905 --> 00:03:26,171 >> I THINK THE IDEA THAT I'D LIKE TO GET OUT IS THIS NOTION 101 00:03:26,173 --> 00:03:27,973 LIKE TO GET OUT IS THIS NOTION OF WHAT IS TALENT ABOUT. 102 00:03:27,975 --> 00:03:30,175 OF WHAT IS TALENT ABOUT. SO, THE SIMPLEST MODEL FOR ME TO 103 00:03:30,177 --> 00:03:31,677 SO, THE SIMPLEST MODEL FOR ME TO PROJECT WHAT TALENT IS ABOUT IS 104 00:03:31,679 --> 00:03:33,445 PROJECT WHAT TALENT IS ABOUT IS TO USE A SPORTS ANALOGY. 105 00:03:33,447 --> 00:03:34,947 TO USE A SPORTS ANALOGY. IF YOU'RE BUILDING A BASKETBALL 106 00:03:34,949 --> 00:03:36,448 IF YOU'RE BUILDING A BASKETBALL TEAM YOU NEED A FANTASTIC COACH 107 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:38,183 TEAM YOU NEED A FANTASTIC COACH AND YOU NEED FANTASTIC PLAYERS, 108 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:39,885 AND YOU NEED FANTASTIC PLAYERS, AND YOU WILL DO ANYTHING WITHIN 109 00:03:39,887 --> 00:03:41,787 AND YOU WILL DO ANYTHING WITHIN THE RULES TO GET THAT TALENT AND 110 00:03:41,789 --> 00:03:42,654 THE RULES TO GET THAT TALENT AND TO GET THOSE PLAYERS SO THAT YOU 111 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:45,357 TO GET THOSE PLAYERS SO THAT YOU CAN WIN THAT GAME. 112 00:03:45,359 --> 00:03:46,658 CAN WIN THAT GAME. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND 113 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:47,726 SO JUST KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M 114 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,595 AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY RELATIVE TO TALENT. 115 00:03:49,597 --> 00:03:51,263 ABOUT TO SAY RELATIVE TO TALENT. SO THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T 116 00:03:51,265 --> 00:03:53,165 SO THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ENOUGH ABOUT RELATIVE TO 117 00:03:53,167 --> 00:03:54,900 THOUGHT ENOUGH ABOUT RELATIVE TO TALENT IN ECONOMIC 118 00:03:54,902 --> 00:03:56,001 TALENT IN ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, IS THAT WE'RE 119 00:03:56,003 --> 00:03:56,735 COMPETITIVENESS, IS THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHERE THE GAME 120 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:59,404 NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHERE THE GAME IS. 121 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:03,075 IS. SO 60% OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS 122 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:04,810 SO 60% OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS BEING DRIVEN RIGHT NOW BY 600 123 00:04:04,812 --> 00:04:06,511 BEING DRIVEN RIGHT NOW BY 600 CITIES AROUND THE PLANET. 124 00:04:06,513 --> 00:04:08,313 CITIES AROUND THE PLANET. AND IF YOU TAKE THOSE 600 125 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:09,514 AND IF YOU TAKE THOSE 600 CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF US AS 126 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:10,916 CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF US AS BEING A CLUSTER OF A FEW OF 127 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:12,084 BEING A CLUSTER OF A FEW OF THOSE CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF 128 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:14,019 THOSE CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF US WITH THE SUN CORRIDOR BEING 129 00:04:14,021 --> 00:04:15,554 US WITH THE SUN CORRIDOR BEING ONE OF THE MEGA CLUSTERS OF 130 00:04:15,556 --> 00:04:17,222 ONE OF THE MEGA CLUSTERS OF THESE CITIES, IT TURNS OUT THAT 131 00:04:17,224 --> 00:04:19,725 THESE CITIES, IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE 132 00:04:19,727 --> 00:04:22,594 YOU COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE COMPETITION FOR THE SUN CORRIDOR 133 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:24,029 COMPETITION FOR THE SUN CORRIDOR DOWN TO LESS THAN 75 OTHER 134 00:04:24,031 --> 00:04:25,664 DOWN TO LESS THAN 75 OTHER PLACES ON THE PLANET. 135 00:04:25,666 --> 00:04:27,065 PLACES ON THE PLANET. YOU COULD LOOK AT THESE PLACES. 136 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:28,400 YOU COULD LOOK AT THESE PLACES. AND WE DON'T THINK THIS WAY. 137 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:29,601 AND WE DON'T THINK THIS WAY. WE DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF THE 138 00:04:29,603 --> 00:04:30,269 WE DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE COMPETING 139 00:04:30,271 --> 00:04:32,437 PLACES THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST IS METRO LONDON. 140 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:34,172 AGAINST IS METRO LONDON. AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE 141 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:36,642 AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST IS METRO 142 00:04:36,644 --> 00:04:37,009 COMPETING AGAINST IS METRO SHANGHAI. 143 00:04:37,011 --> 00:04:38,277 SHANGHAI. OR METRO HOUSTON. 144 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,145 OR METRO HOUSTON. OR THE MEGAPLEX DALLAS. 145 00:04:40,147 --> 00:04:41,313 OR THE MEGAPLEX DALLAS. WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT WAY. 146 00:04:41,315 --> 00:04:43,081 WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT WAY. SO NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT 147 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:44,616 SO NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT TALENT, AND YOU USE THIS SPORTS 148 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:46,318 TALENT, AND YOU USE THIS SPORTS IMAGE IN YOUR MIND, WHERE IT 149 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,220 IMAGE IN YOUR MIND, WHERE IT SEEMS THAT WE TAKE SMART PILLS, 150 00:04:48,222 --> 00:04:50,088 SEEMS THAT WE TAKE SMART PILLS, AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO SO 151 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:51,623 AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO SO THAT WE CAN WIN IN SPORTS, ON 152 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:54,159 THAT WE CAN WIN IN SPORTS, ON THE OTHER SIDE WE JUST TAKE DUMB 153 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:54,459 THE OTHER SIDE WE JUST TAKE DUMB PILLS. 154 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:56,194 PILLS. AND SO -- AND THE DUMB PILLS 155 00:04:56,196 --> 00:04:58,163 AND SO -- AND THE DUMB PILLS THAT WE TAKE DON'T ALLOW US TO 156 00:04:58,165 --> 00:05:00,766 THAT WE TAKE DON'T ALLOW US TO EVEN KNOW THE FIELD OF PLAY. 157 00:05:00,768 --> 00:05:02,567 EVEN KNOW THE FIELD OF PLAY. SO IF NOW TAKE THESE 75 OTHER 158 00:05:02,569 --> 00:05:03,735 SO IF NOW TAKE THESE 75 OTHER PLACES AROUND THE PLANET, AND 159 00:05:03,737 --> 00:05:05,337 PLACES AROUND THE PLANET, AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS 160 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:09,107 YOU LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT ARE LEADING TO THEIR 161 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:11,677 THAT ARE LEADING TO THEIR UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS, TWO THINGS 162 00:05:11,679 --> 00:05:14,813 UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS, TWO THINGS EMERGE AS MOST CRITICAL. 163 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:16,648 EMERGE AS MOST CRITICAL. ONE IS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. 164 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,350 ONE IS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. AND I DON'T MEAN COLLEGE 165 00:05:18,352 --> 00:05:18,950 AND I DON'T MEAN COLLEGE ATTAINMENT. 166 00:05:18,952 --> 00:05:19,685 ATTAINMENT. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH 167 00:05:19,687 --> 00:05:20,752 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH SCHOOL. 168 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:23,755 SCHOOL. THAT MEANS TECHNICAL TRAINING. 169 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:25,257 THAT MEANS TECHNICAL TRAINING. JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING. 170 00:05:25,259 --> 00:05:26,491 JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING. COLLEGE ATTAINMENT. 171 00:05:26,493 --> 00:05:28,226 COLLEGE ATTAINMENT. MASTERS DEGREES. 172 00:05:28,228 --> 00:05:28,960 MASTERS DEGREES. Ph.D.s. 173 00:05:28,962 --> 00:05:31,630 Ph.D.s. IT'S EVERYTHING, NOT SOMETHING. 174 00:05:31,632 --> 00:05:32,597 IT'S EVERYTHING, NOT SOMETHING. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH 175 00:05:32,599 --> 00:05:32,931 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH SCHOOL. 176 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:36,401 SCHOOL. AND SECONDLY, IS SOME 177 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:37,169 AND SECONDLY, IS SOME COMBINATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 178 00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:37,869 COMBINATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION. 179 00:05:37,871 --> 00:05:40,105 AND INNOVATION. >> YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP AN 180 00:05:40,107 --> 00:05:40,839 >> YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING NOTION AROUND THE 181 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:41,807 INTERESTING NOTION AROUND THE SUN CORRIDOR. 182 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:42,808 SUN CORRIDOR. DR. HART ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT 183 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:43,709 DR. HART ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT ON THE SUN CORRIDOR? 184 00:05:43,711 --> 00:05:45,344 ON THE SUN CORRIDOR? THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DRIVER, 185 00:05:45,346 --> 00:05:46,578 THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DRIVER, CERTAINLY HERE IN THIS REGION 186 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:47,679 CERTAINLY HERE IN THIS REGION GOING FORWARD THE NEXT FEW 187 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:47,979 GOING FORWARD THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 188 00:05:47,981 --> 00:05:48,847 YEARS. >> WELL, I THINK YOUR POINT 189 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:51,616 >> WELL, I THINK YOUR POINT EARLIER, THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE 190 00:05:51,618 --> 00:05:54,519 EARLIER, THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE AN ECONOMIC REGION, WE'RE NOT 191 00:05:54,521 --> 00:05:56,555 AN ECONOMIC REGION, WE'RE NOT CITY, AND THE WHOLE NOTION OF A 192 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:59,391 CITY, AND THE WHOLE NOTION OF A CORRIDOR THAT IS WELCOMING TO 193 00:05:59,393 --> 00:06:01,326 CORRIDOR THAT IS WELCOMING TO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT TAKE 194 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:03,428 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TWO GREAT 195 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:05,230 ADVANTAGE OF THE TWO GREAT RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES THAT 196 00:06:05,232 --> 00:06:07,699 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES THAT ANCHOR THAT CORRIDOR REPRESENT, 197 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:10,402 ANCHOR THAT CORRIDOR REPRESENT, THAT SEES US AS A TEAM OF 198 00:06:10,404 --> 00:06:12,204 THAT SEES US AS A TEAM OF BUSINESS LEADERS, POLITICAL 199 00:06:12,206 --> 00:06:16,475 BUSINESS LEADERS, POLITICAL LEADERS, EDUCATION LEADERS, AND 200 00:06:16,477 --> 00:06:18,076 LEADERS, EDUCATION LEADERS, AND INCUBATORS FOR RESEARCH AND 201 00:06:18,078 --> 00:06:19,578 INCUBATORS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, CREATES AN 202 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:20,612 DEVELOPMENT, CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO 203 00:06:20,614 --> 00:06:22,647 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND WORK. 204 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:24,216 COME AND WORK. THE CLICHE THAT YOU BUILD A GAS 205 00:06:24,218 --> 00:06:25,684 THE CLICHE THAT YOU BUILD A GAS STATION ON EVERY CORNER, IT'S 206 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:27,552 STATION ON EVERY CORNER, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO HAVE A GAS 207 00:06:27,554 --> 00:06:28,987 NOT A PROBLEM TO HAVE A GAS STATION ON ALL FOUR CORNERS OF A 208 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:30,288 STATION ON ALL FOUR CORNERS OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION. 209 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:32,090 MAJOR INTERSECTION. BECAUSE YOU, IN FACT, DO DRAW 210 00:06:32,092 --> 00:06:35,193 BECAUSE YOU, IN FACT, DO DRAW BUSINESS FROM ONE ANOTHER. 211 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:38,196 BUSINESS FROM ONE ANOTHER. AND IF -- WE HAVE GOT TO GET 212 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:40,265 AND IF -- WE HAVE GOT TO GET OVER A SENSE THAT SOMEHOW THIS 213 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:41,733 OVER A SENSE THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS A ZERO SUM GAME. 214 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:43,301 IS A ZERO SUM GAME. WHERE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, 215 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:44,770 WHERE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, ONE OF OUR CITIES, ONE OF OUR 216 00:06:44,772 --> 00:06:47,272 ONE OF OUR CITIES, ONE OF OUR COUNTIES, PROSPERS AT THE 217 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:48,540 COUNTIES, PROSPERS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS. 218 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:50,242 EXPENSE OF OTHERS. WE ARE -- WE ARE THE FUTURE OF 219 00:06:50,244 --> 00:06:52,377 WE ARE -- WE ARE THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA. 220 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:53,979 ARIZONA. ARIZONA NEEDS BOTH OF OUR 221 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:56,181 ARIZONA NEEDS BOTH OF OUR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES TO 222 00:06:56,183 --> 00:06:57,382 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES TO SUCCEED, TO SUCCEED TOGETHER, 223 00:06:57,384 --> 00:06:58,083 SUCCEED, TO SUCCEED TOGETHER, AND TO BE GOOD PARTNERS IN 224 00:06:58,085 --> 00:07:01,586 AND TO BE GOOD PARTNERS IN CREATING A STRONG ECONOMIC 225 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:02,320 CREATING A STRONG ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO 226 00:07:02,322 --> 00:07:03,655 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. 227 00:07:03,657 --> 00:07:05,824 BE. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT SEGUE 228 00:07:05,826 --> 00:07:06,958 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO THE NEXT THEME AND THAT IS 229 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,727 INTO THE NEXT THEME AND THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES. 230 00:07:08,729 --> 00:07:11,029 THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES. AND BOTH OF YOU, IN RECENT 231 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,598 AND BOTH OF YOU, IN RECENT ADDRESSES, HAVE MENTIONED THIS 232 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,233 ADDRESSES, HAVE MENTIONED THIS NOTION THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING 233 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:17,135 NOTION THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING MORE -- OR ADOPTING OR 234 00:07:17,137 --> 00:07:18,103 MORE -- OR ADOPTING OR INCORPORATING MORE COMPLEX 235 00:07:18,105 --> 00:07:19,204 INCORPORATING MORE COMPLEX OPERATING MODELS. 236 00:07:19,206 --> 00:07:20,439 OPERATING MODELS. YOU'VE ALSO BOTH USED THE 237 00:07:20,441 --> 00:07:23,308 YOU'VE ALSO BOTH USED THE LANGUAGE OF DISRUPTIVE POLICIES, 238 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:24,509 LANGUAGE OF DISRUPTIVE POLICIES, OR PERHAPS DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS 239 00:07:24,511 --> 00:07:26,845 OR PERHAPS DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP US GET THERE. 240 00:07:26,847 --> 00:07:28,413 THAT WILL HELP US GET THERE. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE 241 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:29,681 COULD YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS AROUND WHAT 242 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:30,916 BIT MORE SPECIFICS AROUND WHAT THAT MEANS? 243 00:07:30,918 --> 00:07:32,050 THAT MEANS? AND THE ROLE THAT THE 244 00:07:32,052 --> 00:07:33,385 AND THE ROLE THAT THE UNIVERSITIES ARE PLAYING, NOT 245 00:07:33,387 --> 00:07:34,920 UNIVERSITIES ARE PLAYING, NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 246 00:07:34,922 --> 00:07:36,655 JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DR. HART IN LINKING TO THE, BUT 247 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:38,023 DR. HART IN LINKING TO THE, BUT SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC 248 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:39,291 SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT YOU GOT UNDER 249 00:07:39,293 --> 00:07:40,525 INITIATIVES THAT YOU GOT UNDER WAY THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THIS 250 00:07:40,527 --> 00:07:42,461 WAY THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THIS TALENT ISSUE, AND DR. KOCH COULD 251 00:07:42,463 --> 00:07:43,762 TALENT ISSUE, AND DR. KOCH COULD WE START WITH YOU THIS TIME? 252 00:07:43,764 --> 00:07:45,831 WE START WITH YOU THIS TIME? >> HOW DO YOU DRIVE DISRUPTIVE 253 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:46,832 >> HOW DO YOU DRIVE DISRUPTIVE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION? 254 00:07:46,834 --> 00:07:48,867 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION? YOU'VE GOT TO CREATE MORE 255 00:07:48,869 --> 00:07:49,267 YOU'VE GOT TO CREATE MORE DISRUPTERS. 256 00:07:49,269 --> 00:07:50,368 DISRUPTERS. SO THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO GO 257 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:51,136 SO THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO GO INTO THE UNIVERSITIES. 258 00:07:51,138 --> 00:07:52,804 INTO THE UNIVERSITIES. YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY NOT AS 259 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,239 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY NOT AS THE ONLY PLACE BUT AS ONE OF THE 260 00:07:54,241 --> 00:07:56,475 THE ONLY PLACE BUT AS ONE OF THE PLACES AND FIND WAYS TO CREATE 261 00:07:56,477 --> 00:07:59,277 PLACES AND FIND WAYS TO CREATE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HIDE-BOUND TO 262 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:00,512 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HIDE-BOUND TO A SINGLE DISCIPLINE. 263 00:08:00,514 --> 00:08:01,947 A SINGLE DISCIPLINE. WHO DO NOT THINK ABOUT AN ONLY 264 00:08:01,949 --> 00:08:02,247 WHO DO NOT THINK ABOUT AN ONLY TASK. 265 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:03,648 TASK. WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ONLY 266 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:04,850 WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ONLY DESIGN A NEW LANDING GEAR AND 267 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:06,418 DESIGN A NEW LANDING GEAR AND THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO. 268 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:08,119 THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO. OR ONLY KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM A 269 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:09,754 OR ONLY KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM A SOFTWARE PACKAGE, AND THAT'S ALL 270 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:11,256 SOFTWARE PACKAGE, AND THAT'S ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO. 271 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:13,024 THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO. THEY NEED TO BE BROADLY 272 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:15,060 THEY NEED TO BE BROADLY ADAPTIVE, BROADLY EDUCATED, 273 00:08:15,062 --> 00:08:15,827 ADAPTIVE, BROADLY EDUCATED, TECHNICALLY COMPETENT, 274 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:16,928 TECHNICALLY COMPETENT, TECHNICALLY ADAPTIVE, AND SO 275 00:08:16,930 --> 00:08:19,064 TECHNICALLY ADAPTIVE, AND SO THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK 276 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:21,600 THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK INTO OUR OWN INSTITUTIONS AND 277 00:08:21,602 --> 00:08:23,034 INTO OUR OWN INSTITUTIONS AND RECONCEPTUALIZE HOW THEY WORK SO 278 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:24,269 RECONCEPTUALIZE HOW THEY WORK SO THAT WE CAN PRODUCE THESE MORE 279 00:08:24,271 --> 00:08:25,904 THAT WE CAN PRODUCE THESE MORE DISRUPTIVE INDIVIDUALS. 280 00:08:25,906 --> 00:08:26,505 DISRUPTIVE INDIVIDUALS. >> DR. HART? 281 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:28,406 >> DR. HART? >> ABSOLUTELY. 282 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:29,541 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU HEARD IN THE 283 00:08:29,543 --> 00:08:31,243 AND YOU HEARD IN THE INTRODUCTION, WE WERE TALKING 284 00:08:31,245 --> 00:08:33,378 INTRODUCTION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND 285 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:33,879 ABOUT TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSFORMATIONAL. 286 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:37,816 TRANSFORMATIONAL. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 287 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:38,416 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY. 288 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:39,885 INTERDISCIPLINARY. WHERE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF 289 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:41,887 WHERE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILOS THAT WE BUILT AND LABELED 290 00:08:41,889 --> 00:08:43,488 SILOS THAT WE BUILT AND LABELED AS PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OR 291 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:44,489 AS PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 292 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:46,424 CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSITIES 293 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:48,860 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSITIES THAT NEED TO BREAK DOWN OLD 294 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:51,363 THAT NEED TO BREAK DOWN OLD BARRIERS IN ORDER TO PUSH THE 295 00:08:51,365 --> 00:08:52,430 BARRIERS IN ORDER TO PUSH THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND 296 00:08:52,432 --> 00:08:52,797 FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING. 297 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:54,432 LEARNING. AND IF WE DON'T BREAK THEM DOWN, 298 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:58,803 AND IF WE DON'T BREAK THEM DOWN, THEN WE WILL BE -- WE WILL HAVE 299 00:08:58,805 --> 00:08:59,404 THEN WE WILL BE -- WE WILL HAVE LO 300 00:08:59,406 --> 00:09:00,138 LO LOCKED OURSELVES INTO THOSE OLD 301 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:01,273 LOCKED OURSELVES INTO THOSE OLD WAYS OF DOING THE THINGS WE DO. 302 00:09:01,275 --> 00:09:03,542 WAYS OF DOING THE THINGS WE DO. AND SO AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU 303 00:09:03,544 --> 00:09:05,544 AND SO AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU HAVE TO DISRUPT THOSE 304 00:09:05,546 --> 00:09:07,646 HAVE TO DISRUPT THOSE CONVENTIONAL PATTERNS IN ORDER 305 00:09:07,648 --> 00:09:09,714 CONVENTIONAL PATTERNS IN ORDER TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL OPEN AND 306 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:10,949 TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL OPEN AND FREE TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE 307 00:09:10,951 --> 00:09:14,686 FREE TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE NEW ECONOMY. 308 00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:18,123 IN THE NEW ECONOMY. >> THE FULL FORUM FEATURING THE 309 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:21,560 >> THE FULL FORUM FEATURING THE U OF A JAN WEAVER HEART AND 310 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:23,562 U OF A JAN WEAVER HEART AND MICHAEL CROW IS ON OUR WEBSITE. 311 00:09:23,564 --> 00:09:25,797 MICHAEL CROW IS ON OUR WEBSITE. BUSINESSES AT THE U OF A THIS 312 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:28,900 BUSINESSES AT THE U OF A THIS WEEK TEACHING TALENT. 313 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,402 WEEK TEACHING TALENT. EILEEN McGARY IS HERE TO TELL US 314 00:09:30,404 --> 00:09:31,469 EILEEN McGARY IS HERE TO TELL US HOW IT WENT. 315 00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:31,803 HOW IT WENT. WELCOME. 316 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:33,371 WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 317 00:09:33,373 --> 00:09:34,739 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. >> HOW WAS IT THIS WEEK? 318 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:35,507 >> HOW WAS IT THIS WEEK? HOW MANY BUSINESSES, HOW MANY 319 00:09:35,509 --> 00:09:37,342 HOW MANY BUSINESSES, HOW MANY STUDENTS INVOLVED? 320 00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:39,945 STUDENTS INVOLVED? >> IT WAS GREAT. 321 00:09:39,947 --> 00:09:41,146 >> IT WAS GREAT. WE WERE REALLY BUSY. 322 00:09:41,148 --> 00:09:42,280 WE WERE REALLY BUSY. WE'VE BEEN BUSY THROUGHOUT THE 323 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,716 WE'VE BEEN BUSY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITY. 324 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:48,219 WEEK WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITY. THE CAREER FAIR SAW 254 TABLES 325 00:09:48,221 --> 00:09:49,854 THE CAREER FAIR SAW 254 TABLES OF EMPLOYERS THROUGHOUT THE TWO 326 00:09:49,856 --> 00:09:52,891 OF EMPLOYERS THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAYS, ABOUT 180 EMPLOYERS. 327 00:09:52,893 --> 00:09:54,326 DAYS, ABOUT 180 EMPLOYERS. WE PROBABLY HAVE SEEN CLOSE TO 328 00:09:54,328 --> 00:09:58,697 WE PROBABLY HAVE SEEN CLOSE TO 3500 STUDENTS FLOWING THROUGH 329 00:09:58,699 --> 00:10:00,298 3500 STUDENTS FLOWING THROUGH THE FAIR WITH GREAT FEEDBACK 330 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:01,466 THE FAIR WITH GREAT FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYERS. 331 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:03,969 FROM EMPLOYERS. >> DO THESE NUMBERS SERVE AS AN 332 00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:04,569 >> DO THESE NUMBERS SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC INDICATOR? 333 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:06,204 ECONOMIC INDICATOR? ARE YOU SEEING THEM GO UP? 334 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:09,174 ARE YOU SEEING THEM GO UP? IS THE ECONOMY IMPROVING? 335 00:10:09,176 --> 00:10:10,609 IS THE ECONOMY IMPROVING? AND IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS 336 00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:11,409 AND IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS A RESULT OF THIS? 337 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:14,613 A RESULT OF THIS? >> WELL, THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES 338 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:16,114 >> WELL, THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES IS SOMEWHAT ON PAR WITH LAST 339 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:16,414 IS SOMEWHAT ON PAR WITH LAST YEAR. 340 00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:19,351 YEAR. WHAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IS 341 00:10:19,353 --> 00:10:21,319 WHAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IS IMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES. 342 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:22,487 IMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS IN 343 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:24,990 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS IN THE WAY OF INTERNSHIPS, AND FULL 344 00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:27,525 THE WAY OF INTERNSHIPS, AND FULL TIME POSITIONS. 345 00:10:27,527 --> 00:10:30,695 TIME POSITIONS. ABOUT 26% OF OUR COMPANIES WERE 346 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:32,564 ABOUT 26% OF OUR COMPANIES WERE LOOKING FOR TAX MAJORS ONLY, 347 00:10:32,566 --> 00:10:34,866 LOOKING FOR TAX MAJORS ONLY, ABOUT 46%, BOTH. 348 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:37,168 ABOUT 46%, BOTH. AND REMAINDER FOR MORE NONTAX. 349 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:39,671 AND REMAINDER FOR MORE NONTAX. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF 350 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:40,905 SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF EMPLOYER SEGMENTS, AS WELL. 351 00:10:40,907 --> 00:10:42,707 EMPLOYER SEGMENTS, AS WELL. >> AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING 352 00:10:42,709 --> 00:10:43,008 >> AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? 353 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:44,809 FROM? ARIZONA BUSINESSES? 354 00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:45,777 ARIZONA BUSINESSES? CALIFORNIA? 355 00:10:45,779 --> 00:10:46,177 CALIFORNIA? NATIONALLY? 356 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,178 NATIONALLY? >> CLOSE TO 40% WERE COMING FROM 357 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:50,248 >> CLOSE TO 40% WERE COMING FROM ARIZONA. 358 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:52,317 ARIZONA. AND THEN THE REST OF THE LARGEST 359 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:54,352 AND THEN THE REST OF THE LARGEST STATE IS CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWED BY 360 00:10:54,354 --> 00:10:57,622 STATE IS CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWED BY TEXAS, NEW YORK CITY, COLORADO. 361 00:10:57,624 --> 00:10:58,757 TEXAS, NEW YORK CITY, COLORADO. SOME OF THE OTHER STATES. 362 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:00,725 SOME OF THE OTHER STATES. AND MANY OF THEM ARE RECRUITING 363 00:11:00,727 --> 00:11:02,093 AND MANY OF THEM ARE RECRUITING FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. 364 00:11:02,095 --> 00:11:02,761 FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. NOT JUST ONE. 365 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:06,364 NOT JUST ONE. >> AND YOU MENTIONED TAX BEING 366 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:06,998 >> AND YOU MENTIONED TAX BEING UNEMPHASIS AREA. 367 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,299 UNEMPHASIS AREA. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER 368 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:09,868 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER FIELDS THAT RECRUITING IS 369 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:10,402 FIELDS THAT RECRUITING IS OCCURRING IN? 370 00:11:10,404 --> 00:11:12,904 OCCURRING IN? >> MANY ASPECTS OF BUSINESSES. 371 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,706 >> MANY ASPECTS OF BUSINESSES. BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU WE SAW 372 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:16,941 BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU WE SAW SOME COMPANIES LOOKING FOR 373 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:18,276 SOME COMPANIES LOOKING FOR AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCE 374 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:18,643 AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCE STUDENTS. 375 00:11:18,645 --> 00:11:21,713 STUDENTS. OUR BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS WELL 376 00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:23,548 OUR BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS WELL REPRESENTED. 377 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:23,948 REPRESENTED. NONPROFITS. 378 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:24,849 NONPROFITS. EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMING 379 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:26,718 EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMING FROM EDUCATION. 380 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,486 FROM EDUCATION. QUITE A VARIETY FOR STUDENTS. 381 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:30,188 QUITE A VARIETY FOR STUDENTS. >> ARE YOU GETTING A SENSE THAT 382 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:31,256 >> ARE YOU GETTING A SENSE THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE FINDING 383 00:11:31,258 --> 00:11:33,024 THESE BUSINESSES ARE FINDING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AT THE 384 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:34,159 WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AT THE U OF A? 385 00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:36,928 U OF A? >> I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM 386 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,196 >> I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM MANY COMPANIES THAT WHEN THEY 387 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:42,901 MANY COMPANIES THAT WHEN THEY COME TO THE U OF A THEY FIND 388 00:11:42,903 --> 00:11:45,403 COME TO THE U OF A THEY FIND MORE, GREATER QUANTITIES OF 389 00:11:45,405 --> 00:11:46,871 MORE, GREATER QUANTITIES OF QUALITY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES 390 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:47,605 QUALITY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES THAN WHEN THEY'RE RECRUITING AT 391 00:11:47,607 --> 00:11:49,207 THAN WHEN THEY'RE RECRUITING AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES. 392 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:51,843 OTHER UNIVERSITIES. I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS FIELDS, WE 393 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:54,012 I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS FIELDS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING THAT THEY 394 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:54,679 ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING THAT THEY WANT MORE OF OUR TECHNICAL 395 00:11:54,681 --> 00:11:58,316 WANT MORE OF OUR TECHNICAL TALENT. 396 00:11:58,318 --> 00:11:59,517 TALENT. AND THAT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT THE 397 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:00,452 AND THAT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 398 00:12:00,454 --> 00:12:02,954 NATION. AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE FIELDS 399 00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:03,888 AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE FIELDS THAT ARE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR 400 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:04,656 THAT ARE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR STUDENTS TO BREAK INTO. 401 00:12:04,658 --> 00:12:06,257 STUDENTS TO BREAK INTO. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE U OF 402 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:07,826 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE U OF A NOW, BUT WE HEARD THE 403 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,861 A NOW, BUT WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT OF THE TWO 404 00:12:09,863 --> 00:12:11,596 PRESIDENT OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, U OF A AND ASU 405 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:13,064 UNIVERSITIES, U OF A AND ASU THIS WEEK TALK ABOUT THE FACT 406 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,299 THIS WEEK TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T CONSIDER 407 00:12:14,301 --> 00:12:15,834 THAT THEY DON'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE COMPETITIVE, 408 00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:18,336 THEMSELVES TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT COLLABORATORS IN PROVIDING 409 00:12:18,338 --> 00:12:19,471 BUT COLLABORATORS IN PROVIDING TALENT FOR BUSINESSES. 410 00:12:19,473 --> 00:12:20,705 TALENT FOR BUSINESSES. HOW DOES THAT WORK FROM THE 411 00:12:20,707 --> 00:12:22,640 HOW DOES THAT WORK FROM THE CAREER SERVICES POINT OF VIEW? 412 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:24,809 CAREER SERVICES POINT OF VIEW? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE WORKED 413 00:12:24,811 --> 00:12:27,078 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES 414 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,114 VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE OTHER STATE 415 00:12:29,116 --> 00:12:29,547 THROUGHOUT THE OTHER STATE UNIVERSITIES. 416 00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:31,583 UNIVERSITIES. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE 417 00:12:31,585 --> 00:12:34,319 IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE JOINTLY HOSTED A ARIZONA CAREER 418 00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:36,454 JOINTLY HOSTED A ARIZONA CAREER MIXER AT THE END OF MAY. 419 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,723 MIXER AT THE END OF MAY. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS 420 00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:40,558 AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS KEEPING TALENT IN ARIZONA. 421 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,827 KEEPING TALENT IN ARIZONA. WE INVITE ALL OF OUR ALUMNI AND 422 00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:45,230 WE INVITE ALL OF OUR ALUMNI AND OUR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH 423 00:12:45,232 --> 00:12:46,798 OUR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR JUST IN TIME 424 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,633 EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR JUST IN TIME HIRES WITHIN THE STATE. 425 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:50,769 HIRES WITHIN THE STATE. WE'RE ALSO DOING A VIRTUAL 426 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:54,739 WE'RE ALSO DOING A VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME 427 00:12:54,741 --> 00:12:56,407 CAREER FAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME FOCUSED ON TEXT TALENT BECAUSE 428 00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:57,776 FOCUSED ON TEXT TALENT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE WHAT'S IN DEMAND. 429 00:12:57,778 --> 00:12:59,844 WE RECOGNIZE WHAT'S IN DEMAND. HOW IN DEMAND I.T. TALENT IS, 430 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:02,280 HOW IN DEMAND I.T. TALENT IS, AND IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO USE ALL 431 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:03,448 AND IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO USE ALL OF OUR STATE UNIVERSITIES AND 432 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,850 OF OUR STATE UNIVERSITIES AND ALL THE TALENT TO HELP EMPLOYERS 433 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:07,352 ALL THE TALENT TO HELP EMPLOYERS IN ARIZONA FIND THAT TALENT. 434 00:13:07,354 --> 00:13:09,454 IN ARIZONA FIND THAT TALENT. >> NOW, VIRTUAL. 435 00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:11,489 >> NOW, VIRTUAL. BY VIRTUAL YOU MEAN IT'S DONE 436 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:11,823 BY VIRTUAL YOU MEAN IT'S DONE ONLINE? 437 00:13:11,825 --> 00:13:13,224 ONLINE? >> YES, IT'S DONE ONLINE. 438 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:14,926 >> YES, IT'S DONE ONLINE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD 439 00:13:14,928 --> 00:13:16,427 AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD OCTOBER 24th AND 25th. 440 00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,363 OCTOBER 24th AND 25th. >> AND HOW DO STUDENTS ENGAGE IN 441 00:13:18,365 --> 00:13:18,663 >> AND HOW DO STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THAT? 442 00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:20,031 THAT? THEY HAVE A PASS WORD THEY GET 443 00:13:20,033 --> 00:13:21,432 THEY HAVE A PASS WORD THEY GET IN AND THEY MEET WITH COMPANIES 444 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:22,033 IN AND THEY MEET WITH COMPANIES THAT WAY? 445 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:22,534 THAT WAY? >> CORRECT. 446 00:13:22,536 --> 00:13:23,835 >> CORRECT. >> HAVE A CHAT? 447 00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:25,136 >> HAVE A CHAT? >> HAVE A PASSWORD. 448 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,771 >> HAVE A PASSWORD. THEY CAN USE LIVE CHAT ROOMS, 449 00:13:26,773 --> 00:13:29,340 THEY CAN USE LIVE CHAT ROOMS, AND EXCHANGE RESUMES, AND 450 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:30,842 AND EXCHANGE RESUMES, AND COMMUNICATE WITH COMPANIES 451 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:32,944 COMMUNICATE WITH COMPANIES THROUGH -- WITHOUT HAVING TO 452 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:33,278 THROUGH -- WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL. 453 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:34,512 TRAVEL. AND THE COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO, 454 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:34,846 AND THE COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO, EITHER. 455 00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:36,080 EITHER. >> YOU'VE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE 456 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:37,215 >> YOU'VE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN 457 00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:37,949 CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE ECONOMY AND IN BUSINESS AS A 458 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:40,985 THE ECONOMY AND IN BUSINESS AS A RESULT OF HOW THE RECRUITING 459 00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:41,853 RESULT OF HOW THE RECRUITING MANIFESTS ITSELF. 460 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:44,155 MANIFESTS ITSELF. BUT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SEEING IN 461 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:45,990 BUT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SEEING IN ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT MAY BE 462 00:13:45,992 --> 00:13:47,091 ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT MAY BE INFLUENCING HOW BUSINESSES ARE 463 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:49,527 INFLUENCING HOW BUSINESSES ARE COMING AFTER STUDENT TALENT? 464 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:53,264 COMING AFTER STUDENT TALENT? >> SOME OF THE CHANGES HAVE TO 465 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:56,034 >> SOME OF THE CHANGES HAVE TO DO WITH DEMOGRAPHICS. 466 00:13:56,036 --> 00:14:00,071 DO WITH DEMOGRAPHICS. IN THAT EVEN A COMPANY THAT MAY 467 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:01,973 IN THAT EVEN A COMPANY THAT MAY NOT BE SEEING EXTREME GROWTH IS 468 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:03,308 NOT BE SEEING EXTREME GROWTH IS ALSO WATCHING PEOPLE RETIRE IN 469 00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:07,111 ALSO WATCHING PEOPLE RETIRE IN THEIR WORKFORCE, AND THEREFORE, 470 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:08,646 THEIR WORKFORCE, AND THEREFORE, CREATING A NEW DEMAND FOR FRESH 471 00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:09,414 CREATING A NEW DEMAND FOR FRESH TALENT TO COME IN. 472 00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:10,148 TALENT TO COME IN. THAT'S ONE OF THE TRENDS WE'RE 473 00:14:10,150 --> 00:14:12,150 THAT'S ONE OF THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING. 474 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,785 SEEING. WE HAVE AS MANY COMPANIES 475 00:14:13,787 --> 00:14:15,954 WE HAVE AS MANY COMPANIES LOOKING FOR DIVERSE TALENT 476 00:14:15,956 --> 00:14:17,755 LOOKING FOR DIVERSE TALENT ACROSS DISCIPLINES AS WE MAY 477 00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:20,291 ACROSS DISCIPLINES AS WE MAY HAVE LOOKING AT VERY SPECIFIC 478 00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:23,595 HAVE LOOKING AT VERY SPECIFIC SPECIALIZED AND FOCUSED TALENT. 479 00:14:23,597 --> 00:14:25,797 SPECIALIZED AND FOCUSED TALENT. AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR TOP 480 00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:27,432 AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR TOP FINANCE COMPANIES, ONE THAT HAS 481 00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:29,300 FINANCE COMPANIES, ONE THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING TO RECRUIT 482 00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:31,269 ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING TO RECRUIT AT OUR CAMPUS, CAME TO ME AND 483 00:14:31,271 --> 00:14:33,605 AT OUR CAMPUS, CAME TO ME AND SAID THEY REALLY SELECTED US, 484 00:14:33,607 --> 00:14:36,307 SAID THEY REALLY SELECTED US, BECAUSE WE REPRESENT DIVERSE 485 00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:37,408 BECAUSE WE REPRESENT DIVERSE THINKERS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 486 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,576 THINKERS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 487 00:14:38,578 --> 00:14:40,245 THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR COMPANY AND THEIR 488 00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:40,812 IN THEIR COMPANY AND THEIR OPERATIONS. 489 00:14:40,814 --> 00:14:42,714 OPERATIONS. SO IT'S NOT ONE VERY SPECIALIZED 490 00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:46,818 SO IT'S NOT ONE VERY SPECIALIZED AREA, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN 491 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:48,686 AREA, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN RECRUIT STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY 492 00:14:48,688 --> 00:14:50,788 RECRUIT STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY CULTURALLY AWARE AND CULTURALLY 493 00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:52,123 CULTURALLY AWARE AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE AND ALSO REPRESENT MANY 494 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:55,126 DIVERSE AND ALSO REPRESENT MANY DISCIPLINES AND CAN BRING THOSE 495 00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:56,194 DISCIPLINES AND CAN BRING THOSE TOGETHER TO LEAD A COMPANY 496 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:57,562 TOGETHER TO LEAD A COMPANY >> DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN 497 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,163 >> DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DYNAMIC IN HOW BUSINESSES 498 00:14:59,165 --> 00:15:03,534 THE DYNAMIC IN HOW BUSINESSES AND STUDENTS ARE MATCHING UP IN 499 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:04,936 AND STUDENTS ARE MATCHING UP IN RELATION TO THE NEW ECONOMY, 500 00:15:04,938 --> 00:15:06,337 RELATION TO THE NEW ECONOMY, KNOWLEDGE BASE, LOOKING FOR 501 00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:06,671 KNOWLEDGE BASE, LOOKING FOR TALENT? 502 00:15:06,673 --> 00:15:08,239 TALENT? >> MM-HMM. 503 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,508 >> MM-HMM. WELL, IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF 504 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,076 WELL, IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT WE DO, AND HOW WE'RE 505 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:13,544 EVENTS THAT WE DO, AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THOSE MARKET 506 00:15:13,546 --> 00:15:15,113 TRYING TO MEET THOSE MARKET NEEDS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE 507 00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:17,515 NEEDS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO 508 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:20,351 HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO IS IN PHOENIX, WORKS THAT MARKET 509 00:15:20,353 --> 00:15:21,853 IS IN PHOENIX, WORKS THAT MARKET TO MAKE SURE EMPLOYERS ARE 510 00:15:21,855 --> 00:15:22,754 TO MAKE SURE EMPLOYERS ARE GETTING THE BEST SERVICE FOR 511 00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:23,421 GETTING THE BEST SERVICE FOR THEIR NEEDS. 512 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:27,692 THEIR NEEDS. WE HAVE AN EQUAL PERSONNEL IN 513 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:28,026 WE HAVE AN EQUAL PERSONNEL IN TUCSON. 514 00:15:28,028 --> 00:15:28,960 TUCSON. THROUGH OUTREACHING COMPANIES, 515 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,194 THROUGH OUTREACHING COMPANIES, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO 516 00:15:30,196 --> 00:15:32,363 WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO COME TO US, WE ALSO HAVE A 517 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:33,898 COME TO US, WE ALSO HAVE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO OUR 518 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:35,667 MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO OUR EMPLOYER EVENTS AND CAREER 519 00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:35,967 EMPLOYER EVENTS AND CAREER FAIRS. 520 00:15:35,969 --> 00:15:38,569 FAIRS. SO WHILE WE MAY HAVE A 521 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:39,737 SO WHILE WE MAY HAVE A WELL-ORCHESTRATED FALL LARGE 522 00:15:39,739 --> 00:15:41,439 WELL-ORCHESTRATED FALL LARGE CAREER FAIR, WE'RE ALSO GETTING 523 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:43,007 CAREER FAIR, WE'RE ALSO GETTING PANELS AND MIXERS, TRYING TO 524 00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:44,976 PANELS AND MIXERS, TRYING TO DEAL WITH EMERGING MARKETS, 525 00:15:44,978 --> 00:15:46,411 DEAL WITH EMERGING MARKETS, MARKETS THAT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR 526 00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:47,879 MARKETS THAT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR STUDENTS TO REACH THROUGH A 527 00:15:47,881 --> 00:15:48,546 STUDENTS TO REACH THROUGH A CAREER FAIR. 528 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:51,316 CAREER FAIR. FOR EXAMPLE CAREERS IN SPORTS. 529 00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:52,984 FOR EXAMPLE CAREERS IN SPORTS. SUSTAINABILITY IN GREEN CAREERS. 530 00:15:52,986 --> 00:15:54,786 SUSTAINABILITY IN GREEN CAREERS. AT LEAST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. 531 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:56,888 AT LEAST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. >> EILEEN McGARY, DIRECTOR OF 532 00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:57,555 >> EILEEN McGARY, DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES AT THE 533 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:58,489 CAREER SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 534 00:15:58,491 --> 00:15:59,157 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. THANKS FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. 535 00:15:59,159 --> 00:16:01,326 THANKS FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. >> THANK YOU. 536 00:16:01,328 --> 00:16:03,828 >> THANK YOU. >> TUCSON'S BIGGEST EMPLOYER IS 537 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:06,631 >> TUCSON'S BIGGEST EMPLOYER IS HAPPY WITH THE U OF A TALENT 538 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:06,931 HAPPY WITH THE U OF A TALENT POOL. 539 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:08,533 POOL. BUT SPOKESMAN JOHN PATTERSON 540 00:16:08,535 --> 00:16:10,101 BUT SPOKESMAN JOHN PATTERSON SAYS RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS 541 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:10,835 SAYS RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS NEEDS MORE FROM THE EDUCATIONAL 542 00:16:10,837 --> 00:16:14,105 NEEDS MORE FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 543 00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,640 SYSTEM. >> RAYTHEON NEEDS ENGINEERS. 544 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:16,774 >> RAYTHEON NEEDS ENGINEERS. WHERE DOES IT GET THEM? 545 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:18,977 WHERE DOES IT GET THEM? >> YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE 546 00:16:18,979 --> 00:16:20,678 >> YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THIS, BUT RAYTHEON IS A 547 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:21,079 THIS, BUT RAYTHEON IS A CORPORATION. 548 00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:23,681 CORPORATION. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE 549 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:24,082 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE CORPORATION. 550 00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:25,216 CORPORATION. NOT JUST RAYTHEON MISSILE 551 00:16:25,218 --> 00:16:27,118 NOT JUST RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS IN TUCSON, RECRUITS THE 552 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,152 SYSTEMS IN TUCSON, RECRUITS THE BULK OF ITS ENGINEERS FROM THE 553 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:29,287 BULK OF ITS ENGINEERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 554 00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:30,989 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. THE U OF A PREPARES ITS 555 00:16:30,991 --> 00:16:32,123 THE U OF A PREPARES ITS ENGINEERS VERY WELL. 556 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:33,091 ENGINEERS VERY WELL. THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE 557 00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:34,592 THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO 558 00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:35,526 SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME TO WORK FOR US. 559 00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:36,794 COME TO WORK FOR US. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHORTAGE 560 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:38,062 BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERING TALENT. 561 00:16:38,064 --> 00:16:40,498 OF ENGINEERING TALENT. WE'RE IN A TALENT WAR. 562 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:43,001 WE'RE IN A TALENT WAR. WE COMPETE AGAINST OUR PEER 563 00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:44,802 WE COMPETE AGAINST OUR PEER GROUP TO ATTRACT THE BEST AND 564 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:45,970 GROUP TO ATTRACT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST ENGINEERS. 565 00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:49,273 BRIGHTEST ENGINEERS. AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE 566 00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:49,607 AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT. 567 00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,175 LOOKOUT. AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE HUNDREDS 568 00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:53,011 AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE HUNDREDS OF JOBS AT RAYTHEON MISSILE 569 00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:54,479 OF JOBS AT RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS THAT GO UNFILLED BECAUSE 570 00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:55,546 SYSTEMS THAT GO UNFILLED BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE TALENT. 571 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:56,981 WE CAN'T FIND THE TALENT. >> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 572 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,983 >> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TOLD ME BEFORE WE CAME ON 573 00:16:58,985 --> 00:17:00,752 YOU TOLD ME BEFORE WE CAME ON CAMERA, WAS THAT YOU DON'T JUST 574 00:17:00,754 --> 00:17:02,286 CAMERA, WAS THAT YOU DON'T JUST RECRUIT FROM THE U OF A BUT YOU 575 00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:04,222 RECRUIT FROM THE U OF A BUT YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U OF 576 00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:04,455 HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U OF A. 577 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:05,890 A. WILL YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE 578 00:17:05,892 --> 00:17:06,157 WILL YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT? 579 00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:07,225 BIT? >> IT'S EXCELLENT. 580 00:17:07,227 --> 00:17:08,226 >> IT'S EXCELLENT. THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 581 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,827 THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IS SUPERB. 582 00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:11,162 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IS SUPERB. WHETHER IT'S OUR ENGINEERS GOING 583 00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:14,198 WHETHER IT'S OUR ENGINEERS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY, TO ACT AS 584 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,967 TO THE UNIVERSITY, TO ACT AS MENTORS, OR TO BE GUEST 585 00:17:15,969 --> 00:17:17,468 MENTORS, OR TO BE GUEST LECTURERS, OR TO WORK WITH THOSE 586 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:18,069 LECTURERS, OR TO WORK WITH THOSE ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON 587 00:17:18,071 --> 00:17:22,640 ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE OFTEN, 588 00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:23,808 PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE OFTEN, ENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT COME 589 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:26,044 ENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT COME ON TO OUR FACILITY IN AN INTERN 590 00:17:26,046 --> 00:17:27,879 ON TO OUR FACILITY IN AN INTERN ROLE, OR IN A TEMPORARY ROLE. 591 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,680 ROLE, OR IN A TEMPORARY ROLE. SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 592 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:32,183 SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. THE U OF A IS A TREASURE. 593 00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:34,018 THE U OF A IS A TREASURE. IT'S A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY THAT 594 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,887 IT'S A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY THAT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE FUNDED 595 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:37,355 ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE FUNDED APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO 596 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:38,990 APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT TALENT 597 00:17:38,992 --> 00:17:39,624 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT TALENT PIPELINE FOR US. 598 00:17:39,626 --> 00:17:41,392 PIPELINE FOR US. >> AND, IN FACT, YOU'VE SAID 599 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,561 >> AND, IN FACT, YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE GONE TO THE LEGISLATURE, 600 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:45,863 YOU'VE GONE TO THE LEGISLATURE, AND TO STATE OFFICIALS, TO TRY 601 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:48,032 AND TO STATE OFFICIALS, TO TRY TO SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR THE 602 00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:49,067 TO SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE 603 00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:50,001 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE STATE, CORRECT? 604 00:17:50,003 --> 00:17:51,903 STATE, CORRECT? >> WE'VE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE. 605 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,104 >> WE'VE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE. WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD 606 00:17:53,106 --> 00:17:54,972 WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS MANY TIMES, URGING 607 00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:56,541 OF REGENTS MANY TIMES, URGING THEM TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE 608 00:17:56,543 --> 00:17:57,742 THEM TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE UNIVERSITY ADEQUATELY. 609 00:17:57,744 --> 00:17:58,810 UNIVERSITY ADEQUATELY. AND NOT JUST THE UNIVERSITY. 610 00:17:58,812 --> 00:18:00,278 AND NOT JUST THE UNIVERSITY. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT 611 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,879 WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION OVERALL IN THE STATE. 612 00:18:01,881 --> 00:18:02,814 EDUCATION OVERALL IN THE STATE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR 613 00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:05,316 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE 614 00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:06,484 HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE WORLD CLASS SO THAT 615 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:08,453 SCHOOLS ARE WORLD CLASS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GO ON TO 616 00:18:08,455 --> 00:18:09,687 OUR STUDENTS CAN GO ON TO UNIVERSITY, THEY CAN GET THESE 617 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:10,755 UNIVERSITY, THEY CAN GET THESE DEGREES, AND THEY CAN COME TO 618 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:12,156 DEGREES, AND THEY CAN COME TO WORK FOR COMPANIES LIKE 619 00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:12,523 WORK FOR COMPANIES LIKE RAYTHEON. 620 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:13,758 RAYTHEON. >> IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU A 621 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:14,959 >> IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RAYTHEON'S 622 00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:15,927 LITTLE BIT ABOUT RAYTHEON'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. 623 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:17,128 COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT 624 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,896 WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNDER WAY. 625 00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:21,599 ARE UNDER WAY. OUR MATH MOVES YOU PROGRAM. 626 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:23,801 OUR MATH MOVES YOU PROGRAM. THAT'S MATH MAVS U, WITH A "U." 627 00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:25,736 THAT'S MATH MAVS U, WITH A "U." WE'VE GIVEN AWAY MILLIONS OF 628 00:18:25,738 --> 00:18:27,105 WE'VE GIVEN AWAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT 629 00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:29,040 DOLLARS TO HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, 630 00:18:29,042 --> 00:18:32,076 GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS AND 631 00:18:32,078 --> 00:18:32,777 TECHNOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS AND MATHEMATICIANS. 632 00:18:32,779 --> 00:18:34,145 MATHEMATICIANS. S.T.E.M. EDUCATION IS VITAL TO 633 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:34,412 S.T.E.M. EDUCATION IS VITAL TO US. 634 00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:35,780 US. >> IS RAYTHEON GETTING THE 635 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:37,348 >> IS RAYTHEON GETTING THE TALENT IT NEEDS FROM ARIZONA'S 636 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:37,782 TALENT IT NEEDS FROM ARIZONA'S UNIVERSITIES? 637 00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:38,850 UNIVERSITIES? >> SO FAR SO GOOD. 638 00:18:38,852 --> 00:18:42,053 >> SO FAR SO GOOD. THE U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR 639 00:18:42,055 --> 00:18:43,020 THE U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. 640 00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:44,789 ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. THEY COME TO US, AND WE CAN PUT 641 00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:45,490 THEY COME TO US, AND WE CAN PUT THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. 642 00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:47,925 THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE NEED MORE. 643 00:18:47,927 --> 00:18:49,994 BUT WE NEED MORE. WE NEED MORE STUDENTS TO GO IN 644 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:51,496 WE NEED MORE STUDENTS TO GO IN TO THESE S.T.E.M. FIELDS. 645 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:54,465 TO THESE S.T.E.M. FIELDS. WE NEED MORE ENGINEERS TO COME 646 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:57,101 WE NEED MORE ENGINEERS TO COME TO RAYTHEON, AND THE COUNTRY IS 647 00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:58,703 TO RAYTHEON, AND THE COUNTRY IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS. 648 00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:00,138 IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS. MICHAEL, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM IF 649 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:01,739 MICHAEL, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM IF CHINA AND INDIA ARE GRADUATING 650 00:19:01,741 --> 00:19:04,108 CHINA AND INDIA ARE GRADUATING MORE ENGINEERS THAN THE UNITED 651 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:04,442 MORE ENGINEERS THAN THE UNITED STATES. 652 00:19:04,444 --> 00:19:06,144 STATES. THAT'S A DANGER TO OUR NATION, 653 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:08,312 THAT'S A DANGER TO OUR NATION, OUR TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE IN THE 654 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:09,247 OUR TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE IN THE WORLD IS AT RISK. 655 00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:11,082 WORLD IS AT RISK. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCH 656 00:19:11,084 --> 00:19:11,716 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCH PROPONENTS OF THIS. 657 00:19:11,718 --> 00:19:12,850 PROPONENTS OF THIS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REACHING 658 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:14,385 AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REACHING NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT 659 00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:17,054 NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TO 660 00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:18,422 TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE 661 00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:20,291 ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE APTITUDE IN MATH AND SCIENCE, TO 662 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,293 APTITUDE IN MATH AND SCIENCE, TO STAY WITH IT. 663 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:24,795 STAY WITH IT. AND THE REWARD IS A VERY 664 00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,397 AND THE REWARD IS A VERY EXCITING CAREER IN AERO SPACE 665 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:27,698 EXCITING CAREER IN AERO SPACE AND DEFENSE, EITHER WITH US OR 666 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:28,666 AND DEFENSE, EITHER WITH US OR SOMEBODY ELSE. 667 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:30,635 SOMEBODY ELSE. >> AND THAT'S BACK TO THAT K-12 668 00:19:30,637 --> 00:19:31,836 >> AND THAT'S BACK TO THAT K-12 ISSUE, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO 669 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:35,740 ISSUE, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO YOU SEE HAPPENING AT THE K-12 670 00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:37,041 YOU SEE HAPPENING AT THE K-12 LEVEL IN TUCSON AND THE STATES 671 00:19:37,043 --> 00:19:38,676 LEVEL IN TUCSON AND THE STATES THAT MAY BE GOOD SIGNS OR MAY 672 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,711 THAT MAY BE GOOD SIGNS OR MAY NOT BE SUCH GOOD SIGNS FOR 673 00:19:40,713 --> 00:19:41,479 NOT BE SUCH GOOD SIGNS FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? 674 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:42,680 FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? >> WELL, I DO THINK THAT THE 675 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:46,317 >> WELL, I DO THINK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECOGNIZE THAT 676 00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:47,885 SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECOGNIZE THAT S.T.E.M. IS CRITICAL, THAT THEY 677 00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:50,855 S.T.E.M. IS CRITICAL, THAT THEY MUST EMPHASIZE -- SCIENCE, 678 00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:52,223 MUST EMPHASIZE -- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 679 00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:55,159 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH, THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO 680 00:19:55,161 --> 00:19:56,427 MATH, THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE STUDENTS WITH 681 00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:58,496 PROVIDE THOSE STUDENTS WITH APTITUDES IN THOSE AREAS WITH 682 00:19:58,498 --> 00:19:59,764 APTITUDES IN THOSE AREAS WITH CHALLENGING CURRICULUM SO 683 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:01,032 CHALLENGING CURRICULUM SO THEY'LL GO ON AND SUPPORT THAT. 684 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:02,700 THEY'LL GO ON AND SUPPORT THAT. AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE 685 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:03,067 AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE DERAILED. 686 00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:04,302 DERAILED. YOU KNOW RAYTHEON DID A STUDY 687 00:20:04,304 --> 00:20:05,870 YOU KNOW RAYTHEON DID A STUDY SOME YEARS AGO AND FOUND THAT 688 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:08,105 SOME YEARS AGO AND FOUND THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE CRITICAL 689 00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:09,707 MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE CRITICAL TIME OF YEAR -- OR CRITICAL TIME 690 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:11,008 TIME OF YEAR -- OR CRITICAL TIME IN A STUDENT'S LIFE WHERE THEY 691 00:20:11,010 --> 00:20:12,143 IN A STUDENT'S LIFE WHERE THEY MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT 692 00:20:12,145 --> 00:20:13,177 MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE REST 693 00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:14,212 THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 694 00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:15,746 OF THEIR LIVES. AND IF SOMEBODY WHISPERS IN 695 00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:17,281 AND IF SOMEBODY WHISPERS IN THEIR EAR THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, 696 00:20:17,283 --> 00:20:17,815 THEIR EAR THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, MATH ISN'T COOL. 697 00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:19,517 MATH ISN'T COOL. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 698 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:20,651 YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE LOST THEM. 699 00:20:20,653 --> 00:20:22,620 WE LOST THEM. SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT 700 00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:26,424 SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO EMPHASIZING THAT MIDDLE 701 00:20:26,426 --> 00:20:27,758 INTO EMPHASIZING THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADE UNIT SPECIFICALLY, 702 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,827 SCHOOL GRADE UNIT SPECIFICALLY, THAT NO, NO, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT 703 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:31,562 THAT NO, NO, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS, THE APPLICATION OF MATH 704 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:32,964 THIS, THE APPLICATION OF MATH AND SCIENCE IS VERY REWARDING. 705 00:20:32,966 --> 00:20:34,999 AND SCIENCE IS VERY REWARDING. YOU GET TO WORK ON CHALLENGING 706 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:37,134 YOU GET TO WORK ON CHALLENGING THINGS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL 707 00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:37,468 THINGS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL CAREER. 708 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:38,803 CAREER. AND IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE SO 709 00:20:38,805 --> 00:20:39,070 AND IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE SO FAR. 710 00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:42,006 FAR. >> ENGINEERING IS THE BIG VALUE 711 00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:43,074 >> ENGINEERING IS THE BIG VALUE AREA AT RAYTHEON. 712 00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:44,709 AREA AT RAYTHEON. BUT WHAT OTHER SKILL AREAS ARE 713 00:20:44,711 --> 00:20:47,144 BUT WHAT OTHER SKILL AREAS ARE THERE THAT YOU LOOK FOR TRAINED 714 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:47,712 THERE THAT YOU LOOK FOR TRAINED EMPLOYEES IN? 715 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:49,247 EMPLOYEES IN? >> IT'S, I SAY IT'S LIKE A 716 00:20:49,249 --> 00:20:50,948 >> IT'S, I SAY IT'S LIKE A LITTLE CITY, RAYTHEON MISSILE 717 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:51,282 LITTLE CITY, RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS. 718 00:20:51,284 --> 00:20:52,783 SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, WE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE 719 00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:54,185 YOU KNOW, WE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERING TALENT. 720 00:20:54,187 --> 00:20:55,486 OUR ENGINEERING TALENT. THEY ARE REALLY THE STARS. 721 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:58,055 THEY ARE REALLY THE STARS. YOU KNOW, OF THE 11,000, 12,000 722 00:20:58,057 --> 00:20:59,657 YOU KNOW, OF THE 11,000, 12,000 FOLKS WE HAVE OUT THERE, ABOUT 723 00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:00,891 FOLKS WE HAVE OUT THERE, ABOUT 6,000 OF THEM ARE ENGINEERS. 724 00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:04,262 6,000 OF THEM ARE ENGINEERS. SO THAT'S THE EMPHASIS 725 00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:04,895 SO THAT'S THE EMPHASIS REPLACEMENT, ENGINEERING. 726 00:21:04,897 --> 00:21:05,496 REPLACEMENT, ENGINEERING. WE HAVE FINANCE PEOPLE. 727 00:21:05,498 --> 00:21:06,597 WE HAVE FINANCE PEOPLE. WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN PEOPLE. 728 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,299 WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN PEOPLE. HUMAN RESOURCES FOLKS. 729 00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:08,733 HUMAN RESOURCES FOLKS. COMMUNICATORS. 730 00:21:08,735 --> 00:21:10,201 COMMUNICATORS. I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THEY ARE 731 00:21:10,203 --> 00:21:10,635 I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THEY ARE OUT THERE. 732 00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:12,403 OUT THERE. BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT KIND OF 733 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,071 BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT KIND OF TALENT TO RUN A GLOBAL COMPANY 734 00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:14,972 TALENT TO RUN A GLOBAL COMPANY LIKE RAYTHEON. 735 00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:16,274 LIKE RAYTHEON. >> AND THEY NEED THE EDUCATION 736 00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:16,841 >> AND THEY NEED THE EDUCATION FOR THAT? 737 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:17,575 FOR THAT? >> THEY MUST HAVE THE EDUCATION 738 00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:19,610 >> THEY MUST HAVE THE EDUCATION FOR THAT. 739 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:22,446 FOR THAT. SO, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO 740 00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,148 SO, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO RALLY TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE 741 00:21:24,150 --> 00:21:26,117 RALLY TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GETTING 742 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,652 THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GETTING THE RIGHT KINDS OF CLASSES, 743 00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:29,086 THE RIGHT KINDS OF CLASSES, GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF 744 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:29,453 GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF EDUCATION. 745 00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:30,688 EDUCATION. THAT'S THE INVESTMENT IN ALL OF 746 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:32,790 THAT'S THE INVESTMENT IN ALL OF OUR FUTURE, NOT JUST RAYTHEON. 747 00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:34,091 OUR FUTURE, NOT JUST RAYTHEON. >> AS THE CLICHE GOES, YOUNG 748 00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:35,893 >> AS THE CLICHE GOES, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE. 749 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,496 PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE. IN ARIZONA, YOUNG MEANS LATINOS, 750 00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:39,797 IN ARIZONA, YOUNG MEANS LATINOS, WHO ALREADY ARE A MAJORITY IN 751 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:40,431 WHO ALREADY ARE A MAJORITY IN THE STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOL 752 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:42,199 THE STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 753 00:21:42,201 --> 00:21:44,335 SYSTEM. HOW IS THE HIGHER EDUCATION 754 00:21:44,337 --> 00:21:46,771 HOW IS THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM SERVING THEM TO DEVELOP 755 00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:47,104 SYSTEM SERVING THEM TO DEVELOP TALENT? 756 00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:48,773 TALENT? JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF THE 757 00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:51,309 JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF THE LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER AT 758 00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:52,043 LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS HERE 759 00:21:52,045 --> 00:21:54,045 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS HERE FOR AN ASSESSMENT. 760 00:21:54,047 --> 00:21:55,279 FOR AN ASSESSMENT. WELCOME, MR. GARCIA. 761 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:59,483 WELCOME, MR. GARCIA. >> THANK YOU. 762 00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:01,018 >> THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL SOME NUMBERS. 763 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,820 >> FIRST OF ALL SOME NUMBERS. WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE 764 00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:04,555 WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE LATINO POPULATION IN ARIZONA? 765 00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:06,624 LATINO POPULATION IN ARIZONA? IS IT THE WORK FORCE OF THE 766 00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:06,957 IS IT THE WORK FORCE OF THE FUTURE? 767 00:22:06,959 --> 00:22:08,459 FUTURE? >> WELL, AT MORRISON INT 768 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:09,760 >> WELL, AT MORRISON INT ABSOLUTE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT 769 00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,996 ABSOLUTE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF STUDY ON LATINO PUBLIC POLICY 770 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:14,398 OF STUDY ON LATINO PUBLIC POLICY AND ABSOLUTELY THE WAY LATINOS 771 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,667 AND ABSOLUTELY THE WAY LATINOS GO, SO WILL GO ARIZONA. 772 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:19,337 GO, SO WILL GO ARIZONA. THE REASON IS SIMPLE, 773 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:19,770 THE REASON IS SIMPLE, DEMOGRAPHICS. 774 00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:21,238 DEMOGRAPHICS. IT'S LATINOS MAKE UP ABOUT 30% 775 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,641 IT'S LATINOS MAKE UP ABOUT 30% OF ARIZONA'S POPULATION 776 00:22:23,643 --> 00:22:24,008 OF ARIZONA'S POPULATION PRESENTLY. 777 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:24,675 PRESENTLY. ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE 778 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:27,011 ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LATINOS. 779 00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:28,646 LATINOS. AND WE ARE A GROWING POPULATION. 780 00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:30,281 AND WE ARE A GROWING POPULATION. WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY 781 00:22:30,283 --> 00:22:30,614 WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. 782 00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:32,783 OBVIOUS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE 783 00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:33,484 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE FOR NON-HISPANIC WHITES, IT'S 784 00:22:33,486 --> 00:22:36,687 FOR NON-HISPANIC WHITES, IT'S 44. 785 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:38,289 44. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN 786 00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:39,890 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE FOR LATINOS, IT'S 25. 787 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:42,193 AGE FOR LATINOS, IT'S 25. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROWING 788 00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:42,993 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROWING POPULATION THAT'S ONLY GOING TO 789 00:22:42,995 --> 00:22:44,095 POPULATION THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE INCREASING. 790 00:22:44,097 --> 00:22:46,630 BE INCREASING. >> SO IS THE STATE'S 791 00:22:46,632 --> 00:22:47,631 >> SO IS THE STATE'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM 792 00:22:47,633 --> 00:22:49,233 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM KEEPING UP WITH THAT? 793 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:50,835 KEEPING UP WITH THAT? ARE LATINOS GETTING INTO AND 794 00:22:50,837 --> 00:22:52,169 ARE LATINOS GETTING INTO AND GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE 795 00:22:52,171 --> 00:22:52,837 GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE SUCCESSFULLY THESE DAYS? 796 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:54,338 SUCCESSFULLY THESE DAYS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 797 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:54,872 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE MANY QUESTIONS. 798 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:56,907 MANY QUESTIONS. THE ANSWER IS YES AND NO. 799 00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:57,742 THE ANSWER IS YES AND NO. THE ANSWER IS YES, I MEAN 800 00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:59,944 THE ANSWER IS YES, I MEAN THERE'S GOOD NEWS. 801 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:01,579 THERE'S GOOD NEWS. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 802 00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:03,280 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE 803 00:23:03,282 --> 00:23:04,482 CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 804 00:23:04,484 --> 00:23:07,017 FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, THERE WERE MORE LATINO KIDS IN ARIZONA'S K 805 00:23:07,019 --> 00:23:08,652 MORE LATINO KIDS IN ARIZONA'S K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC EDUCATION 806 00:23:08,654 --> 00:23:09,520 THROUGH 12 PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THAN WHITE KIDS. 807 00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:10,955 SYSTEM THAN WHITE KIDS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE POPULATION 808 00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:13,257 SO YOU CAN SEE THE POPULATION COMING UP THROUGH THE PIPELINE. 809 00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:14,425 COMING UP THROUGH THE PIPELINE. LARGELY LATINO. 810 00:23:14,427 --> 00:23:17,695 LARGELY LATINO. FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE ARE 811 00:23:17,697 --> 00:23:19,263 FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE ARE MORE LATINO HIGH SCHOOL 812 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:21,265 MORE LATINO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO ARE -- WHO ARE 813 00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:23,467 GRADUATES WHO ARE -- WHO ARE APPLYING AND ENTERING COLLEGE, 814 00:23:23,469 --> 00:23:24,301 APPLYING AND ENTERING COLLEGE, THAN WHITE KIDS. 815 00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:27,538 THAN WHITE KIDS. THE PROBLEM IS, LATINOS ARE LESS 816 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:28,272 THE PROBLEM IS, LATINOS ARE LESS LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH 817 00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:30,174 LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 818 00:23:30,176 --> 00:23:32,309 SCHOOL. SO YOU SEE THE GAP THERE. 819 00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:34,245 SO YOU SEE THE GAP THERE. YOU KNOW, YES THERE ARE MORE 820 00:23:34,247 --> 00:23:35,946 YOU KNOW, YES THERE ARE MORE THAT ARE APPLYING PERCENTAGEWISE 821 00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,715 THAT ARE APPLYING PERCENTAGEWISE BUT THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER. 822 00:23:37,717 --> 00:23:40,084 BUT THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER. SO ONE QUARTER OF LATINOS ARE 823 00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:40,818 SO ONE QUARTER OF LATINOS ARE DROPPING OUT BEFORE THEY FINISH 824 00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:42,620 DROPPING OUT BEFORE THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. 825 00:23:42,622 --> 00:23:44,188 HIGH SCHOOL. >> BUT WHO'S GETTING IN TO 826 00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,389 >> BUT WHO'S GETTING IN TO COLLEGE AMONG LATINOS? 827 00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:47,391 COLLEGE AMONG LATINOS? ARE WE SEEING THE NUMBERS 828 00:23:47,393 --> 00:23:49,226 ARE WE SEEING THE NUMBERS GROWING THERE AT THE U OF A, 829 00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:49,794 GROWING THERE AT THE U OF A, ASU, NORTHERN ARIZONA 830 00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:51,262 ASU, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY? 831 00:23:51,264 --> 00:23:53,030 UNIVERSITY? >> YEAH, I THINK ALL THE STATE 832 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:53,831 >> YEAH, I THINK ALL THE STATE UNIVERSITIES ARE ON BOARD FOR TO 833 00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:57,535 UNIVERSITIES ARE ON BOARD FOR TO TRY TO REPRESENT THE POPULATION. 834 00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:59,437 TRY TO REPRESENT THE POPULATION. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 835 00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:01,439 OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT THERE YET. BUT ASU IS DOING A GOOD JOB. 836 00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,407 BUT ASU IS DOING A GOOD JOB. U OF A IS PUSHING THIS, AS WELL. 837 00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:05,443 U OF A IS PUSHING THIS, AS WELL. THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU LOOK AT 838 00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:07,711 THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU LOOK AT LATINOS AS A WHOLE, LATINOS JUST 839 00:24:07,713 --> 00:24:09,046 LATINOS AS A WHOLE, LATINOS JUST BECAUSE THEY ENTER COLLEGE DOES 840 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:10,514 BECAUSE THEY ENTER COLLEGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY FINISH 841 00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:10,848 NOT MEAN THAT THEY FINISH COLLEGE. 842 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:13,784 COLLEGE. THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER 843 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,620 THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. 844 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:18,756 RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENDER 845 00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:20,825 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENDER POPULATION RIGHT NOW, ONLY ABOUT 846 00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:24,295 POPULATION RIGHT NOW, ONLY ABOUT 9% OF LATINOS OBTAIN A 847 00:24:24,297 --> 00:24:26,831 9% OF LATINOS OBTAIN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, IN THAT AGE 848 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:27,932 BACHELOR'S DEGREE, IN THAT AGE POPULATION OF 24 TO 34. 849 00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:28,599 POPULATION OF 24 TO 34. AND THEN IT JUST GOES UP A 850 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:30,601 AND THEN IT JUST GOES UP A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS AS 851 00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:35,039 COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS AS YOU GET INTO THE 35 TO 44 AGE 852 00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:35,339 YOU GET INTO THE 35 TO 44 AGE GROUP. 853 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:36,440 GROUP. ONLY 10%. 854 00:24:36,442 --> 00:24:38,309 ONLY 10%. 11% FOR THE 45 TO 54. 855 00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:40,244 11% FOR THE 45 TO 54. SO YOU CAN SEE LATINOS ARE 856 00:24:40,246 --> 00:24:41,812 SO YOU CAN SEE LATINOS ARE GRADUATING AND HAVE A FOUR-YEAR 857 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,314 GRADUATING AND HAVE A FOUR-YEAR OR BETTER DEGREE AT A LOWER 858 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:43,614 OR BETTER DEGREE AT A LOWER RATE. 859 00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:45,249 RATE. AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR 860 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:47,151 AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE ECONOMICALLY 861 00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:50,054 ABILITY TO COMPETE ECONOMICALLY AS A STATE, BECAUSE AS LATINOS 862 00:24:50,056 --> 00:24:51,589 AS A STATE, BECAUSE AS LATINOS MOVE MORE AND MORE INTO THE 863 00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:53,491 MOVE MORE AND MORE INTO THE WORKFORCE, LATINOS ARE NOT 864 00:24:53,493 --> 00:24:55,392 WORKFORCE, LATINOS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE AS THE HIGH 865 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:57,061 REPRESENTATIVE AS THE HIGH SKILLED, HIGH COMPENSATED 866 00:24:57,063 --> 00:24:58,095 SKILLED, HIGH COMPENSATED WORKFORCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING 867 00:24:58,097 --> 00:24:59,430 WORKFORCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND ABLE TO COMPETE. 868 00:24:59,432 --> 00:25:01,232 FOR AND ABLE TO COMPETE. AND THAT'S THE DANGER IS THAT 869 00:25:01,234 --> 00:25:02,333 AND THAT'S THE DANGER IS THAT ARIZONA COULD DROP DOWN TO A 870 00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:03,267 ARIZONA COULD DROP DOWN TO A SECOND OR THIRD STATE. 871 00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:04,468 SECOND OR THIRD STATE. SO THAT'S WHY ALL THE ATTENTION 872 00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:05,302 SO THAT'S WHY ALL THE ATTENTION IS BEING PAID NOW. 873 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:06,537 IS BEING PAID NOW. IT'S NOT JUST WE NEED TO TAKE 874 00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:08,372 IT'S NOT JUST WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF LATINOS. 875 00:25:08,374 --> 00:25:10,007 CARE OF LATINOS. IT'S WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE 876 00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:11,675 IT'S WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE STATE, RECOGNIZE THE CHANGE OF 877 00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:12,510 STATE, RECOGNIZE THE CHANGE OF DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THE CHANGING 878 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:15,112 DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THE CHANGING FACE OF ARIZONA, SO EVERYONE CAN 879 00:25:15,114 --> 00:25:16,347 FACE OF ARIZONA, SO EVERYONE CAN SUCCEED IN ARIZONA. 880 00:25:16,349 --> 00:25:17,548 SUCCEED IN ARIZONA. OR WE FAIL COLLECTIVELY. 881 00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:21,685 OR WE FAIL COLLECTIVELY. >> ARE THE ISSUES AT THE 882 00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:22,453 >> ARE THE ISSUES AT THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL 883 00:25:22,455 --> 00:25:25,089 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL FOR LATINO ACHIEVEMENT OR LACK 884 00:25:25,091 --> 00:25:28,225 FOR LATINO ACHIEVEMENT OR LACK THEREOF THE SAME AS THEY ARE FOR 885 00:25:28,227 --> 00:25:30,127 THEREOF THE SAME AS THEY ARE FOR SAY 12, LANGUAGE ISSUES, 886 00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:31,996 SAY 12, LANGUAGE ISSUES, SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES, ARE THERE 887 00:25:31,998 --> 00:25:32,630 SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS? 888 00:25:32,632 --> 00:25:34,498 OTHER THINGS? >> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO 889 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:34,965 >> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO LOOK AT. 890 00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:36,333 LOOK AT. LANGUAGE IS NOT THE BIGGEST 891 00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:37,501 LANGUAGE IS NOT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY 892 00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:38,402 PROBLEM ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A BARRIER THERE. 893 00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:39,603 THERE'S A BARRIER THERE. BUT THE THING TO UNDERSTAND IS 894 00:25:39,605 --> 00:25:42,239 BUT THE THING TO UNDERSTAND IS MOST OF THE KIDS COMING UP 895 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:43,641 MOST OF THE KIDS COMING UP THROUGH K THROUGH 12, ESPECIALLY 896 00:25:43,643 --> 00:25:44,642 THROUGH K THROUGH 12, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY'RE ALL 897 00:25:44,644 --> 00:25:46,176 THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY'RE ALL U.S. CITIZENS. 898 00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:49,446 U.S. CITIZENS. SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS 899 00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:50,981 SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS THE FIRST TO DEBUNK THAT MYTH 900 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,616 THE FIRST TO DEBUNK THAT MYTH THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ILLEGALS, 901 00:25:52,618 --> 00:25:53,017 THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ILLEGALS, IF YOU WILL. 902 00:25:53,019 --> 00:25:56,253 IF YOU WILL. WE'RE NOT. 903 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:57,588 WE'RE NOT. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW 904 00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:59,590 BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 905 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:01,559 IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POVERTY BEING THE COMMON 906 00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:02,960 POVERTY BEING THE COMMON DENOMINATOR WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT 907 00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:04,428 DENOMINATOR WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION. 908 00:26:04,430 --> 00:26:05,930 IS THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION. AND IF YOU'RE A POOR KID, IF 909 00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:08,699 AND IF YOU'RE A POOR KID, IF YOU'RE A POOR LATINO KID, AND 910 00:26:08,701 --> 00:26:10,367 YOU'RE A POOR LATINO KID, AND YOUR PARENTS OR PARENT DID NOT 911 00:26:10,369 --> 00:26:12,236 YOUR PARENTS OR PARENT DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE, THE CHANCES ARE, 912 00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:15,205 GO TO COLLEGE, THE CHANCES ARE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO 913 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:15,539 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. 914 00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:16,774 COLLEGE. YOU ARE JUST NOT BROUGHT UP IN 915 00:26:16,776 --> 00:26:17,274 YOU ARE JUST NOT BROUGHT UP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. 916 00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:18,509 THAT ENVIRONMENT. YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DEADLINES. 917 00:26:18,511 --> 00:26:20,077 YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DEADLINES. YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO YOU 918 00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:20,377 YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO YOU APPLY. 919 00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:22,112 APPLY. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE STEPPED FOOT 920 00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:23,380 YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE STEPPED FOOT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. 921 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:24,782 ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. IF YOU'RE A WHITE KID, A POOR 922 00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:26,850 IF YOU'RE A WHITE KID, A POOR WHITE KID, IT'S THE SAME THING. 923 00:26:26,852 --> 00:26:28,986 WHITE KID, IT'S THE SAME THING. POVERTY IS, LIKE I SAID, THE 924 00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:29,954 POVERTY IS, LIKE I SAID, THE COMMON DENOMINATOR. 925 00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:31,722 COMMON DENOMINATOR. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, FIRST OF 926 00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:33,657 WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, FIRST OF ALL THE GAME CHANGE IS 927 00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:34,725 ALL THE GAME CHANGE IS EXPECTATIONS, SELF-EXPECTATIONS 928 00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:36,093 EXPECTATIONS, SELF-EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR KID IS GOING TO GO TO 929 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:36,427 OF YOUR KID IS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. 930 00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:37,761 COLLEGE. YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT A 931 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:39,029 YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND THE 932 00:26:39,031 --> 00:26:40,431 VERY YOUNG AGE AND THE EXPECTATION NEEDS TO BE FROM A 933 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:41,532 EXPECTATION NEEDS TO BE FROM A SYSTEM FROM TEACHERS TO 934 00:26:41,534 --> 00:26:42,833 SYSTEM FROM TEACHERS TO COUNSELORS TO THE INSTITUTIONS 935 00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:45,069 COUNSELORS TO THE INSTITUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE KIDS FOR 936 00:26:45,071 --> 00:26:45,402 THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE KIDS FOR COLLEGE. 937 00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:46,870 COLLEGE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE GETS 938 00:26:46,872 --> 00:26:48,072 THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE GETS A COLLEGE EDUCATION. 939 00:26:48,074 --> 00:26:49,573 A COLLEGE EDUCATION. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. 940 00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:51,075 THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. EVERYONE DOES, HOWEVER, NEED TO 941 00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:52,710 EVERYONE DOES, HOWEVER, NEED TO GET AN EDUCATION OR GET A DEGREE 942 00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:54,545 GET AN EDUCATION OR GET A DEGREE OR GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR 943 00:26:54,547 --> 00:26:56,046 OR GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR BETTER YOURSELF TO GET A 944 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:56,847 BETTER YOURSELF TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF SOME SORT. 945 00:26:56,849 --> 00:26:59,650 CERTIFICATE OF SOME SORT. WE NEED TO IMPROVE ARIZONA'S 946 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:00,217 WE NEED TO IMPROVE ARIZONA'S WORKFORCE SKILL LEVEL 947 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,019 WORKFORCE SKILL LEVEL COMPLETELY. 948 00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:03,153 COMPLETELY. FROM WHATEVER IT MAY BE. 949 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,855 FROM WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 950 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:05,556 SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT COLLEGE, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING 951 00:27:05,558 --> 00:27:07,558 COLLEGE, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING THE WORKFORCE. 952 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,426 THE WORKFORCE. >> JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF 953 00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:13,097 >> JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF THE LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER 954 00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:14,298 THE LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER AT THE MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR 955 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,799 AT THE MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AT ASU. 956 00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:16,767 PUBLIC POLICY AT ASU. THANKS SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH 957 00:27:16,769 --> 00:27:17,034 THANKS SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. 958 00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:18,469 ME. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. 959 00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:20,237 >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. >> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR 960 00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:22,773 >> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2013. 961 00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:25,042 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2013. NEXT FRIDAY, A LOOK AT LEGAL AND 962 00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:27,011 NEXT FRIDAY, A LOOK AT LEGAL AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AIMED 963 00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:28,345 EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AIMED AT CURBING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS, 964 00:27:28,347 --> 00:27:30,881 AT CURBING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS, AND CYBERSPACE. 965 00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:33,450 AND CYBERSPACE. FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M MICHAEL 966 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:33,784 FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M MICHAEL CHIHAK. 967 00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:35,386 CHIHAK. >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" 968 00:27:35,388 --> 00:27:36,587 >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A 969 00:27:36,589 --> 00:27:38,355 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL 970 00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:38,756 GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION. 971 00:27:38,758 --> 00:27:40,591 FOUNDATION. AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA'S 972 00:27:40,593 --> 00:27:41,025 AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA'S PUBLIC MEDIA. 973 00:27:41,027 --> 00:27:41,725 PUBLIC MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 974 00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:43,761 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.