WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.805 >>> THE NEW ECONOMY IS BASED ON KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT. 00:06.807 --> 00:08.307 KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT. IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM 00:08.309 --> 00:10.409 IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM UP TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING THE 00:10.411 --> 00:12.945 UP TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND FILLING THE TALENT 00:12.947 --> 00:13.245 KNOWLEDGE AND FILLING THE TALENT NEEDS? 00:13.247 --> 00:14.446 NEEDS? U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR 00:14.448 --> 00:17.750 U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. 00:17.752 --> 00:19.151 ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. THEY COME TO US AND WE CAN PUT 00:19.153 --> 00:20.252 THEY COME TO US AND WE CAN PUT THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. 00:20.254 --> 00:22.621 THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE NEED MORE. 00:22.623 --> 00:24.056 BUT WE NEED MORE. >> JUST BECAUSE THEY ENTER 00:24.058 --> 00:25.157 >> JUST BECAUSE THEY ENTER COLLEGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY 00:25.159 --> 00:25.791 COLLEGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY FINISH COLLEGE. 00:25.793 --> 00:28.627 FINISH COLLEGE. THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER 00:28.629 --> 00:31.263 THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. 00:31.265 --> 00:33.132 RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. >> MAKING ARIZONA AND ITS 00:33.134 --> 00:34.099 >> MAKING ARIZONA AND ITS WORKFORCE COMPETITIVE IN THE 00:34.101 --> 00:37.503 WORKFORCE COMPETITIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY ECONOMY. 00:37.505 --> 00:39.304 21st CENTURY ECONOMY. THIS "ARIZONA WEEK." 00:39.306 --> 00:40.806 THIS "ARIZONA WEEK." >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" 00:40.808 --> 00:42.041 >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A 00:42.043 --> 00:43.675 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL 00:43.677 --> 00:44.877 GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF 00:44.879 --> 00:45.544 FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. 00:45.546 --> 00:46.245 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 00:46.247 --> 00:50.449 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 00:50.451 --> 01:04.430 >>> ONCE AGAIN, YOUR MODERATOR, MICHAEL CHIHAK. 01:04.432 --> 01:06.131 MICHAEL CHIHAK. >> HIGH-QUALITY JOBS WILL BE KEY 01:06.133 --> 01:08.233 >> HIGH-QUALITY JOBS WILL BE KEY TO ARIZONA'S FUTURE. 01:08.235 --> 01:10.402 TO ARIZONA'S FUTURE. THE MAIN TALENT TO FILL THOSE 01:10.404 --> 01:12.004 THE MAIN TALENT TO FILL THOSE JOBS IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION 01:12.006 --> 01:12.337 JOBS IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM. 01:12.339 --> 01:13.605 SYSTEM. WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THE SYSTEM 01:13.607 --> 01:15.040 WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE TALENT, WHAT ONE 01:15.042 --> 01:17.242 WILL PROVIDE TALENT, WHAT ONE BIG EMPLOYER THINKS ABOUT IT, 01:17.244 --> 01:19.711 BIG EMPLOYER THINKS ABOUT IT, AND A POTENTIAL SHORTCOMING. 01:19.713 --> 01:21.146 AND A POTENTIAL SHORTCOMING. WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH 01:21.148 --> 01:22.448 WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH EXCERPTS OF A FORUM FEATURING 01:22.450 --> 01:24.416 EXCERPTS OF A FORUM FEATURING THE PRESIDENTS OF ARIZONA'S TWO 01:24.418 --> 01:26.118 THE PRESIDENTS OF ARIZONA'S TWO BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES THIS WEEK. 01:26.120 --> 01:28.420 BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES THIS WEEK. THAT'S THE TUCSON REGIONAL 01:28.422 --> 01:30.189 THAT'S THE TUCSON REGIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ANNUAL 01:30.191 --> 01:30.556 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ANNUAL LUNCHEON. 01:30.558 --> 01:32.057 LUNCHEON. >> MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE 01:32.059 --> 01:35.828 >> MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE READ FOR YEARS THAT THE 01:35.830 --> 01:36.595 READ FOR YEARS THAT THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY THAT THE WORLD 01:36.597 --> 01:38.764 KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY THAT THE WORLD IS FACING NOW IS COMPLETELY 01:38.766 --> 01:40.232 IS FACING NOW IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN AN ECONOMY BASED 01:40.234 --> 01:41.467 DIFFERENT THAN AN ECONOMY BASED ON LIMITED SKILLS THAT COULD BE 01:41.469 --> 01:44.536 ON LIMITED SKILLS THAT COULD BE QUICKLY ACQUIRED, AND THEN 01:44.538 --> 01:46.638 QUICKLY ACQUIRED, AND THEN PRACTICED IN A PROFESSIONAL OR 01:46.640 --> 01:48.140 PRACTICED IN A PROFESSIONAL OR TRADE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 01:48.142 --> 01:50.309 TRADE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AND WE KNOW THAT MANY AMERICANS 01:50.311 --> 01:52.377 AND WE KNOW THAT MANY AMERICANS WILL SWITCH CAREERS, I'M NOT 01:52.379 --> 01:54.279 WILL SWITCH CAREERS, I'M NOT TALKING JOBS, BUT CAREERS, FIVE 01:54.281 --> 01:56.248 TALKING JOBS, BUT CAREERS, FIVE TIMES IN THEIR LIFETIME. 01:56.250 --> 01:58.584 TIMES IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND SO, THE WHOLE NOTION OF 01:58.586 --> 01:59.318 AND SO, THE WHOLE NOTION OF TALENT HAS TAKEN ON A MUCH MORE 01:59.320 --> 02:04.790 TALENT HAS TAKEN ON A MUCH MORE DYNAMIC, AND I THINK FLEXIBLE 02:04.792 --> 02:06.325 DYNAMIC, AND I THINK FLEXIBLE MEANING FOR ALL OF US AND IT 02:06.327 --> 02:08.327 MEANING FOR ALL OF US AND IT MAKES WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION, AND 02:08.329 --> 02:12.498 MAKES WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION, AND WAYS OF KNOWING AND DOING THAT 02:12.500 --> 02:14.700 WAYS OF KNOWING AND DOING THAT ARE OPEN TO THAT NEED TO BE, TO 02:14.702 --> 02:15.968 ARE OPEN TO THAT NEED TO BE, TO ADJUST AND TO LEARN. 02:15.970 --> 02:18.103 ADJUST AND TO LEARN. I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE IN THE 02:18.105 --> 02:19.438 I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE IN THE EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT 02:19.440 --> 02:23.342 EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR ALL -- 02:23.344 --> 02:25.144 HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR ALL -- FOR THAT TALENT TO BE PEOPLE WHO 02:25.146 --> 02:26.645 FOR THAT TALENT TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE ARTICULATE AND CAN USE THE 02:26.647 --> 02:30.282 ARE ARTICULATE AND CAN USE THE LANGUAGE WELL, WHO HAVE NUMEROUS 02:30.284 --> 02:32.284 LANGUAGE WELL, WHO HAVE NUMEROUS SKILLS, WHO WORK IN TEAMS, AND 02:32.286 --> 02:34.019 SKILLS, WHO WORK IN TEAMS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO VIEW 02:34.021 --> 02:34.653 MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO VIEW TAKING ON NEW SKILLS AND 02:34.655 --> 02:39.658 TAKING ON NEW SKILLS AND LEARNING AS AS IMPORTANT AS THE 02:39.660 --> 02:40.959 LEARNING AS AS IMPORTANT AS THE BASE DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE 02:40.961 --> 02:41.293 BASE DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE ITSELF. 02:41.295 --> 02:43.395 ITSELF. AND SO FOR US, WHAT IT MEANS, I 02:43.397 --> 02:45.497 AND SO FOR US, WHAT IT MEANS, I BELIEVE, IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE 02:45.499 --> 02:47.833 BELIEVE, IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO CREATE 02:47.835 --> 02:49.801 HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO CREATE THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND TO 02:49.803 --> 02:53.005 THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND TO CONVEY IT TO OUR VERY, VERY OPEN 02:53.007 --> 02:55.073 CONVEY IT TO OUR VERY, VERY OPEN AND ENGAGING LEARNING 02:55.075 --> 02:56.842 AND ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES, BUT ALSO TO TAKE 02:56.844 --> 02:58.510 EXPERIENCES, BUT ALSO TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CREATING WAYS 02:58.512 --> 03:00.546 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CREATING WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT LEARNING, AND 03:00.548 --> 03:01.213 OF THINKING ABOUT LEARNING, AND THINKING ABOUT GROWING AND 03:01.215 --> 03:02.548 THINKING ABOUT GROWING AND DEVELOPING. 03:02.550 --> 03:04.750 DEVELOPING. SO THAT TALENT IS SOMETHING WE 03:04.752 --> 03:05.951 SO THAT TALENT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT AND 03:05.953 --> 03:07.152 HAVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT AND THEN WE'RE FINISHED. 03:07.154 --> 03:07.886 THEN WE'RE FINISHED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOP 03:07.888 --> 03:09.555 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOP ACROSS A LIFETIME. 03:09.557 --> 03:11.089 ACROSS A LIFETIME. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKFORCE 03:11.091 --> 03:12.991 BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKFORCE THAT WE'RE PREPARING YOUNG MEN 03:12.993 --> 03:15.460 THAT WE'RE PREPARING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FOR, AND KEEPING 03:15.462 --> 03:18.330 AND WOMEN FOR, AND KEEPING THAT -- THAT DYNAMIC APPROACH TO 03:18.332 --> 03:20.566 THAT -- THAT DYNAMIC APPROACH TO THEIR OWN TALENT IS CRITICAL. 03:20.568 --> 03:23.368 THEIR OWN TALENT IS CRITICAL. >> THANK YOU. 03:23.370 --> 03:24.903 >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK THE IDEA THAT I'D 03:24.905 --> 03:26.171 >> I THINK THE IDEA THAT I'D LIKE TO GET OUT IS THIS NOTION 03:26.173 --> 03:27.973 LIKE TO GET OUT IS THIS NOTION OF WHAT IS TALENT ABOUT. 03:27.975 --> 03:30.175 OF WHAT IS TALENT ABOUT. SO, THE SIMPLEST MODEL FOR ME TO 03:30.177 --> 03:31.677 SO, THE SIMPLEST MODEL FOR ME TO PROJECT WHAT TALENT IS ABOUT IS 03:31.679 --> 03:33.445 PROJECT WHAT TALENT IS ABOUT IS TO USE A SPORTS ANALOGY. 03:33.447 --> 03:34.947 TO USE A SPORTS ANALOGY. IF YOU'RE BUILDING A BASKETBALL 03:34.949 --> 03:36.448 IF YOU'RE BUILDING A BASKETBALL TEAM YOU NEED A FANTASTIC COACH 03:36.450 --> 03:38.183 TEAM YOU NEED A FANTASTIC COACH AND YOU NEED FANTASTIC PLAYERS, 03:38.185 --> 03:39.885 AND YOU NEED FANTASTIC PLAYERS, AND YOU WILL DO ANYTHING WITHIN 03:39.887 --> 03:41.787 AND YOU WILL DO ANYTHING WITHIN THE RULES TO GET THAT TALENT AND 03:41.789 --> 03:42.654 THE RULES TO GET THAT TALENT AND TO GET THOSE PLAYERS SO THAT YOU 03:42.656 --> 03:45.357 TO GET THOSE PLAYERS SO THAT YOU CAN WIN THAT GAME. 03:45.359 --> 03:46.658 CAN WIN THAT GAME. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND 03:46.660 --> 03:47.726 SO JUST KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M 03:47.728 --> 03:49.595 AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY RELATIVE TO TALENT. 03:49.597 --> 03:51.263 ABOUT TO SAY RELATIVE TO TALENT. SO THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T 03:51.265 --> 03:53.165 SO THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ENOUGH ABOUT RELATIVE TO 03:53.167 --> 03:54.900 THOUGHT ENOUGH ABOUT RELATIVE TO TALENT IN ECONOMIC 03:54.902 --> 03:56.001 TALENT IN ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, IS THAT WE'RE 03:56.003 --> 03:56.735 COMPETITIVENESS, IS THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHERE THE GAME 03:56.737 --> 03:59.404 NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHERE THE GAME IS. 03:59.406 --> 04:03.075 IS. SO 60% OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS 04:03.077 --> 04:04.810 SO 60% OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS BEING DRIVEN RIGHT NOW BY 600 04:04.812 --> 04:06.511 BEING DRIVEN RIGHT NOW BY 600 CITIES AROUND THE PLANET. 04:06.513 --> 04:08.313 CITIES AROUND THE PLANET. AND IF YOU TAKE THOSE 600 04:08.315 --> 04:09.514 AND IF YOU TAKE THOSE 600 CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF US AS 04:09.516 --> 04:10.916 CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF US AS BEING A CLUSTER OF A FEW OF 04:10.918 --> 04:12.084 BEING A CLUSTER OF A FEW OF THOSE CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF 04:12.086 --> 04:14.019 THOSE CITIES, AND YOU THINK OF US WITH THE SUN CORRIDOR BEING 04:14.021 --> 04:15.554 US WITH THE SUN CORRIDOR BEING ONE OF THE MEGA CLUSTERS OF 04:15.556 --> 04:17.222 ONE OF THE MEGA CLUSTERS OF THESE CITIES, IT TURNS OUT THAT 04:17.224 --> 04:19.725 THESE CITIES, IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE 04:19.727 --> 04:22.594 YOU COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE COMPETITION FOR THE SUN CORRIDOR 04:22.596 --> 04:24.029 COMPETITION FOR THE SUN CORRIDOR DOWN TO LESS THAN 75 OTHER 04:24.031 --> 04:25.664 DOWN TO LESS THAN 75 OTHER PLACES ON THE PLANET. 04:25.666 --> 04:27.065 PLACES ON THE PLANET. YOU COULD LOOK AT THESE PLACES. 04:27.067 --> 04:28.400 YOU COULD LOOK AT THESE PLACES. AND WE DON'T THINK THIS WAY. 04:28.402 --> 04:29.601 AND WE DON'T THINK THIS WAY. WE DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF THE 04:29.603 --> 04:30.269 WE DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE COMPETING 04:30.271 --> 04:32.437 PLACES THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST IS METRO LONDON. 04:32.439 --> 04:34.172 AGAINST IS METRO LONDON. AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE 04:34.174 --> 04:36.642 AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST IS METRO 04:36.644 --> 04:37.009 COMPETING AGAINST IS METRO SHANGHAI. 04:37.011 --> 04:38.277 SHANGHAI. OR METRO HOUSTON. 04:38.279 --> 04:40.145 OR METRO HOUSTON. OR THE MEGAPLEX DALLAS. 04:40.147 --> 04:41.313 OR THE MEGAPLEX DALLAS. WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT WAY. 04:41.315 --> 04:43.081 WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT WAY. SO NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT 04:43.083 --> 04:44.616 SO NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT TALENT, AND YOU USE THIS SPORTS 04:44.618 --> 04:46.318 TALENT, AND YOU USE THIS SPORTS IMAGE IN YOUR MIND, WHERE IT 04:46.320 --> 04:48.220 IMAGE IN YOUR MIND, WHERE IT SEEMS THAT WE TAKE SMART PILLS, 04:48.222 --> 04:50.088 SEEMS THAT WE TAKE SMART PILLS, AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO SO 04:50.090 --> 04:51.623 AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO SO THAT WE CAN WIN IN SPORTS, ON 04:51.625 --> 04:54.159 THAT WE CAN WIN IN SPORTS, ON THE OTHER SIDE WE JUST TAKE DUMB 04:54.161 --> 04:54.459 THE OTHER SIDE WE JUST TAKE DUMB PILLS. 04:54.461 --> 04:56.194 PILLS. AND SO -- AND THE DUMB PILLS 04:56.196 --> 04:58.163 AND SO -- AND THE DUMB PILLS THAT WE TAKE DON'T ALLOW US TO 04:58.165 --> 05:00.766 THAT WE TAKE DON'T ALLOW US TO EVEN KNOW THE FIELD OF PLAY. 05:00.768 --> 05:02.567 EVEN KNOW THE FIELD OF PLAY. SO IF NOW TAKE THESE 75 OTHER 05:02.569 --> 05:03.735 SO IF NOW TAKE THESE 75 OTHER PLACES AROUND THE PLANET, AND 05:03.737 --> 05:05.337 PLACES AROUND THE PLANET, AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS 05:05.339 --> 05:09.107 YOU LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT ARE LEADING TO THEIR 05:09.109 --> 05:11.677 THAT ARE LEADING TO THEIR UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS, TWO THINGS 05:11.679 --> 05:14.813 UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS, TWO THINGS EMERGE AS MOST CRITICAL. 05:14.815 --> 05:16.648 EMERGE AS MOST CRITICAL. ONE IS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. 05:16.650 --> 05:18.350 ONE IS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. AND I DON'T MEAN COLLEGE 05:18.352 --> 05:18.950 AND I DON'T MEAN COLLEGE ATTAINMENT. 05:18.952 --> 05:19.685 ATTAINMENT. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH 05:19.687 --> 05:20.752 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH SCHOOL. 05:20.754 --> 05:23.755 SCHOOL. THAT MEANS TECHNICAL TRAINING. 05:23.757 --> 05:25.257 THAT MEANS TECHNICAL TRAINING. JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING. 05:25.259 --> 05:26.491 JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING. COLLEGE ATTAINMENT. 05:26.493 --> 05:28.226 COLLEGE ATTAINMENT. MASTERS DEGREES. 05:28.228 --> 05:28.960 MASTERS DEGREES. Ph.D.s. 05:28.962 --> 05:31.630 Ph.D.s. IT'S EVERYTHING, NOT SOMETHING. 05:31.632 --> 05:32.597 IT'S EVERYTHING, NOT SOMETHING. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH 05:32.599 --> 05:32.931 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PAST HIGH SCHOOL. 05:32.933 --> 05:36.401 SCHOOL. AND SECONDLY, IS SOME 05:36.403 --> 05:37.169 AND SECONDLY, IS SOME COMBINATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 05:37.171 --> 05:37.869 COMBINATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION. 05:37.871 --> 05:40.105 AND INNOVATION. >> YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP AN 05:40.107 --> 05:40.839 >> YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING NOTION AROUND THE 05:40.841 --> 05:41.807 INTERESTING NOTION AROUND THE SUN CORRIDOR. 05:41.809 --> 05:42.808 SUN CORRIDOR. DR. HART ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT 05:42.810 --> 05:43.709 DR. HART ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT ON THE SUN CORRIDOR? 05:43.711 --> 05:45.344 ON THE SUN CORRIDOR? THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DRIVER, 05:45.346 --> 05:46.578 THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DRIVER, CERTAINLY HERE IN THIS REGION 05:46.580 --> 05:47.679 CERTAINLY HERE IN THIS REGION GOING FORWARD THE NEXT FEW 05:47.681 --> 05:47.979 GOING FORWARD THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 05:47.981 --> 05:48.847 YEARS. >> WELL, I THINK YOUR POINT 05:48.849 --> 05:51.616 >> WELL, I THINK YOUR POINT EARLIER, THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE 05:51.618 --> 05:54.519 EARLIER, THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE AN ECONOMIC REGION, WE'RE NOT 05:54.521 --> 05:56.555 AN ECONOMIC REGION, WE'RE NOT CITY, AND THE WHOLE NOTION OF A 05:56.557 --> 05:59.391 CITY, AND THE WHOLE NOTION OF A CORRIDOR THAT IS WELCOMING TO 05:59.393 --> 06:01.326 CORRIDOR THAT IS WELCOMING TO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT TAKE 06:01.328 --> 06:03.428 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TWO GREAT 06:03.430 --> 06:05.230 ADVANTAGE OF THE TWO GREAT RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES THAT 06:05.232 --> 06:07.699 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES THAT ANCHOR THAT CORRIDOR REPRESENT, 06:07.701 --> 06:10.402 ANCHOR THAT CORRIDOR REPRESENT, THAT SEES US AS A TEAM OF 06:10.404 --> 06:12.204 THAT SEES US AS A TEAM OF BUSINESS LEADERS, POLITICAL 06:12.206 --> 06:16.475 BUSINESS LEADERS, POLITICAL LEADERS, EDUCATION LEADERS, AND 06:16.477 --> 06:18.076 LEADERS, EDUCATION LEADERS, AND INCUBATORS FOR RESEARCH AND 06:18.078 --> 06:19.578 INCUBATORS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, CREATES AN 06:19.580 --> 06:20.612 DEVELOPMENT, CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO 06:20.614 --> 06:22.647 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND WORK. 06:22.649 --> 06:24.216 COME AND WORK. THE CLICHE THAT YOU BUILD A GAS 06:24.218 --> 06:25.684 THE CLICHE THAT YOU BUILD A GAS STATION ON EVERY CORNER, IT'S 06:25.686 --> 06:27.552 STATION ON EVERY CORNER, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO HAVE A GAS 06:27.554 --> 06:28.987 NOT A PROBLEM TO HAVE A GAS STATION ON ALL FOUR CORNERS OF A 06:28.989 --> 06:30.288 STATION ON ALL FOUR CORNERS OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION. 06:30.290 --> 06:32.090 MAJOR INTERSECTION. BECAUSE YOU, IN FACT, DO DRAW 06:32.092 --> 06:35.193 BECAUSE YOU, IN FACT, DO DRAW BUSINESS FROM ONE ANOTHER. 06:35.195 --> 06:38.196 BUSINESS FROM ONE ANOTHER. AND IF -- WE HAVE GOT TO GET 06:38.198 --> 06:40.265 AND IF -- WE HAVE GOT TO GET OVER A SENSE THAT SOMEHOW THIS 06:40.267 --> 06:41.733 OVER A SENSE THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS A ZERO SUM GAME. 06:41.735 --> 06:43.301 IS A ZERO SUM GAME. WHERE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, 06:43.303 --> 06:44.770 WHERE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, ONE OF OUR CITIES, ONE OF OUR 06:44.772 --> 06:47.272 ONE OF OUR CITIES, ONE OF OUR COUNTIES, PROSPERS AT THE 06:47.274 --> 06:48.540 COUNTIES, PROSPERS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS. 06:48.542 --> 06:50.242 EXPENSE OF OTHERS. WE ARE -- WE ARE THE FUTURE OF 06:50.244 --> 06:52.377 WE ARE -- WE ARE THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA. 06:52.379 --> 06:53.979 ARIZONA. ARIZONA NEEDS BOTH OF OUR 06:53.981 --> 06:56.181 ARIZONA NEEDS BOTH OF OUR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES TO 06:56.183 --> 06:57.382 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES TO SUCCEED, TO SUCCEED TOGETHER, 06:57.384 --> 06:58.083 SUCCEED, TO SUCCEED TOGETHER, AND TO BE GOOD PARTNERS IN 06:58.085 --> 07:01.586 AND TO BE GOOD PARTNERS IN CREATING A STRONG ECONOMIC 07:01.588 --> 07:02.320 CREATING A STRONG ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO 07:02.322 --> 07:03.655 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. 07:03.657 --> 07:05.824 BE. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT SEGUE 07:05.826 --> 07:06.958 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO THE NEXT THEME AND THAT IS 07:06.960 --> 07:08.727 INTO THE NEXT THEME AND THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES. 07:08.729 --> 07:11.029 THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES. AND BOTH OF YOU, IN RECENT 07:11.031 --> 07:13.598 AND BOTH OF YOU, IN RECENT ADDRESSES, HAVE MENTIONED THIS 07:13.600 --> 07:15.233 ADDRESSES, HAVE MENTIONED THIS NOTION THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING 07:15.235 --> 07:17.135 NOTION THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING MORE -- OR ADOPTING OR 07:17.137 --> 07:18.103 MORE -- OR ADOPTING OR INCORPORATING MORE COMPLEX 07:18.105 --> 07:19.204 INCORPORATING MORE COMPLEX OPERATING MODELS. 07:19.206 --> 07:20.439 OPERATING MODELS. YOU'VE ALSO BOTH USED THE 07:20.441 --> 07:23.308 YOU'VE ALSO BOTH USED THE LANGUAGE OF DISRUPTIVE POLICIES, 07:23.310 --> 07:24.509 LANGUAGE OF DISRUPTIVE POLICIES, OR PERHAPS DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS 07:24.511 --> 07:26.845 OR PERHAPS DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP US GET THERE. 07:26.847 --> 07:28.413 THAT WILL HELP US GET THERE. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE 07:28.415 --> 07:29.681 COULD YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS AROUND WHAT 07:29.683 --> 07:30.916 BIT MORE SPECIFICS AROUND WHAT THAT MEANS? 07:30.918 --> 07:32.050 THAT MEANS? AND THE ROLE THAT THE 07:32.052 --> 07:33.385 AND THE ROLE THAT THE UNIVERSITIES ARE PLAYING, NOT 07:33.387 --> 07:34.920 UNIVERSITIES ARE PLAYING, NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 07:34.922 --> 07:36.655 JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DR. HART IN LINKING TO THE, BUT 07:36.657 --> 07:38.023 DR. HART IN LINKING TO THE, BUT SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC 07:38.025 --> 07:39.291 SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT YOU GOT UNDER 07:39.293 --> 07:40.525 INITIATIVES THAT YOU GOT UNDER WAY THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THIS 07:40.527 --> 07:42.461 WAY THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THIS TALENT ISSUE, AND DR. KOCH COULD 07:42.463 --> 07:43.762 TALENT ISSUE, AND DR. KOCH COULD WE START WITH YOU THIS TIME? 07:43.764 --> 07:45.831 WE START WITH YOU THIS TIME? >> HOW DO YOU DRIVE DISRUPTIVE 07:45.833 --> 07:46.832 >> HOW DO YOU DRIVE DISRUPTIVE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION? 07:46.834 --> 07:48.867 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION? YOU'VE GOT TO CREATE MORE 07:48.869 --> 07:49.267 YOU'VE GOT TO CREATE MORE DISRUPTERS. 07:49.269 --> 07:50.368 DISRUPTERS. SO THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO GO 07:50.370 --> 07:51.136 SO THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO GO INTO THE UNIVERSITIES. 07:51.138 --> 07:52.804 INTO THE UNIVERSITIES. YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY NOT AS 07:52.806 --> 07:54.239 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY NOT AS THE ONLY PLACE BUT AS ONE OF THE 07:54.241 --> 07:56.475 THE ONLY PLACE BUT AS ONE OF THE PLACES AND FIND WAYS TO CREATE 07:56.477 --> 07:59.277 PLACES AND FIND WAYS TO CREATE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HIDE-BOUND TO 07:59.279 --> 08:00.512 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HIDE-BOUND TO A SINGLE DISCIPLINE. 08:00.514 --> 08:01.947 A SINGLE DISCIPLINE. WHO DO NOT THINK ABOUT AN ONLY 08:01.949 --> 08:02.247 WHO DO NOT THINK ABOUT AN ONLY TASK. 08:02.249 --> 08:03.648 TASK. WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ONLY 08:03.650 --> 08:04.850 WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ONLY DESIGN A NEW LANDING GEAR AND 08:04.852 --> 08:06.418 DESIGN A NEW LANDING GEAR AND THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO. 08:06.420 --> 08:08.119 THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO. OR ONLY KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM A 08:08.121 --> 08:09.754 OR ONLY KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM A SOFTWARE PACKAGE, AND THAT'S ALL 08:09.756 --> 08:11.256 SOFTWARE PACKAGE, AND THAT'S ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO. 08:11.258 --> 08:13.024 THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO. THEY NEED TO BE BROADLY 08:13.026 --> 08:15.060 THEY NEED TO BE BROADLY ADAPTIVE, BROADLY EDUCATED, 08:15.062 --> 08:15.827 ADAPTIVE, BROADLY EDUCATED, TECHNICALLY COMPETENT, 08:15.829 --> 08:16.928 TECHNICALLY COMPETENT, TECHNICALLY ADAPTIVE, AND SO 08:16.930 --> 08:19.064 TECHNICALLY ADAPTIVE, AND SO THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK 08:19.066 --> 08:21.600 THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK INTO OUR OWN INSTITUTIONS AND 08:21.602 --> 08:23.034 INTO OUR OWN INSTITUTIONS AND RECONCEPTUALIZE HOW THEY WORK SO 08:23.036 --> 08:24.269 RECONCEPTUALIZE HOW THEY WORK SO THAT WE CAN PRODUCE THESE MORE 08:24.271 --> 08:25.904 THAT WE CAN PRODUCE THESE MORE DISRUPTIVE INDIVIDUALS. 08:25.906 --> 08:26.505 DISRUPTIVE INDIVIDUALS. >> DR. HART? 08:26.507 --> 08:28.406 >> DR. HART? >> ABSOLUTELY. 08:28.408 --> 08:29.541 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU HEARD IN THE 08:29.543 --> 08:31.243 AND YOU HEARD IN THE INTRODUCTION, WE WERE TALKING 08:31.245 --> 08:33.378 INTRODUCTION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND 08:33.380 --> 08:33.879 ABOUT TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSFORMATIONAL. 08:33.881 --> 08:37.816 TRANSFORMATIONAL. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 08:37.818 --> 08:38.416 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY. 08:38.418 --> 08:39.885 INTERDISCIPLINARY. WHERE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF 08:39.887 --> 08:41.887 WHERE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILOS THAT WE BUILT AND LABELED 08:41.889 --> 08:43.488 SILOS THAT WE BUILT AND LABELED AS PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OR 08:43.490 --> 08:44.489 AS PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 08:44.491 --> 08:46.424 CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSITIES 08:46.426 --> 08:48.860 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSITIES THAT NEED TO BREAK DOWN OLD 08:48.862 --> 08:51.363 THAT NEED TO BREAK DOWN OLD BARRIERS IN ORDER TO PUSH THE 08:51.365 --> 08:52.430 BARRIERS IN ORDER TO PUSH THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND 08:52.432 --> 08:52.797 FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING. 08:52.799 --> 08:54.432 LEARNING. AND IF WE DON'T BREAK THEM DOWN, 08:54.434 --> 08:58.803 AND IF WE DON'T BREAK THEM DOWN, THEN WE WILL BE -- WE WILL HAVE 08:58.805 --> 08:59.404 THEN WE WILL BE -- WE WILL HAVE LO 08:59.406 --> 09:00.138 LO LOCKED OURSELVES INTO THOSE OLD 09:00.140 --> 09:01.273 LOCKED OURSELVES INTO THOSE OLD WAYS OF DOING THE THINGS WE DO. 09:01.275 --> 09:03.542 WAYS OF DOING THE THINGS WE DO. AND SO AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU 09:03.544 --> 09:05.544 AND SO AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU HAVE TO DISRUPT THOSE 09:05.546 --> 09:07.646 HAVE TO DISRUPT THOSE CONVENTIONAL PATTERNS IN ORDER 09:07.648 --> 09:09.714 CONVENTIONAL PATTERNS IN ORDER TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL OPEN AND 09:09.716 --> 09:10.949 TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL OPEN AND FREE TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE 09:10.951 --> 09:14.686 FREE TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE NEW ECONOMY. 09:14.688 --> 09:18.123 IN THE NEW ECONOMY. >> THE FULL FORUM FEATURING THE 09:18.125 --> 09:21.560 >> THE FULL FORUM FEATURING THE U OF A JAN WEAVER HEART AND 09:21.562 --> 09:23.562 U OF A JAN WEAVER HEART AND MICHAEL CROW IS ON OUR WEBSITE. 09:23.564 --> 09:25.797 MICHAEL CROW IS ON OUR WEBSITE. BUSINESSES AT THE U OF A THIS 09:25.799 --> 09:28.900 BUSINESSES AT THE U OF A THIS WEEK TEACHING TALENT. 09:28.902 --> 09:30.402 WEEK TEACHING TALENT. EILEEN McGARY IS HERE TO TELL US 09:30.404 --> 09:31.469 EILEEN McGARY IS HERE TO TELL US HOW IT WENT. 09:31.471 --> 09:31.803 HOW IT WENT. WELCOME. 09:31.805 --> 09:33.371 WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 09:33.373 --> 09:34.739 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. >> HOW WAS IT THIS WEEK? 09:34.741 --> 09:35.507 >> HOW WAS IT THIS WEEK? HOW MANY BUSINESSES, HOW MANY 09:35.509 --> 09:37.342 HOW MANY BUSINESSES, HOW MANY STUDENTS INVOLVED? 09:37.344 --> 09:39.945 STUDENTS INVOLVED? >> IT WAS GREAT. 09:39.947 --> 09:41.146 >> IT WAS GREAT. WE WERE REALLY BUSY. 09:41.148 --> 09:42.280 WE WERE REALLY BUSY. WE'VE BEEN BUSY THROUGHOUT THE 09:42.282 --> 09:44.716 WE'VE BEEN BUSY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITY. 09:44.718 --> 09:48.219 WEEK WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITY. THE CAREER FAIR SAW 254 TABLES 09:48.221 --> 09:49.854 THE CAREER FAIR SAW 254 TABLES OF EMPLOYERS THROUGHOUT THE TWO 09:49.856 --> 09:52.891 OF EMPLOYERS THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAYS, ABOUT 180 EMPLOYERS. 09:52.893 --> 09:54.326 DAYS, ABOUT 180 EMPLOYERS. WE PROBABLY HAVE SEEN CLOSE TO 09:54.328 --> 09:58.697 WE PROBABLY HAVE SEEN CLOSE TO 3500 STUDENTS FLOWING THROUGH 09:58.699 --> 10:00.298 3500 STUDENTS FLOWING THROUGH THE FAIR WITH GREAT FEEDBACK 10:00.300 --> 10:01.466 THE FAIR WITH GREAT FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYERS. 10:01.468 --> 10:03.969 FROM EMPLOYERS. >> DO THESE NUMBERS SERVE AS AN 10:03.971 --> 10:04.569 >> DO THESE NUMBERS SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC INDICATOR? 10:04.571 --> 10:06.204 ECONOMIC INDICATOR? ARE YOU SEEING THEM GO UP? 10:06.206 --> 10:09.174 ARE YOU SEEING THEM GO UP? IS THE ECONOMY IMPROVING? 10:09.176 --> 10:10.609 IS THE ECONOMY IMPROVING? AND IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS 10:10.611 --> 10:11.409 AND IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS A RESULT OF THIS? 10:11.411 --> 10:14.613 A RESULT OF THIS? >> WELL, THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES 10:14.615 --> 10:16.114 >> WELL, THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES IS SOMEWHAT ON PAR WITH LAST 10:16.116 --> 10:16.414 IS SOMEWHAT ON PAR WITH LAST YEAR. 10:16.416 --> 10:19.351 YEAR. WHAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IS 10:19.353 --> 10:21.319 WHAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IS IMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES. 10:21.321 --> 10:22.487 IMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS IN 10:22.489 --> 10:24.990 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS IN THE WAY OF INTERNSHIPS, AND FULL 10:24.992 --> 10:27.525 THE WAY OF INTERNSHIPS, AND FULL TIME POSITIONS. 10:27.527 --> 10:30.695 TIME POSITIONS. ABOUT 26% OF OUR COMPANIES WERE 10:30.697 --> 10:32.564 ABOUT 26% OF OUR COMPANIES WERE LOOKING FOR TAX MAJORS ONLY, 10:32.566 --> 10:34.866 LOOKING FOR TAX MAJORS ONLY, ABOUT 46%, BOTH. 10:34.868 --> 10:37.168 ABOUT 46%, BOTH. AND REMAINDER FOR MORE NONTAX. 10:37.170 --> 10:39.671 AND REMAINDER FOR MORE NONTAX. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF 10:39.673 --> 10:40.905 SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF EMPLOYER SEGMENTS, AS WELL. 10:40.907 --> 10:42.707 EMPLOYER SEGMENTS, AS WELL. >> AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING 10:42.709 --> 10:43.008 >> AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? 10:43.010 --> 10:44.809 FROM? ARIZONA BUSINESSES? 10:44.811 --> 10:45.777 ARIZONA BUSINESSES? CALIFORNIA? 10:45.779 --> 10:46.177 CALIFORNIA? NATIONALLY? 10:46.179 --> 10:47.178 NATIONALLY? >> CLOSE TO 40% WERE COMING FROM 10:47.180 --> 10:50.248 >> CLOSE TO 40% WERE COMING FROM ARIZONA. 10:50.250 --> 10:52.317 ARIZONA. AND THEN THE REST OF THE LARGEST 10:52.319 --> 10:54.352 AND THEN THE REST OF THE LARGEST STATE IS CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWED BY 10:54.354 --> 10:57.622 STATE IS CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWED BY TEXAS, NEW YORK CITY, COLORADO. 10:57.624 --> 10:58.757 TEXAS, NEW YORK CITY, COLORADO. SOME OF THE OTHER STATES. 10:58.759 --> 11:00.725 SOME OF THE OTHER STATES. AND MANY OF THEM ARE RECRUITING 11:00.727 --> 11:02.093 AND MANY OF THEM ARE RECRUITING FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. 11:02.095 --> 11:02.761 FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. NOT JUST ONE. 11:02.763 --> 11:06.364 NOT JUST ONE. >> AND YOU MENTIONED TAX BEING 11:06.366 --> 11:06.998 >> AND YOU MENTIONED TAX BEING UNEMPHASIS AREA. 11:07.000 --> 11:08.299 UNEMPHASIS AREA. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER 11:08.301 --> 11:09.868 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER FIELDS THAT RECRUITING IS 11:09.870 --> 11:10.402 FIELDS THAT RECRUITING IS OCCURRING IN? 11:10.404 --> 11:12.904 OCCURRING IN? >> MANY ASPECTS OF BUSINESSES. 11:12.906 --> 11:14.706 >> MANY ASPECTS OF BUSINESSES. BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU WE SAW 11:14.708 --> 11:16.941 BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU WE SAW SOME COMPANIES LOOKING FOR 11:16.943 --> 11:18.276 SOME COMPANIES LOOKING FOR AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCE 11:18.278 --> 11:18.643 AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCE STUDENTS. 11:18.645 --> 11:21.713 STUDENTS. OUR BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS WELL 11:21.715 --> 11:23.548 OUR BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS WELL REPRESENTED. 11:23.550 --> 11:23.948 REPRESENTED. NONPROFITS. 11:23.950 --> 11:24.849 NONPROFITS. EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMING 11:24.851 --> 11:26.718 EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMING FROM EDUCATION. 11:26.720 --> 11:28.486 FROM EDUCATION. QUITE A VARIETY FOR STUDENTS. 11:28.488 --> 11:30.188 QUITE A VARIETY FOR STUDENTS. >> ARE YOU GETTING A SENSE THAT 11:30.190 --> 11:31.256 >> ARE YOU GETTING A SENSE THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE FINDING 11:31.258 --> 11:33.024 THESE BUSINESSES ARE FINDING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AT THE 11:33.026 --> 11:34.159 WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AT THE U OF A? 11:34.161 --> 11:36.928 U OF A? >> I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM 11:36.930 --> 11:38.196 >> I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM MANY COMPANIES THAT WHEN THEY 11:38.198 --> 11:42.901 MANY COMPANIES THAT WHEN THEY COME TO THE U OF A THEY FIND 11:42.903 --> 11:45.403 COME TO THE U OF A THEY FIND MORE, GREATER QUANTITIES OF 11:45.405 --> 11:46.871 MORE, GREATER QUANTITIES OF QUALITY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES 11:46.873 --> 11:47.605 QUALITY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES THAN WHEN THEY'RE RECRUITING AT 11:47.607 --> 11:49.207 THAN WHEN THEY'RE RECRUITING AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES. 11:49.209 --> 11:51.843 OTHER UNIVERSITIES. I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS FIELDS, WE 11:51.845 --> 11:54.012 I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS FIELDS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING THAT THEY 11:54.014 --> 11:54.679 ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING THAT THEY WANT MORE OF OUR TECHNICAL 11:54.681 --> 11:58.316 WANT MORE OF OUR TECHNICAL TALENT. 11:58.318 --> 11:59.517 TALENT. AND THAT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT THE 11:59.519 --> 12:00.452 AND THAT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 12:00.454 --> 12:02.954 NATION. AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE FIELDS 12:02.956 --> 12:03.888 AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE FIELDS THAT ARE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR 12:03.890 --> 12:04.656 THAT ARE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR STUDENTS TO BREAK INTO. 12:04.658 --> 12:06.257 STUDENTS TO BREAK INTO. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE U OF 12:06.259 --> 12:07.826 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE U OF A NOW, BUT WE HEARD THE 12:07.828 --> 12:09.861 A NOW, BUT WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT OF THE TWO 12:09.863 --> 12:11.596 PRESIDENT OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, U OF A AND ASU 12:11.598 --> 12:13.064 UNIVERSITIES, U OF A AND ASU THIS WEEK TALK ABOUT THE FACT 12:13.066 --> 12:14.299 THIS WEEK TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T CONSIDER 12:14.301 --> 12:15.834 THAT THEY DON'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE COMPETITIVE, 12:15.836 --> 12:18.336 THEMSELVES TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT COLLABORATORS IN PROVIDING 12:18.338 --> 12:19.471 BUT COLLABORATORS IN PROVIDING TALENT FOR BUSINESSES. 12:19.473 --> 12:20.705 TALENT FOR BUSINESSES. HOW DOES THAT WORK FROM THE 12:20.707 --> 12:22.640 HOW DOES THAT WORK FROM THE CAREER SERVICES POINT OF VIEW? 12:22.642 --> 12:24.809 CAREER SERVICES POINT OF VIEW? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE WORKED 12:24.811 --> 12:27.078 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES 12:27.080 --> 12:29.114 VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE OTHER STATE 12:29.116 --> 12:29.547 THROUGHOUT THE OTHER STATE UNIVERSITIES. 12:29.549 --> 12:31.583 UNIVERSITIES. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE 12:31.585 --> 12:34.319 IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE JOINTLY HOSTED A ARIZONA CAREER 12:34.321 --> 12:36.454 JOINTLY HOSTED A ARIZONA CAREER MIXER AT THE END OF MAY. 12:36.456 --> 12:38.723 MIXER AT THE END OF MAY. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS 12:38.725 --> 12:40.558 AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS KEEPING TALENT IN ARIZONA. 12:40.560 --> 12:42.827 KEEPING TALENT IN ARIZONA. WE INVITE ALL OF OUR ALUMNI AND 12:42.829 --> 12:45.230 WE INVITE ALL OF OUR ALUMNI AND OUR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH 12:45.232 --> 12:46.798 OUR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR JUST IN TIME 12:46.800 --> 12:48.633 EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR JUST IN TIME HIRES WITHIN THE STATE. 12:48.635 --> 12:50.769 HIRES WITHIN THE STATE. WE'RE ALSO DOING A VIRTUAL 12:50.771 --> 12:54.739 WE'RE ALSO DOING A VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME 12:54.741 --> 12:56.407 CAREER FAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME FOCUSED ON TEXT TALENT BECAUSE 12:56.409 --> 12:57.776 FOCUSED ON TEXT TALENT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE WHAT'S IN DEMAND. 12:57.778 --> 12:59.844 WE RECOGNIZE WHAT'S IN DEMAND. HOW IN DEMAND I.T. TALENT IS, 12:59.846 --> 13:02.280 HOW IN DEMAND I.T. TALENT IS, AND IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO USE ALL 13:02.282 --> 13:03.448 AND IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO USE ALL OF OUR STATE UNIVERSITIES AND 13:03.450 --> 13:05.850 OF OUR STATE UNIVERSITIES AND ALL THE TALENT TO HELP EMPLOYERS 13:05.852 --> 13:07.352 ALL THE TALENT TO HELP EMPLOYERS IN ARIZONA FIND THAT TALENT. 13:07.354 --> 13:09.454 IN ARIZONA FIND THAT TALENT. >> NOW, VIRTUAL. 13:09.456 --> 13:11.489 >> NOW, VIRTUAL. BY VIRTUAL YOU MEAN IT'S DONE 13:11.491 --> 13:11.823 BY VIRTUAL YOU MEAN IT'S DONE ONLINE? 13:11.825 --> 13:13.224 ONLINE? >> YES, IT'S DONE ONLINE. 13:13.226 --> 13:14.926 >> YES, IT'S DONE ONLINE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD 13:14.928 --> 13:16.427 AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD OCTOBER 24th AND 25th. 13:16.429 --> 13:18.363 OCTOBER 24th AND 25th. >> AND HOW DO STUDENTS ENGAGE IN 13:18.365 --> 13:18.663 >> AND HOW DO STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THAT? 13:18.665 --> 13:20.031 THAT? THEY HAVE A PASS WORD THEY GET 13:20.033 --> 13:21.432 THEY HAVE A PASS WORD THEY GET IN AND THEY MEET WITH COMPANIES 13:21.434 --> 13:22.033 IN AND THEY MEET WITH COMPANIES THAT WAY? 13:22.035 --> 13:22.534 THAT WAY? >> CORRECT. 13:22.536 --> 13:23.835 >> CORRECT. >> HAVE A CHAT? 13:23.837 --> 13:25.136 >> HAVE A CHAT? >> HAVE A PASSWORD. 13:25.138 --> 13:26.771 >> HAVE A PASSWORD. THEY CAN USE LIVE CHAT ROOMS, 13:26.773 --> 13:29.340 THEY CAN USE LIVE CHAT ROOMS, AND EXCHANGE RESUMES, AND 13:29.342 --> 13:30.842 AND EXCHANGE RESUMES, AND COMMUNICATE WITH COMPANIES 13:30.844 --> 13:32.944 COMMUNICATE WITH COMPANIES THROUGH -- WITHOUT HAVING TO 13:32.946 --> 13:33.278 THROUGH -- WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL. 13:33.280 --> 13:34.512 TRAVEL. AND THE COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO, 13:34.514 --> 13:34.846 AND THE COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO, EITHER. 13:34.848 --> 13:36.080 EITHER. >> YOU'VE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE 13:36.082 --> 13:37.215 >> YOU'VE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN 13:37.217 --> 13:37.949 CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE ECONOMY AND IN BUSINESS AS A 13:37.951 --> 13:40.985 THE ECONOMY AND IN BUSINESS AS A RESULT OF HOW THE RECRUITING 13:40.987 --> 13:41.853 RESULT OF HOW THE RECRUITING MANIFESTS ITSELF. 13:41.855 --> 13:44.155 MANIFESTS ITSELF. BUT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SEEING IN 13:44.157 --> 13:45.990 BUT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SEEING IN ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT MAY BE 13:45.992 --> 13:47.091 ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT MAY BE INFLUENCING HOW BUSINESSES ARE 13:47.093 --> 13:49.527 INFLUENCING HOW BUSINESSES ARE COMING AFTER STUDENT TALENT? 13:49.529 --> 13:53.264 COMING AFTER STUDENT TALENT? >> SOME OF THE CHANGES HAVE TO 13:53.266 --> 13:56.034 >> SOME OF THE CHANGES HAVE TO DO WITH DEMOGRAPHICS. 13:56.036 --> 14:00.071 DO WITH DEMOGRAPHICS. IN THAT EVEN A COMPANY THAT MAY 14:00.073 --> 14:01.973 IN THAT EVEN A COMPANY THAT MAY NOT BE SEEING EXTREME GROWTH IS 14:01.975 --> 14:03.308 NOT BE SEEING EXTREME GROWTH IS ALSO WATCHING PEOPLE RETIRE IN 14:03.310 --> 14:07.111 ALSO WATCHING PEOPLE RETIRE IN THEIR WORKFORCE, AND THEREFORE, 14:07.113 --> 14:08.646 THEIR WORKFORCE, AND THEREFORE, CREATING A NEW DEMAND FOR FRESH 14:08.648 --> 14:09.414 CREATING A NEW DEMAND FOR FRESH TALENT TO COME IN. 14:09.416 --> 14:10.148 TALENT TO COME IN. THAT'S ONE OF THE TRENDS WE'RE 14:10.150 --> 14:12.150 THAT'S ONE OF THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING. 14:12.152 --> 14:13.785 SEEING. WE HAVE AS MANY COMPANIES 14:13.787 --> 14:15.954 WE HAVE AS MANY COMPANIES LOOKING FOR DIVERSE TALENT 14:15.956 --> 14:17.755 LOOKING FOR DIVERSE TALENT ACROSS DISCIPLINES AS WE MAY 14:17.757 --> 14:20.291 ACROSS DISCIPLINES AS WE MAY HAVE LOOKING AT VERY SPECIFIC 14:20.293 --> 14:23.595 HAVE LOOKING AT VERY SPECIFIC SPECIALIZED AND FOCUSED TALENT. 14:23.597 --> 14:25.797 SPECIALIZED AND FOCUSED TALENT. AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR TOP 14:25.799 --> 14:27.432 AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR TOP FINANCE COMPANIES, ONE THAT HAS 14:27.434 --> 14:29.300 FINANCE COMPANIES, ONE THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING TO RECRUIT 14:29.302 --> 14:31.269 ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING TO RECRUIT AT OUR CAMPUS, CAME TO ME AND 14:31.271 --> 14:33.605 AT OUR CAMPUS, CAME TO ME AND SAID THEY REALLY SELECTED US, 14:33.607 --> 14:36.307 SAID THEY REALLY SELECTED US, BECAUSE WE REPRESENT DIVERSE 14:36.309 --> 14:37.408 BECAUSE WE REPRESENT DIVERSE THINKERS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 14:37.410 --> 14:38.576 THINKERS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 14:38.578 --> 14:40.245 THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR COMPANY AND THEIR 14:40.247 --> 14:40.812 IN THEIR COMPANY AND THEIR OPERATIONS. 14:40.814 --> 14:42.714 OPERATIONS. SO IT'S NOT ONE VERY SPECIALIZED 14:42.716 --> 14:46.818 SO IT'S NOT ONE VERY SPECIALIZED AREA, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN 14:46.820 --> 14:48.686 AREA, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN RECRUIT STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY 14:48.688 --> 14:50.788 RECRUIT STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY CULTURALLY AWARE AND CULTURALLY 14:50.790 --> 14:52.123 CULTURALLY AWARE AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE AND ALSO REPRESENT MANY 14:52.125 --> 14:55.126 DIVERSE AND ALSO REPRESENT MANY DISCIPLINES AND CAN BRING THOSE 14:55.128 --> 14:56.194 DISCIPLINES AND CAN BRING THOSE TOGETHER TO LEAD A COMPANY 14:56.196 --> 14:57.562 TOGETHER TO LEAD A COMPANY >> DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN 14:57.564 --> 14:59.163 >> DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DYNAMIC IN HOW BUSINESSES 14:59.165 --> 15:03.534 THE DYNAMIC IN HOW BUSINESSES AND STUDENTS ARE MATCHING UP IN 15:03.536 --> 15:04.936 AND STUDENTS ARE MATCHING UP IN RELATION TO THE NEW ECONOMY, 15:04.938 --> 15:06.337 RELATION TO THE NEW ECONOMY, KNOWLEDGE BASE, LOOKING FOR 15:06.339 --> 15:06.671 KNOWLEDGE BASE, LOOKING FOR TALENT? 15:06.673 --> 15:08.239 TALENT? >> MM-HMM. 15:08.241 --> 15:10.508 >> MM-HMM. WELL, IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF 15:10.510 --> 15:12.076 WELL, IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT WE DO, AND HOW WE'RE 15:12.078 --> 15:13.544 EVENTS THAT WE DO, AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THOSE MARKET 15:13.546 --> 15:15.113 TRYING TO MEET THOSE MARKET NEEDS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE 15:15.115 --> 15:17.515 NEEDS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO 15:17.517 --> 15:20.351 HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO IS IN PHOENIX, WORKS THAT MARKET 15:20.353 --> 15:21.853 IS IN PHOENIX, WORKS THAT MARKET TO MAKE SURE EMPLOYERS ARE 15:21.855 --> 15:22.754 TO MAKE SURE EMPLOYERS ARE GETTING THE BEST SERVICE FOR 15:22.756 --> 15:23.421 GETTING THE BEST SERVICE FOR THEIR NEEDS. 15:23.423 --> 15:27.692 THEIR NEEDS. WE HAVE AN EQUAL PERSONNEL IN 15:27.694 --> 15:28.026 WE HAVE AN EQUAL PERSONNEL IN TUCSON. 15:28.028 --> 15:28.960 TUCSON. THROUGH OUTREACHING COMPANIES, 15:28.962 --> 15:30.194 THROUGH OUTREACHING COMPANIES, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO 15:30.196 --> 15:32.363 WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO COME TO US, WE ALSO HAVE A 15:32.365 --> 15:33.898 COME TO US, WE ALSO HAVE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO OUR 15:33.900 --> 15:35.667 MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO OUR EMPLOYER EVENTS AND CAREER 15:35.669 --> 15:35.967 EMPLOYER EVENTS AND CAREER FAIRS. 15:35.969 --> 15:38.569 FAIRS. SO WHILE WE MAY HAVE A 15:38.571 --> 15:39.737 SO WHILE WE MAY HAVE A WELL-ORCHESTRATED FALL LARGE 15:39.739 --> 15:41.439 WELL-ORCHESTRATED FALL LARGE CAREER FAIR, WE'RE ALSO GETTING 15:41.441 --> 15:43.007 CAREER FAIR, WE'RE ALSO GETTING PANELS AND MIXERS, TRYING TO 15:43.009 --> 15:44.976 PANELS AND MIXERS, TRYING TO DEAL WITH EMERGING MARKETS, 15:44.978 --> 15:46.411 DEAL WITH EMERGING MARKETS, MARKETS THAT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR 15:46.413 --> 15:47.879 MARKETS THAT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR STUDENTS TO REACH THROUGH A 15:47.881 --> 15:48.546 STUDENTS TO REACH THROUGH A CAREER FAIR. 15:48.548 --> 15:51.316 CAREER FAIR. FOR EXAMPLE CAREERS IN SPORTS. 15:51.318 --> 15:52.984 FOR EXAMPLE CAREERS IN SPORTS. SUSTAINABILITY IN GREEN CAREERS. 15:52.986 --> 15:54.786 SUSTAINABILITY IN GREEN CAREERS. AT LEAST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. 15:54.788 --> 15:56.888 AT LEAST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. >> EILEEN McGARY, DIRECTOR OF 15:56.890 --> 15:57.555 >> EILEEN McGARY, DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES AT THE 15:57.557 --> 15:58.489 CAREER SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 15:58.491 --> 15:59.157 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. THANKS FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. 15:59.159 --> 16:01.326 THANKS FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. >> THANK YOU. 16:01.328 --> 16:03.828 >> THANK YOU. >> TUCSON'S BIGGEST EMPLOYER IS 16:03.830 --> 16:06.631 >> TUCSON'S BIGGEST EMPLOYER IS HAPPY WITH THE U OF A TALENT 16:06.633 --> 16:06.931 HAPPY WITH THE U OF A TALENT POOL. 16:06.933 --> 16:08.533 POOL. BUT SPOKESMAN JOHN PATTERSON 16:08.535 --> 16:10.101 BUT SPOKESMAN JOHN PATTERSON SAYS RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS 16:10.103 --> 16:10.835 SAYS RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS NEEDS MORE FROM THE EDUCATIONAL 16:10.837 --> 16:14.105 NEEDS MORE FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 16:14.107 --> 16:15.640 SYSTEM. >> RAYTHEON NEEDS ENGINEERS. 16:15.642 --> 16:16.774 >> RAYTHEON NEEDS ENGINEERS. WHERE DOES IT GET THEM? 16:16.776 --> 16:18.977 WHERE DOES IT GET THEM? >> YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE 16:18.979 --> 16:20.678 >> YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THIS, BUT RAYTHEON IS A 16:20.680 --> 16:21.079 THIS, BUT RAYTHEON IS A CORPORATION. 16:21.081 --> 16:23.681 CORPORATION. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE 16:23.683 --> 16:24.082 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE CORPORATION. 16:24.084 --> 16:25.216 CORPORATION. NOT JUST RAYTHEON MISSILE 16:25.218 --> 16:27.118 NOT JUST RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS IN TUCSON, RECRUITS THE 16:27.120 --> 16:28.152 SYSTEMS IN TUCSON, RECRUITS THE BULK OF ITS ENGINEERS FROM THE 16:28.154 --> 16:29.287 BULK OF ITS ENGINEERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 16:29.289 --> 16:30.989 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. THE U OF A PREPARES ITS 16:30.991 --> 16:32.123 THE U OF A PREPARES ITS ENGINEERS VERY WELL. 16:32.125 --> 16:33.091 ENGINEERS VERY WELL. THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE 16:33.093 --> 16:34.592 THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO 16:34.594 --> 16:35.526 SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME TO WORK FOR US. 16:35.528 --> 16:36.794 COME TO WORK FOR US. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHORTAGE 16:36.796 --> 16:38.062 BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERING TALENT. 16:38.064 --> 16:40.498 OF ENGINEERING TALENT. WE'RE IN A TALENT WAR. 16:40.500 --> 16:43.001 WE'RE IN A TALENT WAR. WE COMPETE AGAINST OUR PEER 16:43.003 --> 16:44.802 WE COMPETE AGAINST OUR PEER GROUP TO ATTRACT THE BEST AND 16:44.804 --> 16:45.970 GROUP TO ATTRACT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST ENGINEERS. 16:45.972 --> 16:49.273 BRIGHTEST ENGINEERS. AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE 16:49.275 --> 16:49.607 AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT. 16:49.609 --> 16:51.175 LOOKOUT. AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE HUNDREDS 16:51.177 --> 16:53.011 AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE HUNDREDS OF JOBS AT RAYTHEON MISSILE 16:53.013 --> 16:54.479 OF JOBS AT RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS THAT GO UNFILLED BECAUSE 16:54.481 --> 16:55.546 SYSTEMS THAT GO UNFILLED BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE TALENT. 16:55.548 --> 16:56.981 WE CAN'T FIND THE TALENT. >> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 16:56.983 --> 16:58.983 >> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TOLD ME BEFORE WE CAME ON 16:58.985 --> 17:00.752 YOU TOLD ME BEFORE WE CAME ON CAMERA, WAS THAT YOU DON'T JUST 17:00.754 --> 17:02.286 CAMERA, WAS THAT YOU DON'T JUST RECRUIT FROM THE U OF A BUT YOU 17:02.288 --> 17:04.222 RECRUIT FROM THE U OF A BUT YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U OF 17:04.224 --> 17:04.455 HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U OF A. 17:04.457 --> 17:05.890 A. WILL YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE 17:05.892 --> 17:06.157 WILL YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT? 17:06.159 --> 17:07.225 BIT? >> IT'S EXCELLENT. 17:07.227 --> 17:08.226 >> IT'S EXCELLENT. THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 17:08.228 --> 17:09.827 THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IS SUPERB. 17:09.829 --> 17:11.162 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IS SUPERB. WHETHER IT'S OUR ENGINEERS GOING 17:11.164 --> 17:14.198 WHETHER IT'S OUR ENGINEERS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY, TO ACT AS 17:14.200 --> 17:15.967 TO THE UNIVERSITY, TO ACT AS MENTORS, OR TO BE GUEST 17:15.969 --> 17:17.468 MENTORS, OR TO BE GUEST LECTURERS, OR TO WORK WITH THOSE 17:17.470 --> 17:18.069 LECTURERS, OR TO WORK WITH THOSE ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON 17:18.071 --> 17:22.640 ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE OFTEN, 17:22.642 --> 17:23.808 PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE OFTEN, ENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT COME 17:23.810 --> 17:26.044 ENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT COME ON TO OUR FACILITY IN AN INTERN 17:26.046 --> 17:27.879 ON TO OUR FACILITY IN AN INTERN ROLE, OR IN A TEMPORARY ROLE. 17:27.881 --> 17:29.680 ROLE, OR IN A TEMPORARY ROLE. SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 17:29.682 --> 17:32.183 SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. THE U OF A IS A TREASURE. 17:32.185 --> 17:34.018 THE U OF A IS A TREASURE. IT'S A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY THAT 17:34.020 --> 17:35.887 IT'S A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY THAT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE FUNDED 17:35.889 --> 17:37.355 ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE FUNDED APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO 17:37.357 --> 17:38.990 APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT TALENT 17:38.992 --> 17:39.624 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT TALENT PIPELINE FOR US. 17:39.626 --> 17:41.392 PIPELINE FOR US. >> AND, IN FACT, YOU'VE SAID 17:41.394 --> 17:43.561 >> AND, IN FACT, YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE GONE TO THE LEGISLATURE, 17:43.563 --> 17:45.863 YOU'VE GONE TO THE LEGISLATURE, AND TO STATE OFFICIALS, TO TRY 17:45.865 --> 17:48.032 AND TO STATE OFFICIALS, TO TRY TO SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR THE 17:48.034 --> 17:49.067 TO SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE 17:49.069 --> 17:50.001 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE STATE, CORRECT? 17:50.003 --> 17:51.903 STATE, CORRECT? >> WE'VE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE. 17:51.905 --> 17:53.104 >> WE'VE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE. WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD 17:53.106 --> 17:54.972 WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS MANY TIMES, URGING 17:54.974 --> 17:56.541 OF REGENTS MANY TIMES, URGING THEM TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE 17:56.543 --> 17:57.742 THEM TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE UNIVERSITY ADEQUATELY. 17:57.744 --> 17:58.810 UNIVERSITY ADEQUATELY. AND NOT JUST THE UNIVERSITY. 17:58.812 --> 18:00.278 AND NOT JUST THE UNIVERSITY. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT 18:00.280 --> 18:01.879 WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION OVERALL IN THE STATE. 18:01.881 --> 18:02.814 EDUCATION OVERALL IN THE STATE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR 18:02.816 --> 18:05.316 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE 18:05.318 --> 18:06.484 HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE WORLD CLASS SO THAT 18:06.486 --> 18:08.453 SCHOOLS ARE WORLD CLASS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GO ON TO 18:08.455 --> 18:09.687 OUR STUDENTS CAN GO ON TO UNIVERSITY, THEY CAN GET THESE 18:09.689 --> 18:10.755 UNIVERSITY, THEY CAN GET THESE DEGREES, AND THEY CAN COME TO 18:10.757 --> 18:12.156 DEGREES, AND THEY CAN COME TO WORK FOR COMPANIES LIKE 18:12.158 --> 18:12.523 WORK FOR COMPANIES LIKE RAYTHEON. 18:12.525 --> 18:13.758 RAYTHEON. >> IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU A 18:13.760 --> 18:14.959 >> IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RAYTHEON'S 18:14.961 --> 18:15.927 LITTLE BIT ABOUT RAYTHEON'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. 18:15.929 --> 18:17.128 COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT 18:17.130 --> 18:18.896 WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNDER WAY. 18:18.898 --> 18:21.599 ARE UNDER WAY. OUR MATH MOVES YOU PROGRAM. 18:21.601 --> 18:23.801 OUR MATH MOVES YOU PROGRAM. THAT'S MATH MAVS U, WITH A "U." 18:23.803 --> 18:25.736 THAT'S MATH MAVS U, WITH A "U." WE'VE GIVEN AWAY MILLIONS OF 18:25.738 --> 18:27.105 WE'VE GIVEN AWAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT 18:27.107 --> 18:29.040 DOLLARS TO HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, 18:29.042 --> 18:32.076 GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS AND 18:32.078 --> 18:32.777 TECHNOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS AND MATHEMATICIANS. 18:32.779 --> 18:34.145 MATHEMATICIANS. S.T.E.M. EDUCATION IS VITAL TO 18:34.147 --> 18:34.412 S.T.E.M. EDUCATION IS VITAL TO US. 18:34.414 --> 18:35.780 US. >> IS RAYTHEON GETTING THE 18:35.782 --> 18:37.348 >> IS RAYTHEON GETTING THE TALENT IT NEEDS FROM ARIZONA'S 18:37.350 --> 18:37.782 TALENT IT NEEDS FROM ARIZONA'S UNIVERSITIES? 18:37.784 --> 18:38.850 UNIVERSITIES? >> SO FAR SO GOOD. 18:38.852 --> 18:42.053 >> SO FAR SO GOOD. THE U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR 18:42.055 --> 18:43.020 THE U OF A IS PREPARING THEIR ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. 18:43.022 --> 18:44.789 ENGINEERING STUDENTS VERY WELL. THEY COME TO US, AND WE CAN PUT 18:44.791 --> 18:45.490 THEY COME TO US, AND WE CAN PUT THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. 18:45.492 --> 18:47.925 THEM TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE NEED MORE. 18:47.927 --> 18:49.994 BUT WE NEED MORE. WE NEED MORE STUDENTS TO GO IN 18:49.996 --> 18:51.496 WE NEED MORE STUDENTS TO GO IN TO THESE S.T.E.M. FIELDS. 18:51.498 --> 18:54.465 TO THESE S.T.E.M. FIELDS. WE NEED MORE ENGINEERS TO COME 18:54.467 --> 18:57.101 WE NEED MORE ENGINEERS TO COME TO RAYTHEON, AND THE COUNTRY IS 18:57.103 --> 18:58.703 TO RAYTHEON, AND THE COUNTRY IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS. 18:58.705 --> 19:00.138 IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS. MICHAEL, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM IF 19:00.140 --> 19:01.739 MICHAEL, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM IF CHINA AND INDIA ARE GRADUATING 19:01.741 --> 19:04.108 CHINA AND INDIA ARE GRADUATING MORE ENGINEERS THAN THE UNITED 19:04.110 --> 19:04.442 MORE ENGINEERS THAN THE UNITED STATES. 19:04.444 --> 19:06.144 STATES. THAT'S A DANGER TO OUR NATION, 19:06.146 --> 19:08.312 THAT'S A DANGER TO OUR NATION, OUR TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE IN THE 19:08.314 --> 19:09.247 OUR TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE IN THE WORLD IS AT RISK. 19:09.249 --> 19:11.082 WORLD IS AT RISK. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCH 19:11.084 --> 19:11.716 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCH PROPONENTS OF THIS. 19:11.718 --> 19:12.850 PROPONENTS OF THIS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REACHING 19:12.852 --> 19:14.385 AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REACHING NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT 19:14.387 --> 19:17.054 NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TO 19:17.056 --> 19:18.422 TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE 19:18.424 --> 19:20.291 ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE APTITUDE IN MATH AND SCIENCE, TO 19:20.293 --> 19:22.293 APTITUDE IN MATH AND SCIENCE, TO STAY WITH IT. 19:22.295 --> 19:24.795 STAY WITH IT. AND THE REWARD IS A VERY 19:24.797 --> 19:26.397 AND THE REWARD IS A VERY EXCITING CAREER IN AERO SPACE 19:26.399 --> 19:27.698 EXCITING CAREER IN AERO SPACE AND DEFENSE, EITHER WITH US OR 19:27.700 --> 19:28.666 AND DEFENSE, EITHER WITH US OR SOMEBODY ELSE. 19:28.668 --> 19:30.635 SOMEBODY ELSE. >> AND THAT'S BACK TO THAT K-12 19:30.637 --> 19:31.836 >> AND THAT'S BACK TO THAT K-12 ISSUE, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO 19:31.838 --> 19:35.740 ISSUE, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO YOU SEE HAPPENING AT THE K-12 19:35.742 --> 19:37.041 YOU SEE HAPPENING AT THE K-12 LEVEL IN TUCSON AND THE STATES 19:37.043 --> 19:38.676 LEVEL IN TUCSON AND THE STATES THAT MAY BE GOOD SIGNS OR MAY 19:38.678 --> 19:40.711 THAT MAY BE GOOD SIGNS OR MAY NOT BE SUCH GOOD SIGNS FOR 19:40.713 --> 19:41.479 NOT BE SUCH GOOD SIGNS FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? 19:41.481 --> 19:42.680 FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? >> WELL, I DO THINK THAT THE 19:42.682 --> 19:46.317 >> WELL, I DO THINK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECOGNIZE THAT 19:46.319 --> 19:47.885 SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECOGNIZE THAT S.T.E.M. IS CRITICAL, THAT THEY 19:47.887 --> 19:50.855 S.T.E.M. IS CRITICAL, THAT THEY MUST EMPHASIZE -- SCIENCE, 19:50.857 --> 19:52.223 MUST EMPHASIZE -- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 19:52.225 --> 19:55.159 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH, THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO 19:55.161 --> 19:56.427 MATH, THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE STUDENTS WITH 19:56.429 --> 19:58.496 PROVIDE THOSE STUDENTS WITH APTITUDES IN THOSE AREAS WITH 19:58.498 --> 19:59.764 APTITUDES IN THOSE AREAS WITH CHALLENGING CURRICULUM SO 19:59.766 --> 20:01.032 CHALLENGING CURRICULUM SO THEY'LL GO ON AND SUPPORT THAT. 20:01.034 --> 20:02.700 THEY'LL GO ON AND SUPPORT THAT. AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE 20:02.702 --> 20:03.067 AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE DERAILED. 20:03.069 --> 20:04.302 DERAILED. YOU KNOW RAYTHEON DID A STUDY 20:04.304 --> 20:05.870 YOU KNOW RAYTHEON DID A STUDY SOME YEARS AGO AND FOUND THAT 20:05.872 --> 20:08.105 SOME YEARS AGO AND FOUND THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE CRITICAL 20:08.107 --> 20:09.707 MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE CRITICAL TIME OF YEAR -- OR CRITICAL TIME 20:09.709 --> 20:11.008 TIME OF YEAR -- OR CRITICAL TIME IN A STUDENT'S LIFE WHERE THEY 20:11.010 --> 20:12.143 IN A STUDENT'S LIFE WHERE THEY MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT 20:12.145 --> 20:13.177 MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE REST 20:13.179 --> 20:14.212 THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 20:14.214 --> 20:15.746 OF THEIR LIVES. AND IF SOMEBODY WHISPERS IN 20:15.748 --> 20:17.281 AND IF SOMEBODY WHISPERS IN THEIR EAR THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, 20:17.283 --> 20:17.815 THEIR EAR THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, MATH ISN'T COOL. 20:17.817 --> 20:19.517 MATH ISN'T COOL. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 20:19.519 --> 20:20.651 YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE LOST THEM. 20:20.653 --> 20:22.620 WE LOST THEM. SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT 20:22.622 --> 20:26.424 SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO EMPHASIZING THAT MIDDLE 20:26.426 --> 20:27.758 INTO EMPHASIZING THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADE UNIT SPECIFICALLY, 20:27.760 --> 20:29.827 SCHOOL GRADE UNIT SPECIFICALLY, THAT NO, NO, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT 20:29.829 --> 20:31.562 THAT NO, NO, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS, THE APPLICATION OF MATH 20:31.564 --> 20:32.964 THIS, THE APPLICATION OF MATH AND SCIENCE IS VERY REWARDING. 20:32.966 --> 20:34.999 AND SCIENCE IS VERY REWARDING. YOU GET TO WORK ON CHALLENGING 20:35.001 --> 20:37.134 YOU GET TO WORK ON CHALLENGING THINGS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL 20:37.136 --> 20:37.468 THINGS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL CAREER. 20:37.470 --> 20:38.803 CAREER. AND IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE SO 20:38.805 --> 20:39.070 AND IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE SO FAR. 20:39.072 --> 20:42.006 FAR. >> ENGINEERING IS THE BIG VALUE 20:42.008 --> 20:43.074 >> ENGINEERING IS THE BIG VALUE AREA AT RAYTHEON. 20:43.076 --> 20:44.709 AREA AT RAYTHEON. BUT WHAT OTHER SKILL AREAS ARE 20:44.711 --> 20:47.144 BUT WHAT OTHER SKILL AREAS ARE THERE THAT YOU LOOK FOR TRAINED 20:47.146 --> 20:47.712 THERE THAT YOU LOOK FOR TRAINED EMPLOYEES IN? 20:47.714 --> 20:49.247 EMPLOYEES IN? >> IT'S, I SAY IT'S LIKE A 20:49.249 --> 20:50.948 >> IT'S, I SAY IT'S LIKE A LITTLE CITY, RAYTHEON MISSILE 20:50.950 --> 20:51.282 LITTLE CITY, RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS. 20:51.284 --> 20:52.783 SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, WE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE 20:52.785 --> 20:54.185 YOU KNOW, WE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERING TALENT. 20:54.187 --> 20:55.486 OUR ENGINEERING TALENT. THEY ARE REALLY THE STARS. 20:55.488 --> 20:58.055 THEY ARE REALLY THE STARS. YOU KNOW, OF THE 11,000, 12,000 20:58.057 --> 20:59.657 YOU KNOW, OF THE 11,000, 12,000 FOLKS WE HAVE OUT THERE, ABOUT 20:59.659 --> 21:00.891 FOLKS WE HAVE OUT THERE, ABOUT 6,000 OF THEM ARE ENGINEERS. 21:00.893 --> 21:04.262 6,000 OF THEM ARE ENGINEERS. SO THAT'S THE EMPHASIS 21:04.264 --> 21:04.895 SO THAT'S THE EMPHASIS REPLACEMENT, ENGINEERING. 21:04.897 --> 21:05.496 REPLACEMENT, ENGINEERING. WE HAVE FINANCE PEOPLE. 21:05.498 --> 21:06.597 WE HAVE FINANCE PEOPLE. WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN PEOPLE. 21:06.599 --> 21:08.299 WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN PEOPLE. HUMAN RESOURCES FOLKS. 21:08.301 --> 21:08.733 HUMAN RESOURCES FOLKS. COMMUNICATORS. 21:08.735 --> 21:10.201 COMMUNICATORS. I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THEY ARE 21:10.203 --> 21:10.635 I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THEY ARE OUT THERE. 21:10.637 --> 21:12.403 OUT THERE. BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT KIND OF 21:12.405 --> 21:14.071 BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT KIND OF TALENT TO RUN A GLOBAL COMPANY 21:14.073 --> 21:14.972 TALENT TO RUN A GLOBAL COMPANY LIKE RAYTHEON. 21:14.974 --> 21:16.274 LIKE RAYTHEON. >> AND THEY NEED THE EDUCATION 21:16.276 --> 21:16.841 >> AND THEY NEED THE EDUCATION FOR THAT? 21:16.843 --> 21:17.575 FOR THAT? >> THEY MUST HAVE THE EDUCATION 21:17.577 --> 21:19.610 >> THEY MUST HAVE THE EDUCATION FOR THAT. 21:19.612 --> 21:22.446 FOR THAT. SO, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO 21:22.448 --> 21:24.148 SO, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO RALLY TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE 21:24.150 --> 21:26.117 RALLY TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GETTING 21:26.119 --> 21:27.652 THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GETTING THE RIGHT KINDS OF CLASSES, 21:27.654 --> 21:29.086 THE RIGHT KINDS OF CLASSES, GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF 21:29.088 --> 21:29.453 GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF EDUCATION. 21:29.455 --> 21:30.688 EDUCATION. THAT'S THE INVESTMENT IN ALL OF 21:30.690 --> 21:32.790 THAT'S THE INVESTMENT IN ALL OF OUR FUTURE, NOT JUST RAYTHEON. 21:32.792 --> 21:34.091 OUR FUTURE, NOT JUST RAYTHEON. >> AS THE CLICHE GOES, YOUNG 21:34.093 --> 21:35.893 >> AS THE CLICHE GOES, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE. 21:35.895 --> 21:38.496 PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE. IN ARIZONA, YOUNG MEANS LATINOS, 21:38.498 --> 21:39.797 IN ARIZONA, YOUNG MEANS LATINOS, WHO ALREADY ARE A MAJORITY IN 21:39.799 --> 21:40.431 WHO ALREADY ARE A MAJORITY IN THE STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOL 21:40.433 --> 21:42.199 THE STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 21:42.201 --> 21:44.335 SYSTEM. HOW IS THE HIGHER EDUCATION 21:44.337 --> 21:46.771 HOW IS THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM SERVING THEM TO DEVELOP 21:46.773 --> 21:47.104 SYSTEM SERVING THEM TO DEVELOP TALENT? 21:47.106 --> 21:48.773 TALENT? JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF THE 21:48.775 --> 21:51.309 JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF THE LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER AT 21:51.311 --> 21:52.043 LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS HERE 21:52.045 --> 21:54.045 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS HERE FOR AN ASSESSMENT. 21:54.047 --> 21:55.279 FOR AN ASSESSMENT. WELCOME, MR. GARCIA. 21:55.281 --> 21:59.483 WELCOME, MR. GARCIA. >> THANK YOU. 21:59.485 --> 22:01.018 >> THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL SOME NUMBERS. 22:01.020 --> 22:02.820 >> FIRST OF ALL SOME NUMBERS. WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE 22:02.822 --> 22:04.555 WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE LATINO POPULATION IN ARIZONA? 22:04.557 --> 22:06.624 LATINO POPULATION IN ARIZONA? IS IT THE WORK FORCE OF THE 22:06.626 --> 22:06.957 IS IT THE WORK FORCE OF THE FUTURE? 22:06.959 --> 22:08.459 FUTURE? >> WELL, AT MORRISON INT 22:08.461 --> 22:09.760 >> WELL, AT MORRISON INT ABSOLUTE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT 22:09.762 --> 22:11.996 ABSOLUTE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF STUDY ON LATINO PUBLIC POLICY 22:11.998 --> 22:14.398 OF STUDY ON LATINO PUBLIC POLICY AND ABSOLUTELY THE WAY LATINOS 22:14.400 --> 22:16.667 AND ABSOLUTELY THE WAY LATINOS GO, SO WILL GO ARIZONA. 22:16.669 --> 22:19.337 GO, SO WILL GO ARIZONA. THE REASON IS SIMPLE, 22:19.339 --> 22:19.770 THE REASON IS SIMPLE, DEMOGRAPHICS. 22:19.772 --> 22:21.238 DEMOGRAPHICS. IT'S LATINOS MAKE UP ABOUT 30% 22:21.240 --> 22:23.641 IT'S LATINOS MAKE UP ABOUT 30% OF ARIZONA'S POPULATION 22:23.643 --> 22:24.008 OF ARIZONA'S POPULATION PRESENTLY. 22:24.010 --> 22:24.675 PRESENTLY. ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE 22:24.677 --> 22:27.011 ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LATINOS. 22:27.013 --> 22:28.646 LATINOS. AND WE ARE A GROWING POPULATION. 22:28.648 --> 22:30.281 AND WE ARE A GROWING POPULATION. WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY 22:30.283 --> 22:30.614 WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. 22:30.616 --> 22:32.783 OBVIOUS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE 22:32.785 --> 22:33.484 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE FOR NON-HISPANIC WHITES, IT'S 22:33.486 --> 22:36.687 FOR NON-HISPANIC WHITES, IT'S 44. 22:36.689 --> 22:38.289 44. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN 22:38.291 --> 22:39.890 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE FOR LATINOS, IT'S 25. 22:39.892 --> 22:42.193 AGE FOR LATINOS, IT'S 25. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROWING 22:42.195 --> 22:42.993 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROWING POPULATION THAT'S ONLY GOING TO 22:42.995 --> 22:44.095 POPULATION THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE INCREASING. 22:44.097 --> 22:46.630 BE INCREASING. >> SO IS THE STATE'S 22:46.632 --> 22:47.631 >> SO IS THE STATE'S POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM 22:47.633 --> 22:49.233 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM KEEPING UP WITH THAT? 22:49.235 --> 22:50.835 KEEPING UP WITH THAT? ARE LATINOS GETTING INTO AND 22:50.837 --> 22:52.169 ARE LATINOS GETTING INTO AND GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE 22:52.171 --> 22:52.837 GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE SUCCESSFULLY THESE DAYS? 22:52.839 --> 22:54.338 SUCCESSFULLY THESE DAYS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 22:54.340 --> 22:54.872 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE MANY QUESTIONS. 22:54.874 --> 22:56.907 MANY QUESTIONS. THE ANSWER IS YES AND NO. 22:56.909 --> 22:57.742 THE ANSWER IS YES AND NO. THE ANSWER IS YES, I MEAN 22:57.744 --> 22:59.944 THE ANSWER IS YES, I MEAN THERE'S GOOD NEWS. 22:59.946 --> 23:01.579 THERE'S GOOD NEWS. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 23:01.581 --> 23:03.280 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE 23:03.282 --> 23:04.482 CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 23:04.484 --> 23:07.017 FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, THERE WERE MORE LATINO KIDS IN ARIZONA'S K 23:07.019 --> 23:08.652 MORE LATINO KIDS IN ARIZONA'S K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC EDUCATION 23:08.654 --> 23:09.520 THROUGH 12 PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THAN WHITE KIDS. 23:09.522 --> 23:10.955 SYSTEM THAN WHITE KIDS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE POPULATION 23:10.957 --> 23:13.257 SO YOU CAN SEE THE POPULATION COMING UP THROUGH THE PIPELINE. 23:13.259 --> 23:14.425 COMING UP THROUGH THE PIPELINE. LARGELY LATINO. 23:14.427 --> 23:17.695 LARGELY LATINO. FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE ARE 23:17.697 --> 23:19.263 FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE ARE MORE LATINO HIGH SCHOOL 23:19.265 --> 23:21.265 MORE LATINO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO ARE -- WHO ARE 23:21.267 --> 23:23.467 GRADUATES WHO ARE -- WHO ARE APPLYING AND ENTERING COLLEGE, 23:23.469 --> 23:24.301 APPLYING AND ENTERING COLLEGE, THAN WHITE KIDS. 23:24.303 --> 23:27.538 THAN WHITE KIDS. THE PROBLEM IS, LATINOS ARE LESS 23:27.540 --> 23:28.272 THE PROBLEM IS, LATINOS ARE LESS LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH 23:28.274 --> 23:30.174 LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 23:30.176 --> 23:32.309 SCHOOL. SO YOU SEE THE GAP THERE. 23:32.311 --> 23:34.245 SO YOU SEE THE GAP THERE. YOU KNOW, YES THERE ARE MORE 23:34.247 --> 23:35.946 YOU KNOW, YES THERE ARE MORE THAT ARE APPLYING PERCENTAGEWISE 23:35.948 --> 23:37.715 THAT ARE APPLYING PERCENTAGEWISE BUT THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER. 23:37.717 --> 23:40.084 BUT THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER. SO ONE QUARTER OF LATINOS ARE 23:40.086 --> 23:40.818 SO ONE QUARTER OF LATINOS ARE DROPPING OUT BEFORE THEY FINISH 23:40.820 --> 23:42.620 DROPPING OUT BEFORE THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. 23:42.622 --> 23:44.188 HIGH SCHOOL. >> BUT WHO'S GETTING IN TO 23:44.190 --> 23:45.389 >> BUT WHO'S GETTING IN TO COLLEGE AMONG LATINOS? 23:45.391 --> 23:47.391 COLLEGE AMONG LATINOS? ARE WE SEEING THE NUMBERS 23:47.393 --> 23:49.226 ARE WE SEEING THE NUMBERS GROWING THERE AT THE U OF A, 23:49.228 --> 23:49.794 GROWING THERE AT THE U OF A, ASU, NORTHERN ARIZONA 23:49.796 --> 23:51.262 ASU, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY? 23:51.264 --> 23:53.030 UNIVERSITY? >> YEAH, I THINK ALL THE STATE 23:53.032 --> 23:53.831 >> YEAH, I THINK ALL THE STATE UNIVERSITIES ARE ON BOARD FOR TO 23:53.833 --> 23:57.535 UNIVERSITIES ARE ON BOARD FOR TO TRY TO REPRESENT THE POPULATION. 23:57.537 --> 23:59.437 TRY TO REPRESENT THE POPULATION. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 23:59.439 --> 24:01.439 OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT THERE YET. BUT ASU IS DOING A GOOD JOB. 24:01.441 --> 24:03.407 BUT ASU IS DOING A GOOD JOB. U OF A IS PUSHING THIS, AS WELL. 24:03.409 --> 24:05.443 U OF A IS PUSHING THIS, AS WELL. THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU LOOK AT 24:05.445 --> 24:07.711 THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU LOOK AT LATINOS AS A WHOLE, LATINOS JUST 24:07.713 --> 24:09.046 LATINOS AS A WHOLE, LATINOS JUST BECAUSE THEY ENTER COLLEGE DOES 24:09.048 --> 24:10.514 BECAUSE THEY ENTER COLLEGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY FINISH 24:10.516 --> 24:10.848 NOT MEAN THAT THEY FINISH COLLEGE. 24:10.850 --> 24:13.784 COLLEGE. THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER 24:13.786 --> 24:16.620 THEY FINISH COLLEGE AT A LESSER RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. 24:16.622 --> 24:18.756 RATE THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENDER 24:18.758 --> 24:20.825 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENDER POPULATION RIGHT NOW, ONLY ABOUT 24:20.827 --> 24:24.295 POPULATION RIGHT NOW, ONLY ABOUT 9% OF LATINOS OBTAIN A 24:24.297 --> 24:26.831 9% OF LATINOS OBTAIN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, IN THAT AGE 24:26.833 --> 24:27.932 BACHELOR'S DEGREE, IN THAT AGE POPULATION OF 24 TO 34. 24:27.934 --> 24:28.599 POPULATION OF 24 TO 34. AND THEN IT JUST GOES UP A 24:28.601 --> 24:30.601 AND THEN IT JUST GOES UP A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS AS 24:30.603 --> 24:35.039 COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS AS YOU GET INTO THE 35 TO 44 AGE 24:35.041 --> 24:35.339 YOU GET INTO THE 35 TO 44 AGE GROUP. 24:35.341 --> 24:36.440 GROUP. ONLY 10%. 24:36.442 --> 24:38.309 ONLY 10%. 11% FOR THE 45 TO 54. 24:38.311 --> 24:40.244 11% FOR THE 45 TO 54. SO YOU CAN SEE LATINOS ARE 24:40.246 --> 24:41.812 SO YOU CAN SEE LATINOS ARE GRADUATING AND HAVE A FOUR-YEAR 24:41.814 --> 24:43.314 GRADUATING AND HAVE A FOUR-YEAR OR BETTER DEGREE AT A LOWER 24:43.316 --> 24:43.614 OR BETTER DEGREE AT A LOWER RATE. 24:43.616 --> 24:45.249 RATE. AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR 24:45.251 --> 24:47.151 AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE ECONOMICALLY 24:47.153 --> 24:50.054 ABILITY TO COMPETE ECONOMICALLY AS A STATE, BECAUSE AS LATINOS 24:50.056 --> 24:51.589 AS A STATE, BECAUSE AS LATINOS MOVE MORE AND MORE INTO THE 24:51.591 --> 24:53.491 MOVE MORE AND MORE INTO THE WORKFORCE, LATINOS ARE NOT 24:53.493 --> 24:55.392 WORKFORCE, LATINOS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE AS THE HIGH 24:55.394 --> 24:57.061 REPRESENTATIVE AS THE HIGH SKILLED, HIGH COMPENSATED 24:57.063 --> 24:58.095 SKILLED, HIGH COMPENSATED WORKFORCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING 24:58.097 --> 24:59.430 WORKFORCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND ABLE TO COMPETE. 24:59.432 --> 25:01.232 FOR AND ABLE TO COMPETE. AND THAT'S THE DANGER IS THAT 25:01.234 --> 25:02.333 AND THAT'S THE DANGER IS THAT ARIZONA COULD DROP DOWN TO A 25:02.335 --> 25:03.267 ARIZONA COULD DROP DOWN TO A SECOND OR THIRD STATE. 25:03.269 --> 25:04.468 SECOND OR THIRD STATE. SO THAT'S WHY ALL THE ATTENTION 25:04.470 --> 25:05.302 SO THAT'S WHY ALL THE ATTENTION IS BEING PAID NOW. 25:05.304 --> 25:06.537 IS BEING PAID NOW. IT'S NOT JUST WE NEED TO TAKE 25:06.539 --> 25:08.372 IT'S NOT JUST WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF LATINOS. 25:08.374 --> 25:10.007 CARE OF LATINOS. IT'S WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE 25:10.009 --> 25:11.675 IT'S WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE STATE, RECOGNIZE THE CHANGE OF 25:11.677 --> 25:12.510 STATE, RECOGNIZE THE CHANGE OF DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THE CHANGING 25:12.512 --> 25:15.112 DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THE CHANGING FACE OF ARIZONA, SO EVERYONE CAN 25:15.114 --> 25:16.347 FACE OF ARIZONA, SO EVERYONE CAN SUCCEED IN ARIZONA. 25:16.349 --> 25:17.548 SUCCEED IN ARIZONA. OR WE FAIL COLLECTIVELY. 25:17.550 --> 25:21.685 OR WE FAIL COLLECTIVELY. >> ARE THE ISSUES AT THE 25:21.687 --> 25:22.453 >> ARE THE ISSUES AT THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL 25:22.455 --> 25:25.089 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL FOR LATINO ACHIEVEMENT OR LACK 25:25.091 --> 25:28.225 FOR LATINO ACHIEVEMENT OR LACK THEREOF THE SAME AS THEY ARE FOR 25:28.227 --> 25:30.127 THEREOF THE SAME AS THEY ARE FOR SAY 12, LANGUAGE ISSUES, 25:30.129 --> 25:31.996 SAY 12, LANGUAGE ISSUES, SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES, ARE THERE 25:31.998 --> 25:32.630 SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS? 25:32.632 --> 25:34.498 OTHER THINGS? >> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO 25:34.500 --> 25:34.965 >> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO LOOK AT. 25:34.967 --> 25:36.333 LOOK AT. LANGUAGE IS NOT THE BIGGEST 25:36.335 --> 25:37.501 LANGUAGE IS NOT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY 25:37.503 --> 25:38.402 PROBLEM ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A BARRIER THERE. 25:38.404 --> 25:39.603 THERE'S A BARRIER THERE. BUT THE THING TO UNDERSTAND IS 25:39.605 --> 25:42.239 BUT THE THING TO UNDERSTAND IS MOST OF THE KIDS COMING UP 25:42.241 --> 25:43.641 MOST OF THE KIDS COMING UP THROUGH K THROUGH 12, ESPECIALLY 25:43.643 --> 25:44.642 THROUGH K THROUGH 12, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY'RE ALL 25:44.644 --> 25:46.176 THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY'RE ALL U.S. CITIZENS. 25:46.178 --> 25:49.446 U.S. CITIZENS. SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS 25:49.448 --> 25:50.981 SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS THE FIRST TO DEBUNK THAT MYTH 25:50.983 --> 25:52.616 THE FIRST TO DEBUNK THAT MYTH THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ILLEGALS, 25:52.618 --> 25:53.017 THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ILLEGALS, IF YOU WILL. 25:53.019 --> 25:56.253 IF YOU WILL. WE'RE NOT. 25:56.255 --> 25:57.588 WE'RE NOT. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW 25:57.590 --> 25:59.590 BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 25:59.592 --> 26:01.559 IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POVERTY BEING THE COMMON 26:01.561 --> 26:02.960 POVERTY BEING THE COMMON DENOMINATOR WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT 26:02.962 --> 26:04.428 DENOMINATOR WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION. 26:04.430 --> 26:05.930 IS THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION. AND IF YOU'RE A POOR KID, IF 26:05.932 --> 26:08.699 AND IF YOU'RE A POOR KID, IF YOU'RE A POOR LATINO KID, AND 26:08.701 --> 26:10.367 YOU'RE A POOR LATINO KID, AND YOUR PARENTS OR PARENT DID NOT 26:10.369 --> 26:12.236 YOUR PARENTS OR PARENT DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE, THE CHANCES ARE, 26:12.238 --> 26:15.205 GO TO COLLEGE, THE CHANCES ARE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO 26:15.207 --> 26:15.539 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. 26:15.541 --> 26:16.774 COLLEGE. YOU ARE JUST NOT BROUGHT UP IN 26:16.776 --> 26:17.274 YOU ARE JUST NOT BROUGHT UP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. 26:17.276 --> 26:18.509 THAT ENVIRONMENT. YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DEADLINES. 26:18.511 --> 26:20.077 YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DEADLINES. YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO YOU 26:20.079 --> 26:20.377 YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO YOU APPLY. 26:20.379 --> 26:22.112 APPLY. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE STEPPED FOOT 26:22.114 --> 26:23.380 YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE STEPPED FOOT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. 26:23.382 --> 26:24.782 ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. IF YOU'RE A WHITE KID, A POOR 26:24.784 --> 26:26.850 IF YOU'RE A WHITE KID, A POOR WHITE KID, IT'S THE SAME THING. 26:26.852 --> 26:28.986 WHITE KID, IT'S THE SAME THING. POVERTY IS, LIKE I SAID, THE 26:28.988 --> 26:29.954 POVERTY IS, LIKE I SAID, THE COMMON DENOMINATOR. 26:29.956 --> 26:31.722 COMMON DENOMINATOR. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, FIRST OF 26:31.724 --> 26:33.657 WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, FIRST OF ALL THE GAME CHANGE IS 26:33.659 --> 26:34.725 ALL THE GAME CHANGE IS EXPECTATIONS, SELF-EXPECTATIONS 26:34.727 --> 26:36.093 EXPECTATIONS, SELF-EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR KID IS GOING TO GO TO 26:36.095 --> 26:36.427 OF YOUR KID IS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. 26:36.429 --> 26:37.761 COLLEGE. YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT A 26:37.763 --> 26:39.029 YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND THE 26:39.031 --> 26:40.431 VERY YOUNG AGE AND THE EXPECTATION NEEDS TO BE FROM A 26:40.433 --> 26:41.532 EXPECTATION NEEDS TO BE FROM A SYSTEM FROM TEACHERS TO 26:41.534 --> 26:42.833 SYSTEM FROM TEACHERS TO COUNSELORS TO THE INSTITUTIONS 26:42.835 --> 26:45.069 COUNSELORS TO THE INSTITUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE KIDS FOR 26:45.071 --> 26:45.402 THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE KIDS FOR COLLEGE. 26:45.404 --> 26:46.870 COLLEGE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE GETS 26:46.872 --> 26:48.072 THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE GETS A COLLEGE EDUCATION. 26:48.074 --> 26:49.573 A COLLEGE EDUCATION. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. 26:49.575 --> 26:51.075 THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. EVERYONE DOES, HOWEVER, NEED TO 26:51.077 --> 26:52.710 EVERYONE DOES, HOWEVER, NEED TO GET AN EDUCATION OR GET A DEGREE 26:52.712 --> 26:54.545 GET AN EDUCATION OR GET A DEGREE OR GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR 26:54.547 --> 26:56.046 OR GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR BETTER YOURSELF TO GET A 26:56.048 --> 26:56.847 BETTER YOURSELF TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF SOME SORT. 26:56.849 --> 26:59.650 CERTIFICATE OF SOME SORT. WE NEED TO IMPROVE ARIZONA'S 26:59.652 --> 27:00.217 WE NEED TO IMPROVE ARIZONA'S WORKFORCE SKILL LEVEL 27:00.219 --> 27:02.019 WORKFORCE SKILL LEVEL COMPLETELY. 27:02.021 --> 27:03.153 COMPLETELY. FROM WHATEVER IT MAY BE. 27:03.155 --> 27:04.855 FROM WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 27:04.857 --> 27:05.556 SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT COLLEGE, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING 27:05.558 --> 27:07.558 COLLEGE, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING THE WORKFORCE. 27:07.560 --> 27:09.426 THE WORKFORCE. >> JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF 27:09.428 --> 27:13.097 >> JOSEPH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF THE LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER 27:13.099 --> 27:14.298 THE LATINO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER AT THE MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR 27:14.300 --> 27:15.799 AT THE MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AT ASU. 27:15.801 --> 27:16.767 PUBLIC POLICY AT ASU. THANKS SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH 27:16.769 --> 27:17.034 THANKS SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. 27:17.036 --> 27:18.469 ME. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. 27:18.471 --> 27:20.237 >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. >> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR 27:20.239 --> 27:22.773 >> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2013. 27:22.775 --> 27:25.042 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2013. NEXT FRIDAY, A LOOK AT LEGAL AND 27:25.044 --> 27:27.011 NEXT FRIDAY, A LOOK AT LEGAL AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AIMED 27:27.013 --> 27:28.345 EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AIMED AT CURBING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS, 27:28.347 --> 27:30.881 AT CURBING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS, AND CYBERSPACE. 27:30.883 --> 27:33.450 AND CYBERSPACE. FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M MICHAEL 27:33.452 --> 27:33.784 FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M MICHAEL CHIHAK. 27:33.786 --> 27:35.386 CHIHAK. >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" 27:35.388 --> 27:36.587 >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A 27:36.589 --> 27:38.355 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL 27:38.357 --> 27:38.756 GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION. 27:38.758 --> 27:40.591 FOUNDATION. AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA'S 27:40.593 --> 27:41.025 AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA'S PUBLIC MEDIA. 27:41.027 --> 27:41.725 PUBLIC MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 27:41.727 --> 27:43.761 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.