WEBVTT 00:05.267 --> 00:06.067 >>> SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS 00:06.067 --> 00:09.800 PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH 00:09.800 --> 00:12.833 B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION FOR 00:12.833 --> 00:14.567 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FEATURING 00:14.567 --> 00:15.733 EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ARTISTS 00:15.733 --> 00:19.667 AND WILDLIFE DIORAMAS. 00:19.667 --> 00:20.667 ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDE 00:20.667 --> 00:22.433 THE BY THE FOUNDATION FOR 00:22.433 --> 00:25.133 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 00:25.133 --> 00:25.567 BROADCASTING. 00:25.567 --> 00:51.533 AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 00:51.533 --> 00:52.300 >>> HELLO, EVERYONE. 00:52.300 --> 00:53.067 I'M SHAWNDZ. 00:53.067 --> 00:54.033 >> I'M CHARLIE WHINHAM. 00:54.033 --> 00:57.267 WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION 00:57.267 --> 00:58.000 OF "LOUISIANA, THE STATE WE'RE 00:58.000 --> 00:58.267 IN." 00:58.267 --> 00:59.633 TONIGHT WE'RE MAINLY FOCUSED ON 00:59.633 --> 01:02.000 THE PROPOSED BIG CUTS TO HIGHER 01:02.000 --> 01:04.233 KED CASE DURING THE UPCOMING 01:04.233 --> 01:06.133 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 01:06.133 --> 01:07.000 >> DR. SANDRA WOODLEY, PRESIDENT 01:07.000 --> 01:08.400 OF THE LOUISIANA SYSTEM, 01:08.400 --> 01:09.400 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 01:09.400 --> 01:13.300 PRESIDENT DR. RONALD MASON, AND 01:13.300 --> 01:16.700 LSU SYSTEM VICE CHANCELLOR 01:16.700 --> 01:17.900 DR. STUART BELL WILL TALK IN A 01:17.900 --> 01:18.833 FEW MOMENTS. 01:18.833 --> 01:20.467 FIRST THE HEADLINES OF STATEWIDE 01:20.467 --> 01:21.033 INTEREST. 01:21.033 --> 01:22.167 >>> THERE'S GREAT SADNESS AS THE 01:22.167 --> 01:24.000 BODIES OF TWO LOUISIANA SOLDIERS 01:24.000 --> 01:27.533 WERE FOUND AFTER A HAWPPED CRASH 01:27.533 --> 01:28.733 TUESDAY NIGHT OFF THE COAST OF 01:28.733 --> 01:29.067 FLORIDA. 01:29.067 --> 01:30.900 A COMMAND WERE EGG LEN AIR FORCE 01:30.900 --> 01:33.333 BASE TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE 01:33.333 --> 01:35.500 WRECK WAS LIKELY A HIGH EXPWACT 01:35.500 --> 01:36.733 CRASH THAT CAUSED THE BLACKHAWK 01:36.733 --> 01:38.800 TO BREAK INTO SEVERAL PIECES 01:38.800 --> 01:40.433 WHEN IT HIT THE WATER. 01:40.433 --> 01:41.733 PENTAGON OFFICIALS ARE NOT 01:41.733 --> 01:43.000 HOPEFUL FOR SURVIVORS. 01:43.000 --> 01:45.000 IT WAS CARRYING FOUR LOUISIANA 01:45.000 --> 01:47.433 GUARDSMEN AND SEVEN MARINES A 01:47.433 --> 01:49.200 SPECIAL SERVICE WAS HELD TO 01:49.200 --> 01:50.500 HONOR THE MEN. 01:50.500 --> 01:53.133 SHE SERVED IN IRAQ AND AFTER 01:53.133 --> 01:55.000 RESCUE MISSIONS AFTER HURRICANE 01:55.000 --> 01:57.300 AND THE B.P. OIL SPILL. 01:57.300 --> 01:59.133 THE NATIONAL GUARD SAYS WORDS 01:59.133 --> 01:59.933 OFFER LITTLE COMFORT. 01:59.933 --> 02:01.033 WE ARE HEARTBROKEN. 02:01.033 --> 02:02.333 WE ARE SHOCKED, STANDING 02:02.333 --> 02:03.633 TOGETHER FOR THE FAMILIES AND 02:03.633 --> 02:06.500 FOR EACH OTHER. 02:06.500 --> 02:08.067 >>> MARCH 16 BEGINS THE START OF 02:08.067 --> 02:11.367 COMMON CORE TEST WEEK FOR 02:11.367 --> 02:13.333 320,000 STUDENTS IN THIRD 02:13.333 --> 02:15.233 THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES STATEWIDE. 02:15.233 --> 02:17.267 SPECIFICALLY THEY WILL BE TESTED 02:17.267 --> 02:21.567 IN ENGLISH AND MATH, RELAYING 02:21.567 --> 02:23.533 THE LEAP. 02:23.533 --> 02:26.300 AT THIS POINT 700 CHILDREN HAVE 02:26.300 --> 02:27.700 OPTED OUT OF TAKING THE TEST. 02:27.700 --> 02:30.500 THE PARENTS DON'T BELIEVE IT 02:30.500 --> 02:32.167 WILL PROVIDE AN ACCURATE GAUGE 02:32.167 --> 02:34.300 OF LEARNING AND ARE UNSURE HOW 02:34.300 --> 02:35.933 THE DATA WILL BED. 02:35.933 --> 02:42.967 >> A GROUP OPPOSED OOPENLY 02:42.967 --> 02:44.933 BURNING M6 HAS PUT TOGETHER 02:44.933 --> 02:47.000 ABOUT 20 SUGGESTIONS INCLUDING 02:47.000 --> 02:49.767 CONTAINED BURN INDOORS. 02:49.767 --> 02:51.300 THEY PLAN TO PRESENT THOSE TO 02:51.300 --> 02:52.000 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 02:52.000 --> 02:53.633 AGENCY ON FRIDAY. 02:53.633 --> 02:55.400 >>> OFFICIALS IN ALEXANDRIA ARE 02:55.400 --> 02:56.633 LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO 02:56.633 --> 02:58.633 DEVELOP ITS DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT. 02:58.633 --> 03:00.467 THEY HOPE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM 03:00.467 --> 03:01.567 STAKEHOLDERS BEFORE THE END OF 03:01.567 --> 03:04.100 THE MONTH. 03:04.100 --> 03:06.067 ALEXANDRIA TOWN TALK REPORTS THE 03:06.067 --> 03:08.633 CITY ENVISIONS SPENDING $8 03:08.633 --> 03:11.867 MILLION OVER SEVERAL YEARS TO 03:11.867 --> 03:15.467 JEN B 32 MILLION IN PRIVATE 03:15.467 --> 03:16.300 INVESTMENT. 03:16.300 --> 03:17.700 >>> WELL, THE LEGISLATIVE 03:17.700 --> 03:19.233 SESSION HAS NOT STARTED BUT 03:19.233 --> 03:21.700 ALREADY PREDICTED TO BE TOUGH AS 03:21.700 --> 03:23.433 DRASTIC CUTS ARE PROPOSED 03:23.433 --> 03:25.133 ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 03:25.133 --> 03:27.967 IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, CHARLIE 03:27.967 --> 03:29.533 HAS GREAT CONVERSATION WITH SOME 03:29.533 --> 03:31.267 HIGH STAKE LEADERS ABOUT THE 03:31.267 --> 03:32.133 SPHX FUNDING. 03:32.133 --> 03:35.667 >> THE STATE HAS CUT FUNDING FOR 03:35.667 --> 03:38.900 4 PERCENT PER STUDENT SINCE 03:38.900 --> 03:39.200 2008. 03:39.200 --> 03:40.433 MORE COULD BE ON THE WAY. 03:40.433 --> 03:43.133 IN JUST A MOMENT AS SHAWNA SAID 03:43.133 --> 03:45.700 WE'LL HEAR FROM LEADERS OF THREE 03:45.700 --> 03:48.700 OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 03:48.700 --> 03:49.167 SYSTEMS. 03:49.167 --> 03:50.600 FIRST, HOW WE GOT HERE. 03:50.600 --> 03:53.367 WITH THE STATE FACING DID 1.6 03:53.367 --> 03:56.367 BILLION DEFICIT HIGHER EDUCATION 03:56.367 --> 03:58.400 FUNDING IS POISED FOR ANOTHER 03:58.400 --> 03:59.300 YEAR OF BUDGET CUTS. 03:59.300 --> 04:00.333 HOW MUCH? 04:00.333 --> 04:03.633 GOVERNOR JINDAL'S PROPOSED 04:03.633 --> 04:06.067 BUDGET INCLUDES $581 MILLION IN 04:06.067 --> 04:07.633 REDUCTIONS BUT THE GOVERNOR'S 04:07.633 --> 04:08.800 OFFICE INCLUDES PROPOSED 04:08.800 --> 04:11.067 BUSINESS TAX CREDIT CHANGES OF 04:11.067 --> 04:13.200 $372 MILLION TO HELP OFFSET THE 04:13.200 --> 04:13.500 CUTS. 04:13.500 --> 04:15.467 S THAT IDEA COULD BE CHALLENGED 04:15.467 --> 04:17.467 STRONGLY BY STATE BUSINESS 04:17.467 --> 04:17.867 INTERESTS. 04:17.867 --> 04:19.233 THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS FAR FROM 04:19.233 --> 04:21.033 CERTAIN AND WOULD STILL LEAVE A 04:21.033 --> 04:23.567 HIGHER EDUCATION GAP OF ROUGHLY 04:23.567 --> 04:26.433 $200 MILLION COMPARED TO A YEARS 04:26.433 --> 04:26.900 AGO. 04:26.900 --> 04:29.667 COMMISSIONER OF HIGHER EDUCATION 04:29.667 --> 04:31.800 DR. JOSEPH ROLL LO REMAINS 04:31.800 --> 04:32.167 OPTIMISTIC. 04:32.167 --> 04:34.467 >> WE'RE LOOKING AT A GUGHT 04:34.467 --> 04:35.533 WHICH CONTAINS A SIGNIFICANT 04:35.533 --> 04:37.167 AMOUNT OF MONEY CONTINGENT, 04:37.167 --> 04:39.567 WHICH IS NEITHER IDENTIFIED AS A 04:39.567 --> 04:42.700 REVENUE STREAM YET OR IDENTIFIED 04:42.700 --> 04:43.867 AS A GUARANTEE. 04:43.867 --> 04:45.900 WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE THERE BUT 04:45.900 --> 04:47.467 RIGHT NOW IT'S BASICALLY PART OF 04:47.467 --> 04:50.167 THE PLANNING PROCESS. 04:50.167 --> 04:51.233 >> LAWMAKERS THEN HIGHER 04:51.233 --> 04:54.200 EDUCATION LEADERS METH AT THE 04:54.200 --> 04:54.933 TRUSTEESHIP CONFERENCE AT THE 04:54.933 --> 04:55.900 BOARD OF REGENTS. 04:55.900 --> 04:59.567 >> THE ANSWER IS GIVEN 04:59.567 --> 05:00.800 UNPREDICTABLE AND STABLE SOURCE 05:00.800 --> 05:01.533 OF FUNDING. 05:01.533 --> 05:03.767 DO WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL BUDGET 05:03.767 --> 05:04.433 PROBLEM? 05:04.433 --> 05:08.200 WE HAVE EXEMPTIONS, TAX CREDITS, 05:08.200 --> 05:09.733 EXCLUSIONS, REBATES PASSED YEAR 05:09.733 --> 05:11.833 AFTER YEAR THAT HAVE PILED UP SO 05:11.833 --> 05:14.300 MUCH NOW THAT WE HAVE LOST COUNT 05:14.300 --> 05:15.767 OF WHAT WE HAVE. 05:15.767 --> 05:19.833 >> SHORT TERM SAVINGS IN HIGHER 05:19.833 --> 05:21.300 EDUCATION ARE GOING TO TRY TO 05:21.300 --> 05:23.867 GET SOME BY CHOPPING THEIR STATE 05:23.867 --> 05:26.600 GENERAL FUND SUP POVERTY AND THE 05:26.600 --> 05:28.133 SCHOOLS WILL TRY TO MAKE IT UP 05:28.133 --> 05:30.133 WITH SOME FEES AND TUITION 05:30.133 --> 05:31.733 INCREASES BUT THERE'S A LEMON ON 05:31.733 --> 05:33.900 HOW MUCH FURTHER THEY CAN GO. 05:33.900 --> 05:34.833 >> ROBERT TRAVIS SCOTT IS 05:34.833 --> 05:36.833 PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS 05:36.833 --> 05:39.200 RESEARCH COUNCIL OF LOUISIANA. 05:39.200 --> 05:41.733 >> WE WE HAVE SEEN HAPPIES THAT 05:41.733 --> 05:43.333 STATE APPROPRIATION HAS BEEN 05:43.333 --> 05:44.733 GOING DOWN AND TUITION AND FEES 05:44.733 --> 05:46.000 HAVE BEEN GOING UP. 05:46.000 --> 05:49.333 THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO TRY TO KEEP 05:49.333 --> 05:51.433 HIGHER EDUCATION MOSTLY WHOLE 05:51.433 --> 05:54.967 AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PHILOSOPHY 05:54.967 --> 05:57.733 THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN 05:57.733 --> 05:58.867 PURSUING SINCE IT'S BEEN IN 05:58.867 --> 05:59.667 OFFICE. 05:59.667 --> 06:00.900 >> NOW WE'RE REACHING A POINT 06:00.900 --> 06:02.100 WHERE FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, 06:02.100 --> 06:04.833 THEY HAVE READY REACH THEIR 06:04.833 --> 06:06.333 CAPACITY FOR INCREASING THOSE 06:06.333 --> 06:09.167 FEES AND FOR INCREASING THOSE 06:09.167 --> 06:09.533 TUITIONS. 06:09.533 --> 06:11.067 SOME OF THE SCHOOLS ARE STARTING 06:11.067 --> 06:13.067 TO LOSE STUDENTS. 06:13.067 --> 06:15.500 THAT MEANS LESS REVENUE. 06:15.500 --> 06:17.967 THEY HAVE MAY HAVE MAXED OUT ON 06:17.967 --> 06:20.467 HOW MUCH THEY CAN COMPENSATE 06:20.467 --> 06:22.400 WITH HIGHER CHARGES TO PARENTS 06:22.400 --> 06:23.700 AND THE STUDENTS. 06:23.700 --> 06:26.367 >> WHEN I STARTED IN 2007 IN 06:26.367 --> 06:27.400 TEXAS AS A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT 06:27.400 --> 06:29.400 ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THERE, I 06:29.400 --> 06:32.200 RECEIVED ABOUT $7 -- ABOUT 74% 06:32.200 --> 06:34.133 OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE. 06:34.133 --> 06:36.467 WHEN I LEFT IN 2012 THAT WAS 06:36.467 --> 06:37.667 LESS THAN 28%. 06:37.667 --> 06:40.400 THIS IS A NATIONAL PHENOMENON. 06:40.400 --> 06:42.567 PUBLIC FUNDING FOR HIGHER 06:42.567 --> 06:43.967 EDUCATION NATIONALLY IS ON THE 06:43.967 --> 06:44.500 DECLINE. 06:44.500 --> 06:45.700 PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK IT WILL 06:45.700 --> 06:47.467 EVER GO BACK TO WHERE IT WAS 06:47.467 --> 06:48.800 WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO BE 06:48.800 --> 06:50.433 THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO AVOID 06:50.433 --> 06:50.867 DUPLICATION. 06:50.867 --> 06:53.200 >> HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 06:53.200 --> 06:56.667 CHAIR STEVE CARTER SUGGESTS 06:56.667 --> 06:58.233 MERGING SOME STATE INSTITUTIONS. 06:58.233 --> 06:59.633 >> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. 06:59.633 --> 07:01.267 I KNOW SOME THINGS WE HAVE 07:01.267 --> 07:02.867 TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE MET BUT WE 07:02.867 --> 07:05.900 REALLY NEED TO TAKE A HARD, LONG 07:05.900 --> 07:07.733 LOOK, THINK OUT OF THE BOX, AND 07:07.733 --> 07:09.633 TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO 07:09.633 --> 07:11.367 DO AND QUIT PROTECTING OUR OWN 07:11.367 --> 07:11.733 TURF. 07:11.733 --> 07:13.467 >> SOME CRITICS SAY LOUISIANA 07:13.467 --> 07:16.800 DOES NOT NEED 14 FOUR-YEAR 07:16.800 --> 07:17.667 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 07:17.667 --> 07:20.267 A LARGER STATE LIKE FLORIDA HAS 07:20.267 --> 07:21.800 12, TENNESSEE HAS 10. 07:21.800 --> 07:23.300 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WHY 07:23.300 --> 07:26.633 DON'T WE JUST CLOSE SOME 07:26.633 --> 07:28.100 UNIVERSITIES AND SAVE MONEY. 07:28.100 --> 07:29.633 WELL, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T SAVE 07:29.633 --> 07:31.133 MONEY IN THE SHORT TERM IF YOU 07:31.133 --> 07:31.833 DID THAT. 07:31.833 --> 07:33.433 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 07:33.433 --> 07:36.267 SAY YOU WANTED TO CLOSE 07:36.267 --> 07:36.633 GRAMBLING. 07:36.633 --> 07:39.400 THEY ONLY GET ABOUT 12 MILLION 07:39.400 --> 07:41.167 IN STATE DIRECT GENERAL SUPPORT 07:41.167 --> 07:42.667 ANYWAY, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO 07:42.667 --> 07:46.367 CLOSE YOUR $ $1.6 BRILLION 07:46.367 --> 07:46.700 PROBLEM. 07:46.700 --> 07:48.133 NOT ONLY THAT IF YOU CLOSE THE 07:48.133 --> 07:49.133 UNIVERSITY YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE 07:49.133 --> 07:50.967 TO BUY OUT SOME OF THE FACULTY, 07:50.967 --> 07:52.367 YOU STILL HAVE PENSION COSTS 07:52.367 --> 07:54.467 THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK UP. 07:54.467 --> 07:56.600 THERE WILL BE INFRASTRUCTURE AND 07:56.600 --> 07:57.667 BUILDINGS THAT STILL HAVE TO BE 07:57.667 --> 07:59.367 PAID FOR THAT ARE BONDED OUT. 07:59.367 --> 08:01.867 THERE WILL BE DORMITORIES THAT 08:01.867 --> 08:04.000 WERE PAID FOR -- YOU HAVE 08:04.000 --> 08:05.833 PROBABLY AN IMMEDIATE COST MIGHT 08:05.833 --> 08:07.567 BE MORE TALIBAN WHAT YOUR STATE 08:07.567 --> 08:08.967 GENERAL SUPPORT IS. 08:08.967 --> 08:10.533 THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 08:10.533 --> 08:12.967 EMPHASIS TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE 08:12.967 --> 08:14.367 UNIVERSITIES OPEN AND TO KEEP 08:14.367 --> 08:15.967 THEM GENERATING REVENUE SO THEY 08:15.967 --> 08:17.267 CAN PAY THEIR BILLS. 08:17.267 --> 08:19.067 WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP 08:19.067 --> 08:21.000 WITH VERY LITTLE IF ANY REAL 08:21.000 --> 08:22.300 STATE SUPPORT FOR THESE 08:22.300 --> 08:23.433 UNIVERSITIES IN THE LONG RUN. 08:23.433 --> 08:25.133 I'M NOT SAYING THIS SHOULD 08:25.133 --> 08:26.933 HAPPEN, I'M JUST OBSERVING THIS. 08:26.933 --> 08:30.267 BUT IN THE LONG RUN WITH SO 08:30.267 --> 08:32.267 LITTLE STATE SUPPORT OR NO STATE 08:32.267 --> 08:33.833 SUPPORT YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING 08:33.833 --> 08:36.600 TO BECOME REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES. 08:36.600 --> 08:38.867 THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE 08:38.867 --> 08:40.100 SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITIES 08:40.100 --> 08:41.533 THAT SURROUND THEM. 08:41.533 --> 08:43.733 AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE 08:43.733 --> 08:45.433 SUPPORTED THROUGH SELF-GENERATED 08:45.433 --> 08:47.133 REVENUE THROUGH TUITION AND FEES 08:47.133 --> 08:49.933 TO MAKE THINGS WORK. 08:49.933 --> 08:51.900 >> JOINING ME NOW IN THE STUDIO 08:51.900 --> 08:53.367 TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE TOPIC 08:53.367 --> 08:55.000 BETTER, SOME OF THE STATE'S TOP 08:55.000 --> 08:56.533 EDUCATION OFFICIALS. 08:56.533 --> 08:57.933 DR. STUART BELL IS EXECUTIVE 08:57.933 --> 09:00.567 VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST OF 09:00.567 --> 09:01.000 LSU. 09:01.000 --> 09:02.733 DRP RONALD MASON, PRESIDENT OF 09:02.733 --> 09:04.600 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND 09:04.600 --> 09:05.933 DR. SANDRA WOODLEY, PRESIDENT OF 09:05.933 --> 09:07.300 THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 09:07.300 --> 09:07.633 SYSTEM. 09:07.633 --> 09:11.067 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ON 09:11.067 --> 09:13.000 LPB ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. 09:13.000 --> 09:15.233 ONLY GETTING MORE IMPORTANT AS 09:15.233 --> 09:16.567 THE LEGISLATIVE CENTER BEGINS. 09:16.567 --> 09:17.300 >> PLEASURE. 09:17.300 --> 09:19.267 >> IF I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS 09:19.267 --> 09:20.833 CORRECTLY THERE'S BEEN BUDGET 09:20.833 --> 09:22.467 CUTS SINCE 2008 TOTALING CLOSE 09:22.467 --> 09:26.833 TO OR OVER $700 MILLION. 09:26.833 --> 09:28.600 WE'RE MAYBE FLIRTING WITH $1 09:28.600 --> 09:29.500 BILLION DEPENDING HOW THE 09:29.500 --> 09:30.867 SESSION GOES. 09:30.867 --> 09:32.633 DR. WOODLEY, ARE WE IN A CRISIS 09:32.633 --> 09:34.367 IN HIGHER EDUCATION ?R WE ARE. 09:34.367 --> 09:36.633 TO PUT THE CRISIS IN PERSPECTIVE 09:36.633 --> 09:38.467 WE SPENT THE SESSION LAST TIME 09:38.467 --> 09:40.600 TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL 09:40.600 --> 09:42.300 TARGETED FUNDS TO DOUBLE OUR 09:42.300 --> 09:43.633 NUMBERS OF DEGREE PRODUCTION IN 09:43.633 --> 09:44.900 AREAS OF HIGH DEMAND. 09:44.900 --> 09:46.800 WE KNOW WE HAVE HUGE WORK FORCE 09:46.800 --> 09:47.133 GAPS. 09:47.133 --> 09:49.500 THAT A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF OUR 09:49.500 --> 09:52.333 POPULATION IS ACTUALLY ACHIEVING 09:52.333 --> 09:53.933 A DEGREE FROM ONE OF OUR 09:53.933 --> 09:57.333 COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR HIGHER ED 09:57.333 --> 09:57.767 INSTITUTIONS. 09:57.767 --> 09:59.267 WE NEED MORE EDUCATION, NOT 09:59.267 --> 09:59.567 LESS. 09:59.567 --> 10:01.267 WE HAVE TO FINDS A WAY TO RAMP 10:01.267 --> 10:03.767 UP OUR PRODUCTION AND THESE CUTS 10:03.767 --> 10:05.300 MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DO 10:05.300 --> 10:07.233 THAT. 10:07.233 --> 10:08.667 >> DR. MASON, ARE WE IN A 10:08.667 --> 10:09.067 CRISIS? 10:09.067 --> 10:11.100 WOULD YOU CALL THIS CRISIS MODE? 10:11.100 --> 10:13.267 SHOULD WE PANIC? 10:13.267 --> 10:14.867 >> I THINK WE PASSED CRISIS A 10:14.867 --> 10:15.400 WHILE AGO. 10:15.400 --> 10:17.100 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S 10:17.100 --> 10:18.767 HAPPENING IN OUR EDUCATION OVER 10:18.767 --> 10:22.233 THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE SORT OF 10:22.233 --> 10:23.267 FLIPPED THE SCRIPT ON THE 10:23.267 --> 10:24.033 FUNDING FORMULA. 10:24.033 --> 10:26.100 WE USED TO GET MOST OF OUR MONEY 10:26.100 --> 10:28.133 FROM TUITION, NOW WE GET MOST 10:28.133 --> 10:29.600 FROM TUITION. 10:29.600 --> 10:32.067 YOU KNOW, THE STATE SUPPORTED 10:32.067 --> 10:33.367 INSTITUTION IN A STATE THAT 10:33.367 --> 10:35.533 NEEDS HIGHER EDUCATION GRAVELY, 10:35.533 --> 10:37.000 IT'S A DIFFICULT TRANSITION TO 10:37.000 --> 10:38.900 MAKE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF 10:38.900 --> 10:39.367 TIME. 10:39.367 --> 10:41.133 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS 10:41.133 --> 10:42.467 IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET THIS 10:42.467 --> 10:44.533 YEAR, WE WILL HAVE LESS THAN 30% 10:44.533 --> 10:46.533 OF OUR FUNDS COME FROM STATE OF 10:46.533 --> 10:46.933 LOUISIANA. 10:46.933 --> 10:47.967 WHICH IS A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM 10:47.967 --> 10:49.800 WHAT IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. 10:49.800 --> 10:50.900 >> DR. BELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 10:50.900 --> 10:52.467 THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION 10:52.467 --> 10:56.033 AND THE PROPOSED WAYS TO GET 10:56.033 --> 10:58.200 MONEY BACK TO HIGHER EDUCATION, 10:58.200 --> 10:59.800 THROUGH THE BUSINESS TAX CREDIT 10:59.800 --> 11:01.733 CHANGES, IS THIS GOING TO PIT 11:01.733 --> 11:03.100 BUSINESSES AGAINST HIGHER 11:03.100 --> 11:04.800 EDUCATION POSSIBLY OR HAVE HOW 11:04.800 --> 11:07.167 DO YOU SEE THIS LOOKING? 11:07.167 --> 11:08.567 >> WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A 11:08.567 --> 11:09.267 STARTING POINT. 11:09.267 --> 11:12.733 WE HAVE THIS 581 NUMBER AS WHERE 11:12.733 --> 11:14.467 WE ARE TODAY. 11:14.467 --> 11:16.467 WE HAVE SOME POSSIBLE WAYS OF 11:16.467 --> 11:18.667 GETTING TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE, 11:18.667 --> 11:20.500 WHICH IS HELD HARMLESS. 11:20.500 --> 11:22.767 WE WANT TO HAVE OUR STATE 11:22.767 --> 11:23.733 GENERAL FUNDS SIMILAR TO WHAT 11:23.733 --> 11:24.267 THEY WERE. 11:24.267 --> 11:25.867 I THINK THE PATH OF HOW WE GET 11:25.867 --> 11:28.033 THERE SORT OF LIKE A GPS ON YOUR 11:28.033 --> 11:28.400 CAR. 11:28.400 --> 11:30.200 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A START POINT 11:30.200 --> 11:32.733 AND END POINT, SO THE BUDGET I 11:32.733 --> 11:35.400 THINK WHAT HAS DONE IT'S 11:35.400 --> 11:36.733 PROVIDED US PARTIAL PATHS. 11:36.733 --> 11:39.033 NONE OF THESE ARE GUARANTEED, SO 11:39.033 --> 11:41.633 EVEN IF ALL OF THESE POTENTIAL 11:41.633 --> 11:43.133 SOLUTIONS COME TO PASS, WE'RE 11:43.133 --> 11:44.833 STILL -- WE KNOW WE'RE STILL 11:44.833 --> 11:47.700 SHORT OF REALLY THE HARMLESS 11:47.700 --> 11:48.067 SITUATION. 11:48.067 --> 11:50.733 SO ON MY GPS THERE'S A NOTE THAT 11:50.733 --> 11:52.267 COMES UP WHEN YOU SORT OF GET 11:52.267 --> 11:55.033 OFF PATH AND IT SAYS WARNING, 11:55.033 --> 11:57.100 YOU'VE ENTERED UNCHARTED, 11:57.100 --> 11:57.733 UNMAPPED AREA. 11:57.733 --> 11:58.533 THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 11:58.533 --> 12:00.567 WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO. 12:00.567 --> 12:03.133 >> WHICH COMES WITH AN ALARM? 12:03.133 --> 12:03.633 >> ABSOLUTELY. 12:03.633 --> 12:05.067 >> IT'S RINGING. 12:05.067 --> 12:06.867 >> WHAT DO YOU DO INDIVIDUALLY 12:06.867 --> 12:08.333 FOR EACH OF YOUR SYSTEMS? 12:08.333 --> 12:11.500 YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO IF I 12:11.500 --> 12:12.700 UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY TALKING 12:12.700 --> 12:15.500 WAYS TO FIND SELF-GENERATED 12:15.500 --> 12:15.833 FUNDS. 12:15.833 --> 12:17.333 WHAT'S GOING ON, SAY, AT THE 12:17.333 --> 12:18.667 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEMS? 12:18.667 --> 12:20.233 >> WE HAVE INCREASED OUR TUITION 12:20.233 --> 12:22.767 OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS MORE 12:22.767 --> 12:23.600 THAN 60%. 12:23.600 --> 12:25.333 EACH OF THE INSTITUTIONS SERVES 12:25.333 --> 12:27.333 A DIFFERENT INCOME PROFILE 12:27.333 --> 12:27.633 STUDENT. 12:27.633 --> 12:29.400 SO FOR MANY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS 12:29.400 --> 12:31.900 WE'RE ALMOST TAPPED OUT ON THE 12:31.900 --> 12:32.467 AFFORDABILITY SIDE. 12:32.467 --> 12:34.333 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, SOME OF 12:34.333 --> 12:35.600 WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE 12:35.600 --> 12:38.967 SEGMENT IS ABOUT INSTITUTIONS 12:38.967 --> 12:40.333 BASICALLY BECOMING PRIVATIZED. 12:40.333 --> 12:44.167 THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IF YOU 12:44.167 --> 12:45.333 PRIVATIZE EDUCATION NOT ENOUGH 12:45.333 --> 12:46.700 OF IT WILL BE PRODUCED. 12:46.700 --> 12:48.667 WE LIVE IN A RELATIVELY LOW 12:48.667 --> 12:49.867 INCOME STATE. 12:49.867 --> 12:52.033 IF THE STATE DOESN'T INVEST IN 12:52.033 --> 12:53.767 PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION THEN 12:53.767 --> 12:55.333 ONLY THE RELATIVELY WEALTHY WILL 12:55.333 --> 12:56.733 BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. 12:56.733 --> 12:58.000 THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS THAT WE 12:58.000 --> 12:59.333 HAVE MADE IN THE STATE WILL 12:59.333 --> 13:00.333 TRACK BACKWARDS. 13:00.333 --> 13:01.767 REALLY I SEE THIS PROBLEM AS 13:01.767 --> 13:03.333 LESS OF A HIGHER EDUCATION 13:03.333 --> 13:05.067 PROBLEM ALTHOUGH IT IS A HIGHER 13:05.067 --> 13:06.467 EDUCATION PROBLEM, AND MORE OF A 13:06.467 --> 13:08.033 PROBLEM FOR LOUISIANA. 13:08.033 --> 13:11.767 OUR ECONOMY WILL NOT CONTINUE TO 13:11.767 --> 13:13.267 PROGRESS IF WE PARTIALLY 13:13.267 --> 13:14.733 COLLAPSE THE HIGHER EDUCATION 13:14.733 --> 13:16.500 SYSTEM AND MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE 13:16.500 --> 13:18.000 FOR OUR CITIES TO AFFORD THE 13:18.000 --> 13:19.333 BILL. 13:19.333 --> 13:20.133 >> DR. MASON, WHAT THINGS ARE 13:20.133 --> 13:21.600 GOING ON WITHIN THE SOUTHERN 13:21.600 --> 13:23.567 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO COMBAT YOUR 13:23.567 --> 13:24.067 CONCERNS? 13:24.067 --> 13:24.467 >> SURE. 13:24.467 --> 13:26.267 WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR A 13:26.267 --> 13:26.533 WHILE. 13:26.533 --> 13:27.800 EVERYBODY LIKES THE WORD 13:27.800 --> 13:28.267 EFFICIENCY. 13:28.267 --> 13:30.300 WE HAVE BEEN GETTING MORE AND 13:30.300 --> 13:31.633 MORE EFFICIENT OVER THE LAST 13:31.633 --> 13:32.867 FIVE YEARS. 13:32.867 --> 13:34.467 CENTRALIZED SERVICES, CREATE NEW 13:34.467 --> 13:37.433 REVENUE STREAMS, DOWN SIZE 13:37.433 --> 13:39.433 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CLASSES, 13:39.433 --> 13:40.867 BUT AFTER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 13:40.867 --> 13:42.867 THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE CUTS 13:42.867 --> 13:43.167 NOW. 13:43.167 --> 13:45.533 WHILE THERE IS -- THERE ARE A 13:45.533 --> 13:46.867 LOT OF THINGS ON THE TABLE TO 13:46.867 --> 13:48.267 SOLVE THE CAP THAT WE'RE LOOKING 13:48.267 --> 13:49.567 AT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING 13:49.567 --> 13:50.133 TO HAPPEN. 13:50.133 --> 13:53.600 AT THE ENDS THE DAY TO BE CANDID 13:53.600 --> 13:54.433 IN THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM SINCE 13:54.433 --> 13:56.400 WE'RE THE CA THEIR YAYYY IN THE 13:56.400 --> 13:57.867 COAL MINE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME 13:57.867 --> 14:01.067 TO SEE HOW WE CAN MANAGE ANY 14:01.067 --> 14:01.367 CUTS. 14:01.367 --> 14:03.433 THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF HIGH 14:03.433 --> 14:04.667 ADMISSION STANDARDS AND LOWER 14:04.667 --> 14:06.400 STATE FUNDING WE'RE SORT OF 14:06.400 --> 14:08.500 CAUGHT IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT 14:08.500 --> 14:09.667 MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR MANAGE 14:09.667 --> 14:11.567 OUR WAY OUT OF THIS IF THERE ARE 14:11.567 --> 14:13.500 ANY MORE CUTS COMING. 14:13.500 --> 14:15.833 >> I'LL ASK THE SAME OF YOU, 14:15.833 --> 14:16.200 DR. BELL. 14:16.200 --> 14:17.833 >> I THINK IT'S A SIMILAR 14:17.833 --> 14:18.800 ANSWER. 14:18.800 --> 14:22.633 IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY FOR 14:22.633 --> 14:24.367 SAVINGS ANDRES DUCKS OF COSTS WE 14:24.367 --> 14:26.333 HAVE ELIMINATED STAFF POSITIONS, 14:26.333 --> 14:27.967 WE HAVE LOOKED TO WHERE WE CAN 14:27.967 --> 14:29.267 CONSOLIDATE AND ELIMINATE 14:29.267 --> 14:29.700 PROGRAMS. 14:29.700 --> 14:31.200 THAT'S CERTAINLY TAKEN A LOT OUT 14:31.200 --> 14:32.933 OF OUR COST BITE. 14:32.933 --> 14:35.633 WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY REALIGNED, 14:35.633 --> 14:38.200 IF YOU WILL, THE MAIN CAMPUS 14:38.200 --> 14:39.700 APPEARED THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE 14:39.700 --> 14:41.767 ELIMINATED OR CONSOLIDATED 10 OF 14:41.767 --> 14:44.400 OUR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS DOWN TO 14:44.400 --> 14:44.700 FIVE. 14:44.700 --> 14:45.867 SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT 14:45.867 --> 14:48.667 HOW DO WE SAVE COSTS BUT 14:48.667 --> 14:49.567 CERTAINLY THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH 14:49.567 --> 14:51.567 THAT YOU CAN DO THROUGH THOSE 14:51.567 --> 14:51.967 PROCESS. 14:51.967 --> 14:52.967 BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO 14:52.967 --> 14:53.533 LOOK AT THOSE. 14:53.533 --> 14:56.500 >> DOES IT TAKE ITS POLL OVER 14:56.500 --> 14:58.533 THE YEARS -- TOLL OVER THE YEARS 14:58.533 --> 15:00.267 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SECURE 15:00.267 --> 15:03.400 FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS? 15:03.400 --> 15:04.033 >> CERTAINLY IT DOES. 15:04.033 --> 15:06.367 I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING 15:06.367 --> 15:09.433 ABOUT IMPACTS AND IF YOU LOOK AT 15:09.433 --> 15:10.900 LOUISIANA, DURING THE TIME THAT 15:10.900 --> 15:15.633 THIS SHOW IS ON WE'LL LOSE ONE 15:15.633 --> 15:17.600 FOOTBALL FIELD AREA-WISE OF OUR 15:17.600 --> 15:18.367 COASTAL AREAS. 15:18.367 --> 15:20.000 WE KNOW LOUISIANA HAS THE 15:20.000 --> 15:22.133 HIGHEST RATES OF HIV, OBESITY 15:22.133 --> 15:24.767 AND DIABETES THAT ALL OF OUR 15:24.767 --> 15:26.300 INSTITUTIONS TRY TO ADDRESS 15:26.300 --> 15:28.800 THOSE ISSUES, WE'RE THE LARGEST 15:28.800 --> 15:30.700 CRUDE PRODUCER, SECOND LARGEST 15:30.700 --> 15:31.767 REFINER OF CRUDE AND WE HAVE 15:31.767 --> 15:33.733 COMPANIES WHO ARE MOVING IN 15:33.733 --> 15:35.000 CLAMOURING FOR OUR GRADUATES. 15:35.000 --> 15:36.600 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT 15:36.600 --> 15:38.133 OUR CONCERNS IS THAT ARE WE 15:38.133 --> 15:39.767 GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP 15:39.767 --> 15:41.300 OURSELVES OUT OF THIS SPIRAL 15:41.300 --> 15:43.133 THAT DR. MASON TALKS ABOUT. 15:43.133 --> 15:44.567 IF WE CUT BACK ON EDUCATION THAT 15:44.567 --> 15:46.000 IS NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION 15:46.000 --> 15:48.200 FOR WHAT WE SEE IN LOUISIANA. 15:48.200 --> 15:50.700 WE NEED TO FEED THESE 15:50.700 --> 15:51.133 INDUSTRIES. 15:51.133 --> 15:54.133 >> WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S 15:54.133 --> 15:55.333 DIFFICULT OR MAYBE IMPOSSIBLE TO 15:55.333 --> 15:58.000 PLAN FOR YOUR FALL WHEN YOU HAVE 15:58.000 --> 15:58.933 A LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT'S 15:58.933 --> 16:00.500 GOING TO TELL YOU WHETHER YOU 16:00.500 --> 16:02.067 HAVE A DOLLAR OR TWO DOLLARS IN 16:02.067 --> 16:02.733 THE BANK. 16:02.733 --> 16:07.267 HOW DIFFICULT IS PLANNING FOR 16:07.267 --> 16:08.967 FUTURE, JUST NEXT YEAR AT THE 16:08.967 --> 16:09.967 U.L. SYSTEM? 16:09.967 --> 16:10.667 >> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 16:10.667 --> 16:13.267 I THINK ALL OF OUR PRESIDENTS 16:13.267 --> 16:15.067 AND OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE FOCUSED 16:15.067 --> 16:16.433 ON THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO 16:16.433 --> 16:19.100 TO BE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER 16:19.100 --> 16:20.067 SCENARIO ROLLS IN. 16:20.067 --> 16:21.433 I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 16:21.433 --> 16:24.433 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO AND WE 16:24.433 --> 16:25.967 HAVE HAD LOTS OF COST 16:25.967 --> 16:27.467 EFFICIENCIES AS THE OTHER 16:27.467 --> 16:30.067 CAMPUSES HAVE, TO PUT OURSELVES 16:30.067 --> 16:31.067 IN THE BEST POSITION TO TALK 16:31.067 --> 16:32.233 WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE 16:32.233 --> 16:34.200 LEGISLATURE AND IN THE 16:34.200 --> 16:35.267 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO AVOID WHAT 16:35.267 --> 16:37.267 I THINK IS A CRISIS FOR 16:37.267 --> 16:37.833 LOUISIANA'S ECONOMY. 16:37.833 --> 16:39.533 I THINK IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS AND 16:39.533 --> 16:42.500 ABOUT WORK FORCE. 16:42.500 --> 16:44.400 HIGHER EDUCATION IS WORK FORCE. 16:44.400 --> 16:46.233 IF WE CAN'T PRODUCE THE 16:46.233 --> 16:47.400 GRADUATES, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 16:47.400 --> 16:49.467 TO BE ON CAMPUSES WE'RE GOING TO 16:49.467 --> 16:50.300 GO BACKWARDS. 16:50.300 --> 16:51.967 WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 16:51.967 --> 16:52.800 >> SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE WE 16:52.800 --> 16:53.667 GOING TO DO? 16:53.667 --> 16:55.667 HOW DO WE MAKE SCHOOLS LEANER 16:55.667 --> 16:57.600 AND MEANER AND HAVE YOU ALREADY 16:57.600 --> 16:59.500 DONE IT AND YOU'VE HIT THE 16:59.500 --> 17:00.200 FINISH LINE? 17:00.200 --> 17:01.800 >> AS AN EXAMPLE OVER EIGHT 17:01.800 --> 17:04.033 YEARS WE HAVE DROPPED 25% OF OUR 17:04.033 --> 17:06.033 ADMIN STRAIFTIVE COSTS. 17:06.033 --> 17:09.133 WE HAVE CLOSED 335 PROGRAMS AND 17:09.133 --> 17:10.733 CONSOLIDATED ANOTHER 225. 17:10.733 --> 17:13.200 WHEN YOU LOOK -- I WAS CHIEF 17:13.200 --> 17:14.500 FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR 20 YEARS 17:14.500 --> 17:16.000 IN HIGHER EDUCATION, SO I HAVE 17:16.000 --> 17:17.167 TOO MUCH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THE 17:17.167 --> 17:18.900 COST DRIVERS ARE, BUT THE COST 17:18.900 --> 17:20.867 DRIVERS ARE STUDENTS. 17:20.867 --> 17:22.400 THE DILEMMA IS THAT YOU HAVE TO 17:22.400 --> 17:24.100 HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDING 17:24.100 --> 17:25.500 PER STUDENT TO HIRE THE FACULTY, 17:25.500 --> 17:27.267 TO HAVE THE CLASSROOMS FOR THEM 17:27.267 --> 17:29.200 AND THE FACILITIES AND THE 17:29.200 --> 17:30.333 WRAP-AROUND SERVICES. 17:30.333 --> 17:33.800 WE NEED MORE STUDENTS ON OUR 17:33.800 --> 17:35.000 CAMPUSES, NOT FEWER. 17:35.000 --> 17:37.200 CUTTING ANY IN OUR HIGHER 17:37.200 --> 17:40.400 EDUCATION WOULD CAUSE US TO BE 17:40.400 --> 17:41.633 ABLE ERV FEWER PEOPLE. 17:41.633 --> 17:44.533 >> I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH 17:44.533 --> 17:46.000 DR. MASON, HOW ENGAGED ARE 17:46.000 --> 17:48.167 STUDENTS AND STAFF? 17:48.167 --> 17:50.267 >> I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH ON THE 17:50.267 --> 17:50.600 RADAR. 17:50.600 --> 17:52.100 DON'T EXCLUDE ALUMNI. 17:52.100 --> 17:55.067 I THINK ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT 17:55.067 --> 17:56.533 WE SERVE, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY 17:56.533 --> 17:58.333 MEMBERS THAT WE SERVE, THE 17:58.333 --> 17:59.633 COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE 17:59.633 --> 18:01.133 UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPACT OF 18:01.133 --> 18:03.500 THESE POTENTIAL CUTS ON HIGHER 18:03.500 --> 18:03.933 EDUCATION. 18:03.933 --> 18:05.133 THEY ARE NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT 18:05.133 --> 18:06.100 TO BE CANDID. 18:06.100 --> 18:08.300 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY 18:08.300 --> 18:10.400 WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND 18:10.400 --> 18:12.000 LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP TO FIND 18:12.000 --> 18:13.833 ANSWERS BUT EVEN LEGISLATORS 18:13.833 --> 18:16.433 NEED FUEL IN AT THE FIRE THAT 18:16.433 --> 18:18.467 THEY ARE GOING TO BURN DUG THE 18:18.467 --> 18:18.800 SESSION. 18:18.800 --> 18:20.767 THE FUEL IS THE TAXPAYERS THAT 18:20.767 --> 18:22.333 SUPPORT THEM AND ALL OF THE 18:22.333 --> 18:24.133 TAXPAYERS THAT ARE TIED TO 18:24.133 --> 18:26.100 SOUTHERN OR FULLY ENGAGED IN 18:26.100 --> 18:26.933 HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE 18:26.933 --> 18:28.167 IMPACT ON OUR INSTITUTION IN 18:28.167 --> 18:29.667 THIS PROCESS. 18:29.667 --> 18:30.833 >> DR. BELL? 18:30.833 --> 18:32.800 >> ABSOLUTELY FACULTY, STAFF ARE 18:32.800 --> 18:33.200 CONCERNED. 18:33.200 --> 18:34.367 CERTAINLY AS THEY LOOK AT THEIR 18:34.367 --> 18:36.567 ABILITY TO IMPACT THE STUDENTS 18:36.567 --> 18:38.200 AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 18:38.200 --> 18:40.033 NORTHBOUND STUDENTS' LIVES -- 18:40.033 --> 18:41.233 STUDENTS ARE THERE FOR A REASON, 18:41.233 --> 18:43.733 TO GET A CREDENTIAL, A DEGREE. 18:43.733 --> 18:45.400 OUR SUCCESS RATE WITH OUR 18:45.400 --> 18:46.700 STUDENTS HAS GOTTEN TO A POINT 18:46.700 --> 18:50.833 WHERE WE REALLY CAN'T CUT BACK 18:50.833 --> 18:52.000 RESOURCES AND EXPECT THE NUMBERS 18:52.000 --> 18:53.233 TO DO ANYTHING BUT FALL. 18:53.233 --> 18:56.567 WE NEED TO HAVE A PATH FORWARD 18:56.567 --> 18:57.833 THAT IS STABLE, CERTAINLY THIS 18:57.833 --> 19:01.733 YEAR I THINK IS A SHORT TERM 19:01.733 --> 19:02.100 SOLUTION. 19:02.100 --> 19:03.867 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO A 19:03.867 --> 19:04.567 LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR 19:04.567 --> 19:06.200 LOUISIANA, BUT WE NEED A 19:06.200 --> 19:07.200 SHORT-TERM SOLUTION FOR THIS 19:07.200 --> 19:10.600 YEAR, THEN A VERY PROLONGED 19:10.600 --> 19:11.867 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE 19:11.867 --> 19:13.367 MAKE SURE THERE'S A SOLUTION 19:13.367 --> 19:15.200 PATH THAT WILL SERVE LOUISIANA 19:15.200 --> 19:16.700 HIGHER EDUCATION. 19:16.700 --> 19:18.467 >> AT LSU IS IT CALLED TIGER 19:18.467 --> 19:18.867 ADVOCATES? 19:18.867 --> 19:19.300 >> YES. 19:19.300 --> 19:20.567 >> WHAT IS THAT? 19:20.567 --> 19:22.867 >> THAT'S AN ALUMNI GROUP THAT 19:22.867 --> 19:24.867 HAS REALLY GONE OFF AND 19:24.867 --> 19:26.567 IDENTIFIED A WAY THAT THEY CAN 19:26.567 --> 19:29.433 SHARE INFORMATION, BECOME 19:29.433 --> 19:31.867 ENGAGED, AND HELP THE UNIVERSITY 19:31.867 --> 19:33.700 GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 19:33.700 --> 19:35.467 I THINK WHERE WE NEED TO BE IS 19:35.467 --> 19:37.200 THAT FINISH LINE OF HOLDING 19:37.200 --> 19:38.400 HIGHER EDUCATION HARMLESS THIS 19:38.400 --> 19:38.700 YEAR. 19:38.700 --> 19:40.967 THEY SEE THE GREAT STRIDES THAT 19:40.967 --> 19:42.433 HIGHER EDUCATION HAS MADE IN 19:42.433 --> 19:44.233 LOUISIANA OVER THE LAST 10, 15 19:44.233 --> 19:48.000 YEARS, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO AS 19:48.000 --> 19:50.133 DR. WOODLEY SAYS WANT US TO FALL 19:50.133 --> 19:51.500 BACK AND NOT BE PRODUCTIVE. 19:51.500 --> 19:52.867 WE HAVE TO TOUCH THOSE STUDENTS 19:52.867 --> 19:54.367 IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES THEM THE 19:54.367 --> 19:57.067 ABILITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND 19:57.067 --> 19:59.033 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 19:59.033 --> 20:01.333 FOCUSED ON. 20:01.333 --> 20:02.267 >> DR. WOODLEY, WHERE DO THE 20:02.267 --> 20:05.333 STUDENTS, THE STAFF, THE ALUMNI 20:05.333 --> 20:07.300 STAND IN THE SYSTEM? 20:07.300 --> 20:09.267 >> AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, 20:09.267 --> 20:11.233 OUR STUDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS 20:11.233 --> 20:13.500 AND FACULTY AND STAFF ARE VERY 20:13.500 --> 20:14.000 ENGAGED. 20:14.000 --> 20:16.333 WE'RE HAVING WEBINARS AND 20:16.333 --> 20:17.967 CONFERENCE CALLS WITH OUR ENTIRE 20:17.967 --> 20:19.433 COMMUNITY EVERY FRIDAY TO MAKE 20:19.433 --> 20:20.533 SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. 20:20.533 --> 20:21.733 THEY ARE ENGAGED. 20:21.733 --> 20:23.000 THE STUDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 20:23.000 --> 20:24.433 THEIR ABILITY TO PAY THE BILL. 20:24.433 --> 20:25.267 THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 20:25.267 --> 20:26.700 QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION. 20:26.700 --> 20:28.633 OF COURSE OUR FACULTY ARE 20:28.633 --> 20:29.833 CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO 20:29.833 --> 20:31.900 CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON 20:31.900 --> 20:33.433 AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 20:33.433 --> 20:35.167 YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF 20:35.167 --> 20:36.167 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND WE 20:36.167 --> 20:37.733 PLAN TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON 20:37.733 --> 20:38.367 THAT. 20:38.367 --> 20:39.200 >> CERTAINLY WE'LL BE FOLLOWING 20:39.200 --> 20:40.800 THAT THROUGHOUT THE SESSION TOO. 20:40.800 --> 20:42.767 WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. 20:42.767 --> 20:44.900 I'M GOING TO START WITH 20:44.900 --> 20:46.433 DR. MASON AND WORK MY WAY 20:46.433 --> 20:46.767 AROUND. 20:46.767 --> 20:49.000 YOU GOT A FEW SECONDS TO BEND A 20:49.000 --> 20:50.600 LAWMAKER'S EAR WHO CAN DO 20:50.600 --> 20:52.200 SOMETHING, IN A FEW SENTENCES 20:52.200 --> 20:54.433 HOW WOULD YOU CONVINCE HIM -- 20:54.433 --> 20:56.233 WHAT'S THE MAIN THING YOU WANT 20:56.233 --> 20:58.133 SOMEONE TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING 20:58.133 --> 20:58.533 DECISIONS? 20:58.533 --> 20:59.800 >> THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF 20:59.800 --> 21:00.867 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND WHAT 21:00.867 --> 21:03.100 WE DO TODAY TO ENSURE THE KINDS 21:03.100 --> 21:05.100 OF FUTURE WE WANT FIVE OR TEN 21:05.100 --> 21:05.833 YEARS FROM NOW. 21:05.833 --> 21:07.100 IT'S ABOUT WORK FORCE, ABOUT 21:07.100 --> 21:08.500 STUDENTS, ABOUT THE QUALITY OF 21:08.500 --> 21:08.900 INSTRUCTION. 21:08.900 --> 21:12.100 IT'S ABOUT RAISING THE LEVEL OF 21:12.100 --> 21:14.800 EDUCATION FOR OUR STATE THAT 21:14.800 --> 21:15.900 DESPERATELY NEEDS TO DO THAT TO 21:15.900 --> 21:17.433 HAVE THE KIND OF FUTURE I THINK 21:17.433 --> 21:19.700 WE ALL INENVISION FOR OUR STATE. 21:19.700 --> 21:20.167 >> DR. BELL? 21:20.167 --> 21:22.000 >> I THINK LOUISIANA IS A GREAT 21:22.000 --> 21:22.567 STATE. 21:22.567 --> 21:24.400 THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, BUT WE 21:24.400 --> 21:26.133 HAVE GOT TO INVEST IN OUR YOUNG 21:26.133 --> 21:26.467 PEOPLE. 21:26.467 --> 21:28.900 THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE ASSETS 21:28.900 --> 21:30.167 THAT SAVES THE STATE. 21:30.167 --> 21:31.467 CUTTING BACK ON INVESTMENT IN 21:31.467 --> 21:32.900 THAT ASSET IS NOT THE THING TO 21:32.900 --> 21:33.700 DO. 21:33.700 --> 21:36.033 >> YOUR GPS IS RINGING TOO. 21:36.033 --> 21:37.233 >> IT'S GOING OFF. 21:37.233 --> 21:37.967 >> I ECHO THAT. 21:37.967 --> 21:39.500 WE NEED MORE EDUCATION, NOT 21:39.500 --> 21:39.800 LESS. 21:39.800 --> 21:41.800 WE NEED TO RAMP UP OUR 21:41.800 --> 21:43.100 PRODUCTION AND GIVE THE VALUE TO 21:43.100 --> 21:44.500 LOUISIANA THAT IT DESERVES. 21:44.500 --> 21:46.067 I WANT OUR CHILDREN AND 21:46.067 --> 21:48.200 GRANDCHILDREN TO HAVE A BETTER 21:48.200 --> 21:49.367 LOUISIANA TOMORROW THAN WE HAVE 21:49.367 --> 21:49.667 TODAY. 21:49.667 --> 21:51.567 WE NEED EDUCATION TO DO THAT. 21:51.567 --> 21:52.800 >> WELL, I CAN'T THANK YOU 21:52.800 --> 21:54.433 ENOUGH FOR HAVING SOME OF THE 21:54.433 --> 21:55.600 TOP EDUCATION LEADERS IN THE 21:55.600 --> 21:58.033 STATE JOIN US TO SHARE WITH OUR 21:58.033 --> 21:59.633 VIEWERS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC, 21:59.633 --> 22:01.000 ONE WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK 22:01.000 --> 22:03.433 THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND THE 22:03.433 --> 22:04.000 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 22:04.000 --> 22:04.933 THANKS SO MUCH. 22:04.933 --> 22:06.133 >>> THAT'S IT FOR OUR SHOW. 22:06.133 --> 22:07.433 BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU HERE'S 22:07.433 --> 22:09.367 SOMETHING YOU MIGHT ENJOY FORT 22:09.367 --> 22:10.500 ST. 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