1 00:00:12,133 --> 00:00:13,333 >> Renee: DR. MICHAEL TAFT 2 00:00:12,666 --> 00:00:14,633 BENSON IS EASTERN KENTUCKY 3 00:00:13,333 --> 00:00:16,833 UNIVERSITY'S 13TH PRESIDENT. 4 00:00:14,633 --> 00:00:18,533 HIS LEADERSHIP HAS SEEN RECORD 5 00:00:16,833 --> 00:00:20,000 ENROLLMENT AND PRIVATE SUPPORT 6 00:00:18,533 --> 00:00:20,866 AND IMPROVED RETENTION AND 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,233 GRADUATION RATES. 8 00:00:20,866 --> 00:00:23,633 WE'LL TALK WITH DR. BENSON 9 00:00:22,233 --> 00:00:25,433 ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER 10 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:27,333 EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY, AND HIS 11 00:00:25,433 --> 00:00:28,966 NEW BOOK APPROPRIATELY ENTITLED 12 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:33,166 "COLLEGE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH." 13 00:00:28,966 --> 00:00:33,166 THAT'S NOW ON "CONNECTIONS." 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,566 ♪ 15 00:00:37,166 --> 00:00:41,333 ♪ 16 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:42,600 >> Renee: THANK YOU FOR JOINING 17 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:44,100 US FOR "CONNECTIONS" TODAY. 18 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,300 I'M RENEE SHAW. 19 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:46,933 SINCE AUGUST OF 2013, 20 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:47,533 Dr. MICHAEL BENSON HAS LED 21 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:50,066 EASTERN KENTUCKY AS ITS 22 00:00:47,533 --> 00:00:51,666 13TH PRESIDENT. 23 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:53,300 HE'S A FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE 24 00:00:51,666 --> 00:00:55,566 AND COMPETITIVE MARATHON RUNNER 25 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:57,000 AND ALSO AN EAGLE SCOUT AND 26 00:00:55,566 --> 00:00:57,733 CLASSICALLY-TRAINED PIANIST. 27 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,966 BEFORE COMING TO EKU, HE WAS THE 28 00:00:57,733 --> 00:01:00,866 YOUNGEST COLLEGE PRESIDENT IN 29 00:00:58,966 --> 00:01:01,633 THE HISTORY OF THE UTAH SYSTEM 30 00:01:00,866 --> 00:01:03,700 OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHEN HE WAS 31 00:01:01,633 --> 00:01:05,366 APPOINTED AT AGE 36. 32 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:07,033 BENSON' TENURE SO FAR AT EASTERN 33 00:01:05,366 --> 00:01:08,233 HAS BEEN MARKED WITH HISTORIC 34 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:10,400 PROGRESS BUT ALSO SOME STEEP 35 00:01:08,233 --> 00:01:11,033 CHALLENGES IN STATE FUNDING AND 36 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,833 WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE 37 00:01:11,033 --> 00:01:15,900 DR. BENSON WAS TODAY. 38 00:01:13,833 --> 00:01:17,033 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 39 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:18,933 HERE. 40 00:01:17,033 --> 00:01:19,566 >> MY PLEASURE. 41 00:01:18,933 --> 00:01:20,466 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 42 00:01:19,566 --> 00:01:22,233 >> YOU'VE HAD PRACTICE REALLY 43 00:01:20,466 --> 00:01:23,366 GOOD YEAREN PARTS OF 2018 WERE 44 00:01:22,233 --> 00:01:24,700 GOOD AND PARTS NOT SO GOOD SO 45 00:01:23,366 --> 00:01:27,500 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOOD PARTS 46 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:28,766 OF YOUR TENURE IN THE LAST FOUR 47 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,166 YEARS OR SO THAT YOU HAVE BEEN 48 00:01:28,766 --> 00:01:31,933 AT EASTERN. 49 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:35,666 >> WELL, IN OUR LAST GRADUATION 50 00:01:31,933 --> 00:01:36,833 IN DECEMBER, CRAIG TURNER, OUR 51 00:01:35,666 --> 00:01:38,933 OUTGOING CHAIR, HE'S BEEN ON THE 52 00:01:36,833 --> 00:01:40,233 BOARD FOR UPWARDS OF 12 YEARS 53 00:01:38,933 --> 00:01:42,733 NOW, MADE THE COMMENT THAT 54 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:44,666 DURING HIS TIME OVER 42,000 55 00:01:42,733 --> 00:01:45,000 STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM 56 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:48,266 EASTERN. 57 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,800 SO FOR ME, THE HIGH WATER MARK 58 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:51,900 EVERY SEMESTER IN DECEMBER AND 59 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,066 MAY IS WHEN WE HAVE GRADUATION. 60 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:54,866 BECAUSE I GET TO SHAKE EVERY 61 00:01:54,066 --> 00:01:56,666 SINGLE HAND, AND EVERY STUDENT 62 00:01:54,866 --> 00:01:57,600 THAT WALKS ACROSS THAT STAGE IS 63 00:01:56,666 --> 00:01:59,000 A STORY. 64 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,433 IT IS NOT JUST A NAME, IT IS NOT 65 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,766 JUST A DEGREE, IT IS A STORY, IT 66 00:02:00,433 --> 00:02:05,233 IS A STORY OF SACRIFICE AND 67 00:02:04,766 --> 00:02:07,833 COMMITMENT. 68 00:02:05,233 --> 00:02:09,766 AND WHEN I ASK THE FIRST 69 00:02:07,833 --> 00:02:11,833 GENERATION GRADUATES TO STAND 70 00:02:09,766 --> 00:02:12,700 UP, IT IS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL 71 00:02:11,833 --> 00:02:13,500 MOMENT. 72 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:14,400 THE FAMILIES ARE THERE AND YOU 73 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,700 UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES THAT 74 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,933 HAVE BEEN MADE ON BEHAD HALF OF 75 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:18,233 THAT STUDENT TO GRADUATE, AND I 76 00:02:16,933 --> 00:02:20,866 ALWAYS FOCUS ON THAT. 77 00:02:18,233 --> 00:02:21,600 THAT FOR ME IS -- IT MAKES IT 78 00:02:20,866 --> 00:02:23,600 ALL WORTH IT. 79 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,233 AND WHEN CRAIG SAID THAT 42,000 80 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,033 STUDENTS THAT WE'VE GRADUATED IN 81 00:02:25,233 --> 00:02:28,166 12 YEARS AND YOU DO THE MATH, 82 00:02:27,033 --> 00:02:31,400 EXTRAPOLATE FROM THAT HOW MANY 83 00:02:28,166 --> 00:02:31,733 LIVING ALUMNI, OVER 130,000. 84 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,700 SO I -- 85 00:02:31,733 --> 00:02:34,866 >> NOT BAD. 86 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:36,666 >> YEAR DOING GOOD THINGS SURE 87 00:02:34,866 --> 00:02:37,200 WE HAVE CHALLENGES BUT WE'RE 88 00:02:36,666 --> 00:02:37,566 DOING GREAT THINGS. 89 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,066 >> RIGHT. 90 00:02:37,566 --> 00:02:40,800 AND REVITALIZING THE CAMPUS HAS 91 00:02:39,066 --> 00:02:42,333 BEEN ONE OF YOUR PIECES OF 92 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,333 MISSION WORK AT EASTERN AND 93 00:02:42,333 --> 00:02:44,833 CERTAINLY, WE'VE VISITED THERE 94 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:46,300 RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR 95 00:02:44,833 --> 00:02:48,933 SIX-PART SERIES ON YOUTH MENTAL 96 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:50,500 HEALTH AND TALKED TO ONE OF YOUR 97 00:02:48,933 --> 00:02:51,733 PROFESSORS, Dr. MELINDA MOORE. 98 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:52,200 WONDERFUL PSYCHOLOGIST. 99 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:55,333 SHE'S TERRIFIC. 100 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,666 AND WE GOT TO ROAM AROUND 101 00:02:55,333 --> 00:02:56,133 CAMPUS. 102 00:02:55,666 --> 00:02:57,500 QUITE BEAUTIFUL. 103 00:02:56,133 --> 00:02:59,166 AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT 104 00:02:57,500 --> 00:02:59,766 YOU'VE MADE AND THINGS ARE STILL 105 00:02:59,166 --> 00:03:03,933 UNFOLDING AS WE SPEAK. 106 00:02:59,766 --> 00:03:05,533 >> WELL, WHEN THE -- CAME TO OUR 107 00:03:03,933 --> 00:03:06,833 CAMPUS IN 1906 AND DID THE 108 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:08,333 CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, THEY SET IN 109 00:03:06,833 --> 00:03:10,400 PLACE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE 110 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:11,033 BUILT UPON, LITERALLY FOR 111 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,533 CENTURIES WHICH IS EXACTLY 112 00:03:11,033 --> 00:03:14,266 WHAT'S HAPPENED. 113 00:03:11,533 --> 00:03:16,300 BUT IT D IT NEEDED A REFRESH. 114 00:03:14,266 --> 00:03:18,233 AND I FOUND THAT STUDENTS TODAY 115 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:20,266 ARE PRETTY SOPHISTICATED AND IF 116 00:03:18,233 --> 00:03:20,966 THEY SHOW UP WITH THEIR MOM AND 117 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:21,966 DAD, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, 118 00:03:20,966 --> 00:03:23,666 WHATEVER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE 119 00:03:21,966 --> 00:03:26,300 WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF THE 120 00:03:23,666 --> 00:03:28,333 RESIDENCE HALL, ACADEMIC SPACE, 121 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:30,533 WHAT I CALL AUXILIARY SPACE WITH 122 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:32,033 A DINING HALL AND A REC CENTER, 123 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:33,166 THEIR MONEY IS PORTABLE AND THEY 124 00:03:32,033 --> 00:03:34,800 COME, OF COURSE, FOR A DEGREE 125 00:03:33,166 --> 00:03:36,533 PROGRAM BUT THEY COME FOR 126 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,766 SAFETY, THEY COME FOR EASE OF 127 00:03:36,533 --> 00:03:40,566 ACCESS AND THEY COME FOR ALL OFS 128 00:03:37,766 --> 00:03:42,266 THIS KIND OF AYOU COULD TREMONTS 129 00:03:40,566 --> 00:03:42,633 THAT GO WITH THE 21ST CENTURY 130 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:43,933 EDUCATION. 131 00:03:42,633 --> 00:03:45,133 >> WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH, WE 132 00:03:43,933 --> 00:03:47,733 DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. 133 00:03:45,133 --> 00:03:50,066 [ LAUGHTER ] 134 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:53,600 SO THINGS HAVE COME A MIGHTY 135 00:03:50,066 --> 00:03:55,033 LONG WAY SINCE THE EARLY 2,000. 136 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,133 ALONG WITH THE RENOVATION, 137 00:03:55,033 --> 00:03:59,633 YOU'VE ENDURED A LOT OF BUDGET 138 00:03:57,133 --> 00:04:01,633 REDUCTIONS, AND SOME CUTS TO 139 00:03:59,633 --> 00:04:02,933 STAFF, CRITICAL TIMES AT EASTERN 140 00:04:01,633 --> 00:04:03,700 KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AND NOT JUST 141 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:05,200 EASTERN. 142 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:06,000 THAT'S HAPPENED ACROSS THE 143 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,800 STATE. 144 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,666 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ARE FEELING 145 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,366 THE SQUEEZE FROM THIS UNSOLVED 146 00:04:08,666 --> 00:04:10,533 PENSION CRISIS. 147 00:04:09,366 --> 00:04:13,566 THAT'S PART OF IT TOO. 148 00:04:10,533 --> 00:04:14,866 AND ALSO, THE DWINDLING SUPPORT 149 00:04:13,566 --> 00:04:17,200 FROM THE STATE AND WHICH CAN 150 00:04:14,866 --> 00:04:17,866 ALSO TRANSLATE IN MANY CASES TO 151 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,233 RISING TUITION. 152 00:04:17,866 --> 00:04:20,633 SO HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH 153 00:04:19,233 --> 00:04:21,800 THESE FISCAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE 154 00:04:20,633 --> 00:04:23,566 BEFORE YOU, WHETHER IT IS 155 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,533 PENSION COSTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING 156 00:04:23,566 --> 00:04:28,000 TO PAY AS WELL AS THE FISCAL 157 00:04:26,533 --> 00:04:28,333 SQUEEZE FROM THE STATE, BEING 158 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,600 CUT. 159 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:33,500 >> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 160 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:35,666 STATE BUDGET AS A PIE, THERE ARE 161 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,933 EVER INCREASING DEMANDS ON THAT 162 00:04:35,666 --> 00:04:39,166 PIE. 163 00:04:35,933 --> 00:04:41,200 AND WHETHER IT IS IN THE FORM OF 164 00:04:39,166 --> 00:04:44,000 MEDICAID OR OF OTHER BENEFITS, 165 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,400 THE PENSION ISSUE IS UNIQUE TO 166 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,166 KENTUCKY. 167 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,166 IT IS NOT UNIQUE. 168 00:04:45,166 --> 00:04:47,266 THERE ARE OTHER STATES LIKE 169 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:48,500 ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA THAT ARE 170 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:50,733 STARTING TO FACE IT. 171 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:51,000 BUT IT IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE FOR 172 00:04:50,733 --> 00:04:52,233 US. 173 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,166 AND I COMMEND OUR LEADERS, THEY 174 00:04:52,233 --> 00:04:55,400 ARE TRYING THAT BREAST TO DEAL 175 00:04:53,166 --> 00:04:56,666 WITH IT, BUT UNTIL WE GET IT 176 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,800 SOLVED, OR AT LEAST GET A PLAN 177 00:04:56,666 --> 00:05:00,733 IN PLACE, IT IS GOING TO 178 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,100 CONTINUE TO SIPHON OFF RESOURCES 179 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:05,300 FROM OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 180 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:07,233 FUNDED HERETOFOR IN MORE 181 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:09,866 ADEQUATE WAYS. 182 00:05:07,233 --> 00:05:11,433 AND SO IT REALLY IS KIND OF 183 00:05:09,866 --> 00:05:12,166 SUCKED THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE 184 00:05:11,433 --> 00:05:13,500 ROOM AS IT WERE. 185 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:13,766 AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANY OF 186 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:14,866 US. 187 00:05:13,766 --> 00:05:16,433 I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT A PLAN 188 00:05:14,866 --> 00:05:16,700 HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO FIX 189 00:05:16,433 --> 00:05:18,500 IT. 190 00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:19,866 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE A MORE 191 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:22,200 COMPELLING CASE, I BELIEVE, FOR 192 00:05:19,866 --> 00:05:22,600 PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN 193 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,866 KENTUCKY. 194 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,333 ONE THING ABOUT TO REALLY 195 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:27,933 APPRECIATE IS THE WEALTH AND THE 196 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:28,466 BREADTH OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE 197 00:05:27,933 --> 00:05:29,566 STATE. 198 00:05:28,466 --> 00:05:32,533 YOU KNOW, FOUR AND A HALF 199 00:05:29,566 --> 00:05:34,533 MILLION PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY, A 200 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:36,900 RELATIVELY SMALL GEOGRAPHIC 201 00:05:34,533 --> 00:05:41,900 STATE BUT THE INSTITUTIONS FROM 202 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:43,233 TRANSYLVANIA 1770 TO KCTCS THAT 203 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:44,666 HAS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE, 204 00:05:43,233 --> 00:05:45,766 THERE ARE POINTS OF ENTRY FOR 205 00:05:44,666 --> 00:05:46,400 STUDENTS ALONG A VERY BROAD 206 00:05:45,766 --> 00:05:48,866 SPECTRUM AND IT SHOULD BE 207 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,700 SOMETHING THE THAT WE 208 00:05:48,866 --> 00:05:51,700 APPRECIATE, AND CHERISH AND 209 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:53,433 PROMULGATE AND SUPPORT. 210 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:54,233 AND WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB I 211 00:05:53,433 --> 00:05:55,933 THINK IN MAKING THAT CASE. 212 00:05:54,233 --> 00:05:57,200 >> TELL US ABOUT THE -- I HATE 213 00:05:55,933 --> 00:05:59,500 TO SAY THE WORD TYPICAL STUDENT 214 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,900 BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH TYPICAL 215 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,566 STUDENT. 216 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:02,500 BUT THE KIND OF STUDENT IS THAT 217 00:06:01,566 --> 00:06:04,000 EKU ATTRACTS. 218 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:04,833 IS IT FROM THAT EASTERN KENTUCKY 219 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,200 REGION? 220 00:06:04,833 --> 00:06:07,766 OR DO YOU HAVE A STRONG 221 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,066 INTERNATIONAL BASE? 222 00:06:07,766 --> 00:06:10,266 TELL US ABOUT THE STUDENT, AND 223 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:11,933 MAYBE THEIR FIRST GENERATION 224 00:06:10,266 --> 00:06:15,400 STATUS AND OTHER THINGS THAT 225 00:06:11,933 --> 00:06:15,933 MAKE THEM -- THAT MAKE THEM EKU 226 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,633 ATTRACTIVE TO THEM. 227 00:06:15,933 --> 00:06:21,266 >> WELL, ONE UNIQUE 228 00:06:18,633 --> 00:06:22,033 CHARACTERISTIC, 51% ARE PE LL 229 00:06:21,266 --> 00:06:25,100 ELIGIBLE. 230 00:06:22,033 --> 00:06:26,200 THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PELL GRANT 231 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:26,966 OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BUT THEY 232 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,966 ARE ELIGIBLE. 233 00:06:26,966 --> 00:06:31,000 SO WE SERVICE A CERTAIN 234 00:06:28,966 --> 00:06:32,533 POPULATION THAT COLLEGES THAT 235 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,600 ONE OPPORTUNITY WILL CHANGE 236 00:06:32,533 --> 00:06:34,666 THEIR LIFE MORE THAN ANYTHING. 237 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,300 I'M A PRODUCT OF THAT. 238 00:06:34,666 --> 00:06:37,733 MY FATHER WAS A FIRST GENERATION 239 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:39,366 COLLEGE GRADUATE. 240 00:06:37,733 --> 00:06:39,700 WE HAVE A 22 COUNTY SERVICE 241 00:06:39,366 --> 00:06:41,666 REGION. 242 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:44,200 IF YOU LOOK AT THAT REGION, THE 243 00:06:41,666 --> 00:06:44,900 POPULATION CONTINUES TO DWINDLE, 244 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,433 DEMOGRAPHIC SUGGESTS THAT IT 245 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:49,200 WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. 246 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:50,066 BUT, 92% OF OUR FRESHMAN CLASS 247 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,033 THIS LAST YEAR WAS FROM THE 248 00:06:50,066 --> 00:06:52,766 STATE OF KENTUCKY. 249 00:06:51,033 --> 00:06:54,733 IF YOU LOOK, KIND OF STRING THAT 250 00:06:52,766 --> 00:06:56,566 OUT AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO 251 00:06:54,733 --> 00:06:59,366 THEM AFTER FIVE YEARS AFTER 252 00:06:56,566 --> 00:07:01,933 GRADUATION, TEN YEARS, A GREAT 253 00:06:59,366 --> 00:07:04,566 MAJORITY, 75% STAY IN KENTUCKY. 254 00:07:01,933 --> 00:07:06,100 THEY PAY PAYROLL TAXES AND RAISE 255 00:07:04,566 --> 00:07:07,200 THEIR FAMILIES HERE. 256 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,233 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 257 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,566 DESCRIBES WHO WE ARE, IT DOESN'T 258 00:07:08,233 --> 00:07:11,366 DEFINE WHO WE ARE. 259 00:07:09,566 --> 00:07:12,266 WE REALLY IN A LOT OF WAYS ARE 260 00:07:11,366 --> 00:07:13,800 KENTUCKY'S UNIVERSITY AND WE 261 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:14,866 HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF 262 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,500 KENTUCKY STUDENTS AT OUR 263 00:07:14,866 --> 00:07:16,100 INSTITUTION THAN ANY OTHER 264 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:17,833 PLACE. 265 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:19,833 >> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE 266 00:07:17,833 --> 00:07:22,066 DEPOPULATION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 267 00:07:19,833 --> 00:07:23,266 BECAUSE OF THE DISTRIBUTEDLING 268 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:24,700 COAL ECONOMY THAT'S DRIVEN THAT 269 00:07:23,266 --> 00:07:27,333 AREA FOR SO LONG, AND WE'RE 270 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:28,333 ALREADY SEEING REMNANTS OF THAT 271 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:28,666 MIGRATION OUTSIDE OF THAT 272 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:30,000 REGION. 273 00:07:28,666 --> 00:07:32,066 DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE IMPACT 274 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,400 THAT COULD HAVE ON ENROLLMENT AT 275 00:07:32,066 --> 00:07:33,866 EASTERN? 276 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,500 >> I THINK THAT ALL OF US ARE 277 00:07:33,866 --> 00:07:36,533 CONCERNED WITH THAT. 278 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:38,000 WE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH 279 00:07:36,533 --> 00:07:39,100 THE PRESIDENT OF WEST VIRGINIA 280 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,366 UNIVERSITY JUST A FEW MINUTES 281 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:40,433 AGO. 282 00:07:39,366 --> 00:07:43,900 WE TOOK A GROUP TO PITTSBURGH 283 00:07:40,433 --> 00:07:44,200 AND STOPPED IN HIS CAMPUS ON THE 284 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:45,833 WAY. 285 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,533 AND NET OUT MIGRATION IS AN 286 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:48,933 ISSUE FOR WEST VIRGINIA. 287 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:50,833 AND SO THE PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY 288 00:07:48,933 --> 00:07:52,266 THAT ARE REALLY DEALING WITH 289 00:07:50,833 --> 00:07:55,300 THAT BRAIN DRAIN SO WHAT ARE WE 290 00:07:52,266 --> 00:07:57,800 DOING IN HIGHERDATION TO HELP 291 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:59,233 THOSE POLICY MAKERS ESTABLISH 292 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,533 JOBS WITH BUSINESS, TO ATTRACT 293 00:07:59,233 --> 00:08:03,433 JOBS HERE, TO ATTRACT 294 00:08:01,533 --> 00:08:03,800 BUSINESSES, TO EMPLOY OUR 295 00:08:03,433 --> 00:08:06,166 GRADUATES? 296 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,200 IT REALLY IS, IT IS NOT LIKE WE 297 00:08:06,166 --> 00:08:09,233 OPERATE IN A VACUUM. 298 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,600 HIGHER ED HAS TO BE PART OF THE 299 00:08:09,233 --> 00:08:12,333 SOLUTION. 300 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,233 AND TRYING OUR BEST TO BE THAT 301 00:08:12,333 --> 00:08:15,000 SOLUTION IN APRIL OF 2018, THERE 302 00:08:14,233 --> 00:08:17,466 WAS UNFORTUNATE NEWS WHEN THERE 303 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,400 WAS SOME BUDGET REDUCTIONS. 304 00:08:17,466 --> 00:08:22,533 THERE WERE -- THERE WERE 153 305 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,533 POSITIONS THAT WERE LIMITED IN 306 00:08:22,533 --> 00:08:24,966 'OR -- THAT WERE VACANT. 307 00:08:23,533 --> 00:08:25,300 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE 308 00:08:24,966 --> 00:08:27,400 NUMBERS. 309 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:28,500 AND THEN THE BRIGHT SPOTS, THE 310 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,966 GRADUATION COMES A MONTH LATER. 311 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:32,000 AND LOOKING AT THOSE CHALLENGES. 312 00:08:30,966 --> 00:08:33,333 AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A 313 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,933 BUDGET SESSION THIS YEAR IN 2019 314 00:08:33,333 --> 00:08:37,166 WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUT 315 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:37,433 2020 WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW 316 00:08:37,166 --> 00:08:39,733 IT. 317 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:41,733 THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT 318 00:08:39,733 --> 00:08:43,666 FUNDING, AND EVEN THE 319 00:08:41,733 --> 00:08:44,766 PERFORMANCE FUNDING PIECE, I 320 00:08:43,666 --> 00:08:46,300 UNDERSTAND THAT EASTERN RANKS 321 00:08:44,766 --> 00:08:48,000 FIVE FORECAST, I DO BELIEVE, 322 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:50,033 WHEN THE CPE PUT OUT THAT REPORT 323 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,833 BACK IN AUGUST OF 2018. 324 00:08:50,033 --> 00:08:53,566 SO HOW ARE YOU CONCERNED OR ARE 325 00:08:51,833 --> 00:08:54,266 YOU CONCERNED ABOUT 326 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:57,200 PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING AND 327 00:08:54,266 --> 00:08:58,466 JUST THE REGULAR ALLOCATION? 328 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,166 FOR YOUR SERVICES? 329 00:08:58,466 --> 00:09:01,066 >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. 330 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:02,500 WE WERE FOURTH, BY THE WAY. 331 00:09:01,066 --> 00:09:04,366 >> FOURTH, EXCUSE THEY. 332 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,433 >> WE KEEP CLOSE TABS ON THOSE. 333 00:09:04,366 --> 00:09:05,800 >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO DOWNGRADE 334 00:09:05,433 --> 00:09:06,666 YOU. 335 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,100 THAT WAS COMPLETELY -- 336 00:09:06,666 --> 00:09:11,600 >> AND, THE PERFORMANCE-BASED 337 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:12,633 FUNDING IS A TREND AND IT IS 338 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,833 REALLY HERE TO STAY. 339 00:09:12,633 --> 00:09:16,666 I THINK THAT 40 STATES IN THE 340 00:09:14,833 --> 00:09:17,766 COUNTRY NOW HAVE SOME ELEMENT OF 341 00:09:16,666 --> 00:09:19,700 PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING AS 342 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:20,200 PART OF THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION 343 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:20,900 FUNDING MECHANISM. 344 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,633 SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE 345 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:24,866 GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 346 00:09:22,633 --> 00:09:26,866 AND IT IS REALLY FORCED US ALSO 347 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:30,100 IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY TO FOCUS 348 00:09:26,866 --> 00:09:31,133 UPON SPECIFIC METRICS THAT MAYBE 349 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:33,333 WE -- NOT THAT WE WERE NOT 350 00:09:31,133 --> 00:09:34,500 PAYING ATTENTION, WE'RE AT THE 351 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:36,066 FOREFRONT NOW. 352 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:37,866 UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY 353 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:39,600 POPULATIONS, STEM-PLUS DEGREES, 354 00:09:37,866 --> 00:09:40,300 FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 355 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,933 STUDENTS. 356 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:42,566 LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. 357 00:09:40,933 --> 00:09:43,866 SO ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE 358 00:09:42,566 --> 00:09:45,133 HAVE TALKED ABOUT, THAT COLLEGE 359 00:09:43,866 --> 00:09:46,366 IS GOING TO BE THAT OPPORTUNITY 360 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:47,933 THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIFE BUT 361 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:49,366 MORE IMPORTANTLY, CHANGE ALL OF 362 00:09:47,933 --> 00:09:50,466 THE GENERATIONS THAT FOLLOW THAT 363 00:09:49,366 --> 00:09:51,166 FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 364 00:09:50,466 --> 00:09:51,866 GRADUATE GENTLEMAN AND DO YOU 365 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:53,700 THINK THAT EASTERN WOULD BE 366 00:09:51,866 --> 00:09:55,400 POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY 367 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:56,566 BE COMPETITIVE IN THAT 368 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,433 PERFORMANCE FUNDING OR 369 00:09:56,566 --> 00:09:57,966 OUTCOM-AIR BASED MODEL. 370 00:09:57,433 --> 00:09:59,500 >> ABSOLUTELY. 371 00:09:57,966 --> 00:10:00,233 >> THE POPULATION THAT YOU'RE 372 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,733 CURRENTLY SERVING. 373 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:04,066 >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 374 00:10:01,733 --> 00:10:04,800 AND ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE 375 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:08,600 EBBS AND FLOWS. 376 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:11,833 AS THE MODEL PLAYS OUT AND ALONG 377 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,866 WITH CAPILUTO, THE ONLY ONES 378 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:14,266 LEFT OF THAT ORIGINATION 379 00:10:13,866 --> 00:10:15,366 DISCUSSION. 380 00:10:14,266 --> 00:10:16,400 WE HAVE A LOOK BACK AND WE WILL 381 00:10:15,366 --> 00:10:18,300 FINE TUNE IT BUT IT IS HERE TO 382 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,333 STAY AND WE'RE A PARTNER IN IT, 383 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:21,100 IN MAKING SURE THAT IT SERVES 384 00:10:19,333 --> 00:10:23,133 THE STUDENTS OF KENTUCKY. 385 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:25,266 >> YOU ARE THE SENIOR 386 00:10:23,133 --> 00:10:29,200 PRESIDENTIAL CLASS IN KENTUCKY. 387 00:10:25,266 --> 00:10:29,733 YOU AND Dr. ELI CAPILUTO AT 388 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,633 UNIVERSITY OF. 389 00:10:29,733 --> 00:10:32,133 YOU LOOK AT WESTERN CLOSE 390 00:10:30,633 --> 00:10:33,100 PRESIDENT HAS BEEN THERE 391 00:10:32,133 --> 00:10:34,233 PROBABLY ALMOST MAYBE 20 MONTHS 392 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,300 NOW. 393 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:37,066 KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY, HE 394 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:37,700 HAS NOT BEEN THERE THAT LONG. 395 00:10:37,066 --> 00:10:38,800 MURRAY STATE. 396 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:39,566 NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 397 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,066 U OF L. 398 00:10:39,566 --> 00:10:43,166 YOU ALL ARE THE ONES WHO CAN 399 00:10:41,066 --> 00:10:44,400 KIND OF TEACH THESE OTHER LADIES 400 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:46,200 AND GENTLEMEN THE ROPES, RIGHT? 401 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,333 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXODUS 402 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:51,466 OF ALL OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL 403 00:10:48,333 --> 00:10:53,733 KNOWLEDGE, AND HIGHER EDUCATION, 404 00:10:51,466 --> 00:10:55,866 TRICKLING OUT, PRETTY MUCH IN 405 00:10:53,733 --> 00:10:59,000 RAPID ORDER AT ONCE, THE IMPACT 406 00:10:55,866 --> 00:10:59,366 OF THAT CAN THAT EVEN BE 407 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,200 MEASURED? 408 00:10:59,366 --> 00:11:02,666 >> IT IS HARD TO QUANTIFY BUT 409 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,833 STILL, THE PEOPLE HAVE COME IN, 410 00:11:02,666 --> 00:11:06,433 THEY ARE VERY CAPABLE, AND I'M 411 00:11:04,833 --> 00:11:07,466 SERVING RIGHT NOW AS THE 412 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:08,166 CONVENER OF ALL OF THE 413 00:11:07,466 --> 00:11:09,266 PRESIDENTS SO I HAVE THE 414 00:11:08,166 --> 00:11:10,900 RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE 415 00:11:09,266 --> 00:11:11,666 THAT WE'RE -- HOPEFULLY ON THE 416 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:13,100 SAME PAGE. 417 00:11:11,666 --> 00:11:14,600 WE'RE INDIVIDUALS, STRONG 418 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,066 OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES AND I 419 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,566 RESPECT THAT. 420 00:11:15,066 --> 00:11:17,666 BUT WE ALL GET ALONG, AND THAT'S 421 00:11:16,566 --> 00:11:21,200 SOMETHING THAT I REALLY 422 00:11:17,666 --> 00:11:22,600 APPRECIATE AS WELL. 423 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,433 ELI HAS ABOUT 18 MONTHS IN TERMS 424 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,000 OF SENIORITY. 425 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:26,966 BUT THE FACT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT 426 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,333 THESE JOBS, THERE IS SOME 427 00:11:26,966 --> 00:11:29,400 TURNOVER. 428 00:11:27,333 --> 00:11:30,600 BUT, THE FACT THAT WE GET ALONG, 429 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,700 AARON THOMPSON, THE NEW 430 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,400 PRESIDENT OF CPE. 431 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,933 >> WHO HAILS FROM EASTERN 432 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,366 KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 433 00:11:33,933 --> 00:11:36,700 >> HE'S ONE OF OUR GRADUATES AND 434 00:11:35,366 --> 00:11:37,033 KNOWS KENTUCKY AS WELL AS 435 00:11:36,700 --> 00:11:39,233 ANYBODY. 436 00:11:37,033 --> 00:11:39,933 I'M SO HAPPY THAT AARON WAS 437 00:11:39,233 --> 00:11:40,933 ENTRUSTED WITH THAT POSITION 438 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:41,200 BECAUSE HE'S DOING A FANTASTIC 439 00:11:40,933 --> 00:11:42,533 JOB. 440 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,133 AND MOVING FORWARD, ALL OF US 441 00:11:42,533 --> 00:11:46,033 ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. 442 00:11:44,133 --> 00:11:48,300 WE ALL WANT TO -- SURE, WE LOBBY 443 00:11:46,033 --> 00:11:49,766 FOR OUR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS, 444 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:53,800 BUT, AT DAY'S END, COLLECTIVELY 445 00:11:49,766 --> 00:11:54,633 WE HAVE TO TO ADVOCATE FOR 446 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,966 HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY. 447 00:11:54,633 --> 00:11:56,800 >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 448 00:11:55,966 --> 00:11:59,566 Dr. THOMPSON HAS SPOKEN ABOUT 449 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,100 SEVERAL NSA SEVERAL DIFFERENT 450 00:11:59,566 --> 00:12:03,833 INTERVIEWS AND HE WILL HAVE BEEN 451 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:04,233 ON THIS PROGRAM BY THE TIME THIS 452 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:05,866 INTERVIEWS. 453 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:06,633 AND IN YOUR BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT 454 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:07,733 COLLEGE IN "COLLEGE FOR THE 455 00:12:06,633 --> 00:12:09,700 COMMONWEALTH," THE VALUE OF 456 00:12:07,733 --> 00:12:10,533 HIGHER EDUCATION, AND NOT JUST 457 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,866 FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT 458 00:12:10,533 --> 00:12:12,933 BUT THE LARGER PUBLIC TO 459 00:12:11,866 --> 00:12:15,900 UNDERSTAND THAT AND MAYBE EVEN 460 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:17,466 POLICY MAKERS, LAWMAKERS TO 461 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:17,833 UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HIGHER 462 00:12:17,466 --> 00:12:20,200 EDUCATION. 463 00:12:17,833 --> 00:12:21,433 DO YOU FEEL THAT HIGHER 464 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,933 EDUCATION IS SOMEWHAT UNDER 465 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:25,466 ATTACK OR MISUNDERSTOOD OR 466 00:12:23,933 --> 00:12:27,800 DEVALUED IN SOME WAY IN KENTUCKY 467 00:12:25,466 --> 00:12:29,000 AT THIS JUNCTURE? 468 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,300 >> I WOULD SAY YES TO ALL OF 469 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,666 THOSE. 470 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:31,433 PART OF IT IS OUR OWN DOING 471 00:12:30,666 --> 00:12:33,166 BECAUSE, SOME OF THE STORIES 472 00:12:31,433 --> 00:12:34,866 THAT ARE OUT THERE, ABOUT HIGHER 473 00:12:33,166 --> 00:12:37,200 EDUCATION ARE ISSUES THAT WE 474 00:12:34,866 --> 00:12:37,566 HAVE KIND OF COME UP WITH 475 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,733 OURSELVES. 476 00:12:37,566 --> 00:12:42,700 WHETHER IT IS COACH SALARIES OR 477 00:12:40,733 --> 00:12:43,200 SCANDAL AROUND ATHLETIC TEAMS OR 478 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:46,000 WHATEVER. 479 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,666 STILL, ALL IN ALL, CLARK KERR, 480 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,500 THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE 481 00:12:46,666 --> 00:12:48,400 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAID 482 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:49,533 THE AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION 483 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,233 SYSTEM IS THE GREATEST SYSTEM IN 484 00:12:49,533 --> 00:12:52,533 THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 485 00:12:51,233 --> 00:12:54,866 AND IT IS TRUE. 486 00:12:52,533 --> 00:12:56,300 BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE 487 00:12:54,866 --> 00:12:58,100 WAYS THAT YOUR LIFE, MY LIFE, 488 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:00,800 EVERY SINGLE DAY IS IMPACTED IN 489 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:01,600 A POSITIVE WAY, BY SOME 490 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,833 DEVELOPMENT, SOME DISCOVERY, 491 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:06,633 SOME KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS FIRST 492 00:13:03,833 --> 00:13:07,766 DISCOVERED, DEVELOPED AND 493 00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:09,866 DISSEMINATED AND APPLIED. 494 00:13:07,766 --> 00:13:11,500 SO CHANCES ARE IT CAME OUT OF 495 00:13:09,866 --> 00:13:11,900 THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE RESEARCH 496 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,633 UNIVERSITY. 497 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:16,400 WHILE WITH WE'RE NOT A RESEARCH 498 00:13:13,633 --> 00:13:20,000 UNIVERSITY, WE HELP -- I 499 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:20,900 BELIEVE, TOWARD THAT GOAL, OF 500 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 PRODUCING MORE KNOWLEDGE AND 501 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:23,233 APPLYING IT TO THE BETTERMENT OF 502 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:29,566 SOCIETY IN OUR BOOK, WE TRY TO 503 00:13:23,233 --> 00:13:30,700 TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, FROM 504 00:13:29,566 --> 00:13:32,200 GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO ADVOCATED 505 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:33,533 FOR A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, EVEN 506 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,400 THOUGH HE WAS NOT A COLLEGE 507 00:13:33,533 --> 00:13:35,633 GRADUATE, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY 508 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,800 THOSE THAT WERE. 509 00:13:35,633 --> 00:13:38,900 AND HE SAW THE INHERENT VALUE IN 510 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,400 AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY. 511 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:41,700 YOU MAY GO OUT AND GET A DEGREE 512 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,666 THAT WILL BENEFIT U.S. AND 513 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:44,066 IMPROVE YOUR JOB PROSPECTS BUT 514 00:13:43,666 --> 00:13:44,900 GUESS WHAT? 515 00:13:44,066 --> 00:13:46,166 IBEN IF IT FROM THAT. 516 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:48,000 BECAUSE THE MORE EDUCATED 517 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:48,833 CITIZENRY IS GOING TO BE A BEN 518 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,366 FOYT ALL OF US. 519 00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:52,300 >> AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF 520 00:13:51,366 --> 00:13:54,466 UPWARD MOBILITY AND PROSPERITY 521 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:56,100 BUT ALSO, BUILDING AN INFORMED 522 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,533 CITIZENRY, AND EVEN POLITICAL 523 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:58,433 PARTICIPATION. 524 00:13:56,533 --> 00:13:59,433 YOU MENTIONED THAT AND ARUDED TO 525 00:13:58,433 --> 00:14:00,900 GEORGE WASHINGTON AS WELL. 526 00:13:59,433 --> 00:14:01,933 THAT IT IS NOT -- ALLUDED TO 527 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:03,633 GEORGE WASHINGTON AS WE IT IS 528 00:14:01,933 --> 00:14:04,133 NOT JUST ABOUT WORKFORCE 529 00:14:03,633 --> 00:14:05,833 DEVELOPMENT. 530 00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:06,833 I'M CURIOUS YOUR PERSPECTIVE 531 00:14:05,833 --> 00:14:08,366 BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A 532 00:14:06,833 --> 00:14:10,100 LASER FOCUS IN INTENSITY ON 533 00:14:08,366 --> 00:14:12,233 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER 534 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,500 EDUCATION BEING A MEANS TO THAT 535 00:14:12,233 --> 00:14:13,733 END. 536 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:15,233 IS THERE SOMETHING THAT IS 537 00:14:13,733 --> 00:14:17,133 MISSING, OR DO YOU FEAR THERE IS 538 00:14:15,233 --> 00:14:19,866 SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING AND THE 539 00:14:17,133 --> 00:14:20,300 VALUE OF EDUCATION BEYOND JUST 540 00:14:19,866 --> 00:14:21,800 JOB PLACEMENT. 541 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:23,766 THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY 542 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,133 VALUING THE TOTALITY OF WHAT THE 543 00:14:23,766 --> 00:14:27,166 COLLEGE EXPERIENCE CAN BRING TO 544 00:14:26,133 --> 00:14:29,133 ONE'S OWN LIFE. 545 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:32,900 >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. 546 00:14:29,133 --> 00:14:34,466 AND MULTI-LAYERED -- IT IS TRUE. 547 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,633 HIGHER ED IS HELD TO THE 548 00:14:34,466 --> 00:14:37,866 STANDARD OF WHAT GRADUATES ARE 549 00:14:35,633 --> 00:14:39,566 YOU PRODUCING THAT CAN BE 550 00:14:37,866 --> 00:14:41,400 APPLIED OR HELPED TO FILL THOSE 551 00:14:39,566 --> 00:14:43,066 NEEDS IN A WORKFORCE. 552 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,200 BUT, I WOULD ARGUE THAT A 553 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:46,566 COLLEGE EDUCATION, YOU LOOK AT 554 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,000 WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, WHEN YOU 555 00:14:46,566 --> 00:14:48,866 SET FOOT ON CAM NEWS A 556 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,400 TRADITIONAL COLLEGE AGE. 557 00:14:48,866 --> 00:14:52,100 AND HOW YOUR LIFE IS -- 558 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,033 LITERALLY TRANSFORMED. 559 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:55,633 NOW, COLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY ARE 560 00:14:54,033 --> 00:14:56,733 A BROAD SPECTRUM OF TYPES OF 561 00:14:55,633 --> 00:14:59,266 PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCES. 562 00:14:56,733 --> 00:15:00,833 SO, WE HAVE ADULT LEARNERS, AND 563 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:02,233 A GREAT MAJORITY, THERE IS A 564 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:04,000 LARGE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICAN 565 00:15:02,233 --> 00:15:04,866 POPULATION THAT STOPS OUT. 566 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,833 YOUR LIFE HAPPENS. 567 00:15:04,866 --> 00:15:08,233 WHAT CAN WE DO IN KENTUCKY TO 568 00:15:06,833 --> 00:15:09,533 CAPTURE THOSE ADULT LEARNERS AND 569 00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:11,366 BRING THEM BACK TO HELP THEM TO 570 00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:12,400 FINISH THAT DIPLOMA. 571 00:15:11,366 --> 00:15:13,900 SO, IT IS MORE THAN JUST GETTING 572 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,566 JOB TRAINING, IT IS MORE THAN 573 00:15:13,900 --> 00:15:18,866 JUST FILLING KIND OF THAT COG IN 574 00:15:16,566 --> 00:15:21,633 THE MACHINE FOR WORKFORCE NEEDS. 575 00:15:18,866 --> 00:15:23,900 IT IS AN ENTIRE EXPERIENCE TO 576 00:15:21,633 --> 00:15:26,966 GET ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TO 577 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:29,633 REASON TO THINK, TO WRITE, TO 578 00:15:26,966 --> 00:15:31,300 ARGUE COGENTLY, AND THE FAMOUS 579 00:15:29,633 --> 00:15:32,266 SAYING THAT TRUE WISDOM IS THE 580 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,566 ABILITY TO LISTEN TO SOMEONE 581 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:34,600 ELSE'S OPINION AND NOT LOSE YOUR 582 00:15:33,566 --> 00:15:35,900 MIND OR GET ANGRY. 583 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,033 THAT'S WHAT COLLEGE SHOULD BE 584 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:37,366 ABOUT AND I'M PARAPHRASING. 585 00:15:37,033 --> 00:15:39,566 >> SURE. 586 00:15:37,366 --> 00:15:41,466 >> BUT, THE INTERACTING WITH 587 00:15:39,566 --> 00:15:44,600 PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT AND 588 00:15:41,466 --> 00:15:45,033 THINK AND ACT AND LOOK AND 589 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,766 BEDIFFERENTLY. 590 00:15:45,033 --> 00:15:46,466 AT LEAST WHAT THE WORLD IS ALL 591 00:15:45,766 --> 00:15:48,433 ABOUT. 592 00:15:46,466 --> 00:15:49,433 AND IF WE CAN DO IT BETTER ON A 593 00:15:48,433 --> 00:15:51,466 COLLEGE CAMPUS IN AN ENVIRONMENT 594 00:15:49,433 --> 00:15:53,400 WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL COME TO 595 00:15:51,466 --> 00:15:54,266 US, AND IN MANY WAYS HAVE THOSE 596 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,133 TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES 597 00:15:54,266 --> 00:15:56,166 DURING THOSE YEARS IN COLLEGE, 598 00:15:55,133 --> 00:15:57,866 THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 599 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:59,766 >> WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING THAT 600 00:15:57,866 --> 00:16:02,066 WOULD LURE THE NON-TRADITIONAL 601 00:15:59,766 --> 00:16:03,566 ADULT LEARNER WHO MAY HAVE SOME 602 00:16:02,066 --> 00:16:05,600 CREDITS HAVE A BANK OF, YOU 603 00:16:03,566 --> 00:16:06,500 KNOW, JUST 20 OR SO CREDIT WHO 604 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,500 DID NOT QUITE FINISH. 605 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:10,133 WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THE 606 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:12,000 LURE THOSE FOLKS BACK TO EKU AND 607 00:16:10,133 --> 00:16:14,666 TO FINISH THEIR DEGREE? 608 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,766 >> WELL, WE'RE TRYING IT WITH 609 00:16:14,666 --> 00:16:18,133 THE MARKETING MESSAGES THAT WE 610 00:16:16,766 --> 00:16:19,533 PUT OUT AND A LOT OF OUR 611 00:16:18,133 --> 00:16:20,633 PROGRAMS ARE NOW WHOLLY ONLINE. 612 00:16:19,533 --> 00:16:22,800 SO YOU'RE SEEING IT MORE FROM 613 00:16:20,633 --> 00:16:25,033 U.K. AND FROM THE INSTITUTIONS 614 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:27,600 THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. 615 00:16:25,033 --> 00:16:28,866 BUT, MAKING EASE OF ACCESS, AND 616 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,833 SOME STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GONE FOR 617 00:16:28,866 --> 00:16:32,833 A WHILE AND THEY ARE INTIMIDATED 618 00:16:30,833 --> 00:16:34,400 BY COMING BACK AND TALKING TO AN 619 00:16:32,833 --> 00:16:35,633 ADVISER AND MAYBE THEIR GRADES 620 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,700 WERE NOT WHAT THEY WANTED BUT 621 00:16:35,633 --> 00:16:38,233 THAT SHOULD BE A NO WAY WE 622 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:39,133 BELIEVE A HINDERANCE TO GET THEM 623 00:16:38,233 --> 00:16:40,400 IN AND TO FINISH. 624 00:16:39,133 --> 00:16:42,700 I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE. 625 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,900 WE HAVE HAVE THE SCHOLAR HOUSE. 626 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:47,433 IT IS A SECTION 8 HOUSING, 627 00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:48,166 SUBSIDIZED HOUSING FOR SINGLE 628 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:49,500 PARENTS. 629 00:16:48,166 --> 00:16:50,033 MANY OF THESE STUDENTS THERE ARE 630 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:50,866 39 UNITS. 631 00:16:50,033 --> 00:16:52,266 ALL ARE OCCUPIED. 632 00:16:50,866 --> 00:16:54,900 THE MAJORITY ARE FEMALE. 633 00:16:52,266 --> 00:16:55,266 MANY OF THESE STUDENTS, LIFE 634 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:56,700 HAPPENED. 635 00:16:55,266 --> 00:17:02,233 AND THEY REALIZED THAT WITHOUT 636 00:16:56,700 --> 00:17:03,333 THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN A -- 637 00:17:02,233 --> 00:17:04,600 POSITIVE LIGHT LIKE IN THE 638 00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:05,800 SCHOLAR HOUSE WITH CHILD CARE, 639 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,633 THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT CHANCE. 640 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,500 I WENT TO A GRADUATION FOR SOME 641 00:17:06,633 --> 00:17:08,866 OF THE FIRST GRADUATING 642 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:10,500 STUDENTS. 643 00:17:08,866 --> 00:17:11,533 AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE 644 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:13,033 INSPIRED. 645 00:17:11,533 --> 00:17:14,833 BECAUSE, THESE CHILDREN OF THE 646 00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:17,300 STUDENTS ARE SEEING THEIR MOMS 647 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:18,600 AND DADS MAKE SACRIFICES AND 648 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,033 RECOGNIZE THAT A COLLEGE DEGREE 649 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,166 IS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. 650 00:17:20,033 --> 00:17:22,100 AND IF IT IS FOR TO THEM, IT 651 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:25,300 SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME. 652 00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:26,200 >> AND ONE TOOL TO GET AT THIS 653 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:26,833 INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY CYCLE. 654 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,000 >> EXACTLY. 655 00:17:26,833 --> 00:17:30,266 >> WE KNOW THE WORK OF THE 656 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,066 SCHOLAR HOUSE AND WE'RE GLAD TO 657 00:17:30,266 --> 00:17:32,366 SEE HOW YOU'RE ALL INCORPORATING 658 00:17:32,066 --> 00:17:33,333 THAT. 659 00:17:32,366 --> 00:17:34,933 TENURE PROTECTION. 660 00:17:33,333 --> 00:17:36,200 SO, THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEBATE 661 00:17:34,933 --> 00:17:37,533 THAT'S ERUPTED ON THE SCENE IN 662 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:41,000 THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I'M 663 00:17:37,533 --> 00:17:42,633 CURIOUS AS TO YOUR THOUGHTS 664 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,333 ABOUT THIS ACADEMIC PROTECTION. 665 00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:46,700 IS THAT A NECESSITY IN RETAINING 666 00:17:45,333 --> 00:17:48,400 GOOD QUALIFIED FACULTY AND WHAT 667 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:50,133 ARE THE OTHER BENEFITS FOR 668 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,533 ENSURING THAT THERE IS TENURE 669 00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:53,166 PROTECTIONS, OR, MAYBE IS IT 670 00:17:51,533 --> 00:17:54,466 TIME TO RE-EVALUATE THOSE 671 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:55,400 POLICIES? 672 00:17:54,466 --> 00:17:56,600 >> WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF 673 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,433 STATES OUT THERE THAT ARE TRYING 674 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,900 THEIR BEST TO NAVIGATE AND THAT 675 00:17:58,433 --> 00:18:02,933 IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE. 676 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:04,433 I WOULD ARGUE THAT SENT YOU'RE 677 00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:05,333 IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE 678 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:07,766 ACADEMIC ENDEAVOR. 679 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:11,400 IT ALLOWS PROFESSORS REGARDLESS 680 00:18:07,766 --> 00:18:13,366 OF THE DISCIPLINE, TO HAVE SOME 681 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:16,033 SECURITY THAT THEY CAN BE BOLD 682 00:18:13,366 --> 00:18:17,866 AND THEY CAN BE VOCAL IN THEIR 683 00:18:16,033 --> 00:18:21,400 CRITIQUE OF WHATEVER IS GOING 684 00:18:17,866 --> 00:18:22,266 ON, WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING OR 685 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,133 RETRIBUTION OR WHATEVER. 686 00:18:22,266 --> 00:18:25,133 AND I AM WHOLLY COMMITTED TO THE 687 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:26,200 PRINCIPLE OF TENURE. 688 00:18:25,133 --> 00:18:28,600 NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS 689 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,266 OUT THERE THAT SAY, TENURE IS A 690 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,800 SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE 691 00:18:30,266 --> 00:18:33,933 RE-EVALUATED AND RECONSIDERED OR 692 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,000 POST TENURE REVIEW. 693 00:18:33,933 --> 00:18:36,100 SO, THAT DISCUSSION IS HAPPENING 694 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,600 IN KENTUCKY AS WELL. 695 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:40,300 BUT, YOU'LL HAVE A HARD TIME 696 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,000 ATTRACTING FACULTY WITHOUT ANY 697 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:43,933 SORT OF GUARANTEES OF TENURE AT 698 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,733 A PLACE LIKE EKU IF IT WERE TO 699 00:18:43,933 --> 00:18:47,066 GO AWAY. 700 00:18:44,733 --> 00:18:50,400 >> AND I WANT TO REVISIT IN 701 00:18:47,066 --> 00:18:51,800 OCTOBER OF 2018, WHEN JUST THE 702 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,733 NEWS THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 703 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:58,566 WAS GOING TO BE VISITING EKU ON 704 00:18:55,733 --> 00:18:59,666 BEHALF OF -- THERE WAS SOME 705 00:18:58,566 --> 00:19:01,033 SUBSTANTIAL PUSH BACK FROM 706 00:18:59,666 --> 00:19:02,566 FACULTY AND STUDENTS AND I'M 707 00:19:01,033 --> 00:19:04,100 CURIOUS IF YOU HAD TO DO IT ALL 708 00:19:02,566 --> 00:19:05,500 OVER AGAIN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO 709 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,400 DIFFERENTLY OR DO YOU THINK THAT 710 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:09,600 THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACH THAT 711 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,266 MATTER AND HANDLED THAT MATTER, 712 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,866 SERVED WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE 713 00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:14,400 UNIVERSITY IS TO PROVIDE A 714 00:19:12,866 --> 00:19:14,966 PLATFORM FOR CIVIL DIALOGUE AND 715 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,633 OPEN DISCOURSE. 716 00:19:14,966 --> 00:19:20,400 >> WELL, IT WAS CERTAINLY A 717 00:19:18,633 --> 00:19:21,566 LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND I WOULD 718 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,166 FIRST START BY COMMENDING ALL OF 719 00:19:21,566 --> 00:19:25,800 OUR FOLKS THAT HELPED WITH BOTH 720 00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:27,666 THE ORGANIZATION AND THE 721 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,000 EVENTUAL EXECUTION OF THE EVENT, 722 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:30,433 BECAUSE IT CAME OFF REALLY 723 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,866 WITHOUT A HITCH. 724 00:19:30,433 --> 00:19:33,766 WE HAD A -- SOME OF THE FOLKS 725 00:19:31,866 --> 00:19:36,400 THAT WERE THERE TO PROTEST 726 00:19:33,766 --> 00:19:37,933 PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BEING ON 727 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,900 CAMPUS, AND, THEY DID SO 728 00:19:37,933 --> 00:19:41,266 PEACEFULLY AND THERE WERE VERY 729 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:42,433 FEW INCIDENTS THAT SAID, RENEE. 730 00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:42,800 DO I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST 731 00:19:42,433 --> 00:19:43,200 AMENDMENT? 732 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,000 YES. 733 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,633 I AM AN UNAPOLOGETIC SUPPORTER 734 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,133 OF YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR RIGHT 735 00:19:47,633 --> 00:19:51,066 TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. 736 00:19:49,133 --> 00:19:52,833 NOW, I MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT AND 737 00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:53,666 IT MAY MAKE ME REALLY 738 00:19:52,833 --> 00:19:55,200 UNCOMFORTABLE, AND I MAY 739 00:19:53,666 --> 00:19:58,533 DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF 740 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,733 THE UNITED STATES, BUT AS A 741 00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:01,666 UNIVERSITY, IS IT A PLACE WHERE 742 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:02,700 THOSE KINDS OF DEBATES SHOULD 743 00:20:01,666 --> 00:20:03,100 HAPPEN? 744 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:04,033 ABSOLUTELY. 745 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,966 SOME SAID IT WAS NOT A DEBATE, 746 00:20:04,033 --> 00:20:07,933 IT WAS A CAMPAIGN RALLY. 747 00:20:05,966 --> 00:20:10,633 WE HAVE A POLICY THAT EVERYBODY, 748 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:12,233 IF THEY ADHERE TO OUR POLICIES, 749 00:20:10,633 --> 00:20:14,200 CAN COME IN OUR FACILITIES AND 750 00:20:12,233 --> 00:20:15,633 IT TURNS OUT THAT THE OPPONENT 751 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,633 TO THE CANDIDATE HELD A CAMPAIGN 752 00:20:15,633 --> 00:20:18,866 EVENT TEN DAYS LATER ON OUR 753 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:20,000 CAMPUS. 754 00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:21,366 SO IT IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE 755 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,600 FACT THAT WE'RE -- OR A PLACE 756 00:20:21,366 --> 00:20:26,033 THAT WE HOPE THAT THIS COLLIDING 757 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,833 OF IDEAS AND A DEBATE CAN TAKE 758 00:20:26,033 --> 00:20:29,066 PLACE, AS YOU SAID, IN A CIVIL 759 00:20:27,833 --> 00:20:29,766 WAY, BUT WE AMERICANED A GREAT 760 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:30,966 DEAL ABOUT OURSELVES AND WE'RE 761 00:20:29,766 --> 00:20:32,400 CONTINUING TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH 762 00:20:30,966 --> 00:20:34,833 OUR STUDENTS AND INVITING 763 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,200 STUDENTS TO COME TO HEAR 764 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:36,600 SPEAKERS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT 765 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,566 PERSPECTIVE. 766 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,666 >> WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM 767 00:20:37,566 --> 00:20:40,433 STUDENT US AFTER THE SNACK. 768 00:20:38,666 --> 00:20:41,700 >> THEY WANTED THOSE CHANCES. 769 00:20:40,433 --> 00:20:42,700 THEY WANTED -- LOOK, THE 770 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,866 PRESIDENT SAID HIS PIECE, I WANT 771 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,366 TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE COME AND 772 00:20:44,866 --> 00:20:47,600 SPEAK THEIR MIND. 773 00:20:45,366 --> 00:20:48,566 >> IT SO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE 774 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:48,933 EVENTS PLANNED FOR THIS 775 00:20:48,566 --> 00:20:49,833 SEMESTER. 776 00:20:48,933 --> 00:20:50,433 WE'VE HAD THOSE DIALOGUES WITH 777 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:51,033 OUR STUDENTS ALREADY. 778 00:20:50,433 --> 00:20:52,933 >> WELL, GOOD. 779 00:20:51,033 --> 00:20:53,300 AND I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE 780 00:20:52,933 --> 00:20:55,633 BYPRODUCT. 781 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:56,566 I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF MORE 782 00:20:55,633 --> 00:20:57,866 CIVIL DISCOURSE AND THAT 783 00:20:56,566 --> 00:20:59,166 COLLISION OF IDEAS I THINK 784 00:20:57,866 --> 00:21:00,300 THAT'S WHAT REALLY MAKE OUR 785 00:20:59,166 --> 00:21:02,366 COUNTRY WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS. 786 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:05,200 >> ABSOLUTELY. 787 00:21:02,366 --> 00:21:06,933 >> YOU HAVE -- A LOT OF FOLKS 788 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,533 HAVE THEIR EYE OF UN, 789 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:09,533 Dr. BENSON. 790 00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:10,866 RECENTLY, LAST YEAR, OF COURSE 791 00:21:09,533 --> 00:21:14,300 YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. 792 00:21:10,866 --> 00:21:14,700 THE YOU APPLIED, UNIVERSITY OF 793 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:16,066 CHARLESTON. 794 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:17,800 >> COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON IN 795 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:19,933 SOUTH CAROLINA AND THAT DID NOT 796 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,400 WORK OUT BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE 797 00:21:19,933 --> 00:21:22,133 CURIOUS. 798 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,366 YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN AND HAVE DONE 799 00:21:22,133 --> 00:21:25,000 GREAT THINGS AT EKU. 800 00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:26,766 YOUR PROSPECTS FOR HOW LONG 801 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,333 YOU'LL STAY AT EKU AND WHAT 802 00:21:26,766 --> 00:21:30,100 BUSINESS DO YOU STILL HOPE TO 803 00:21:28,333 --> 00:21:30,533 CONDUCT AND WHAT'S ON YOUR TO-DO 804 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:33,133 LIST STILL? 805 00:21:30,533 --> 00:21:33,666 >> WELL, YOU GOT RIGHT TO IT 806 00:21:33,133 --> 00:21:34,200 THERE, DIDN'T YOU. 807 00:21:33,666 --> 00:21:34,766 >> I DID. 808 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,533 [ LAUGHTER ] 809 00:21:34,766 --> 00:21:39,433 >> I'M A FIRM BELIEVER AND MY 810 00:21:37,533 --> 00:21:40,666 MOTHER HAD SIX KIDS, BLOOM WHERE 811 00:21:39,433 --> 00:21:42,666 YOU'RE PLANTED AND I'M A 812 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:44,100 BELIEVER THAT YOU ARE IN A 813 00:21:42,666 --> 00:21:46,533 POSITION TO MAKE IT BETTER, TO 814 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:47,733 DO THE BEST THAT YOU POSSIBLY 815 00:21:46,533 --> 00:21:49,300 CAN, AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO 816 00:21:47,733 --> 00:21:50,266 PRESENT THEMSELVES AND IT IS 817 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:52,066 RIGHT FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR 818 00:21:50,266 --> 00:21:53,000 FAMILY, THEN, YOU SHOULD 819 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:55,133 CONSIDER THEM. 820 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,133 WE HAD A CHANCE, IT DID NOT WORK 821 00:21:55,133 --> 00:21:58,233 OUT AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE 822 00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:59,666 THE CHANCE TO STAY IN KENTUCKY 823 00:21:58,233 --> 00:22:01,966 FOR A WHILE LONGER. 824 00:21:59,666 --> 00:22:02,933 WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT WILL BE. 825 00:22:01,966 --> 00:22:03,966 I'LL PROMISE YOU THIS. 826 00:22:02,933 --> 00:22:04,933 WE'LL STAY AS LONG AS WE FEEL 827 00:22:03,966 --> 00:22:05,800 THAT WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD AND 828 00:22:04,933 --> 00:22:06,966 MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 829 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,200 >> IN HAS BEEN LOTS OF 830 00:22:06,966 --> 00:22:09,133 DISCUSSION, Dr. BENSON, AND I 831 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,433 DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE 832 00:22:09,133 --> 00:22:10,833 SPOT. 833 00:22:09,433 --> 00:22:12,033 BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING 834 00:22:10,833 --> 00:22:13,666 DISCUSSION THAT THE DAYS OF THE 835 00:22:12,033 --> 00:22:15,400 TEN, 20-YEAR UNIVERSITY 836 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:17,433 PRESIDENT ARE GONE. 837 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:20,266 AT MY ALMA MATER, WESTERN 838 00:22:17,433 --> 00:22:25,100 KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, THE 839 00:22:20,266 --> 00:22:26,033 PREVIOUS PRESIDENT BEFORE, HAD 840 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:27,366 BEEN THERE 20-SOMETHING YEARS 841 00:22:26,033 --> 00:22:27,866 AND I THINK THOSE DAYS ARE 842 00:22:27,366 --> 00:22:29,433 PROBABLY GONE. 843 00:22:27,866 --> 00:22:31,533 DO YOU THINK THAT'S SAFE TO SAY 844 00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:35,000 THAT THAT TENURE MARK IS UP? 845 00:22:31,533 --> 00:22:36,800 >> WHETHER IT IS ELLIOT AT YALE 846 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,566 OR THEODORE AT NOTRE DAME THERE 847 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,166 FOR 35 YEARS, I THINK THAT'S THE 848 00:22:38,566 --> 00:22:40,866 RECORD. 849 00:22:39,166 --> 00:22:41,133 THOSE DAYS ARE PROBABLY BEHIND 850 00:22:40,866 --> 00:22:42,600 US. 851 00:22:41,133 --> 00:22:43,800 IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB. 852 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,466 NOBODY FORCED ME INTO IS IT. 853 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,966 I LOVE IT. 854 00:22:44,466 --> 00:22:47,333 I REALLY DO. 855 00:22:45,966 --> 00:22:48,500 THIS IS MY THIRD PRESIDENCY AND 856 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,733 MY KIDS ENJOY IT. 857 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:52,166 THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO 858 00:22:49,733 --> 00:22:52,500 RAISE A FAMILY THAN ON A COLLEGE 859 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:54,200 CAMPUS. 860 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,166 BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE SUCH THAT 861 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,133 I THINK, IT DOES GET A LITTLE -- 862 00:22:56,166 --> 00:23:00,600 IT IS KIND OF A GRIND. 863 00:22:58,133 --> 00:23:03,233 MY NEXT BOOK IS, I WANT TO DO A 864 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,566 BIOGRAPHY OF DANIEL GILLMAN THE 865 00:23:03,233 --> 00:23:06,866 FIRST PRESIDENT OF JOHNS 866 00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:09,266 HOPKINS, 26 YEARS AT JOHNS 867 00:23:06,866 --> 00:23:10,066 HOPKINS, AND THOSE TYPES OF 868 00:23:09,266 --> 00:23:11,400 TENURE I DON'T THINK ARE THE 869 00:23:10,066 --> 00:23:12,900 NORM ANY MORE. 870 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,900 THEY ARE MORE AN ABERRATION. 871 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,433 >> WHEN DO YOU HAVE TIME TO 872 00:23:13,900 --> 00:23:15,566 WRITE BOOKS? 873 00:23:14,433 --> 00:23:15,900 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT 874 00:23:15,566 --> 00:23:16,300 THIS. 875 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:17,566 [ LAUGHTER ] 876 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:18,500 >> SERIOUSLY, YOU'RE DOING A LOT 877 00:23:17,566 --> 00:23:19,333 AND AT ONE TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF 878 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,766 YOU STILL ARE CONTRIBUTING TO 879 00:23:19,333 --> 00:23:21,600 THE HUFFINGTON POST. 880 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:23,000 >> NO, I DID. 881 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,500 I BLOGGED FOR THEM FOR ABOUT SIX 882 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,833 YEARS AND I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED 883 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:26,733 WRITING. 884 00:23:25,833 --> 00:23:31,000 IT WAS 20 YEARS SINCE MY LAST 885 00:23:26,733 --> 00:23:32,900 BOOK AND I THOUGHT, I'M OVERDUE, 886 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,400 AND HAL BOYD MY CO-AUTHOR IS 887 00:23:32,900 --> 00:23:35,000 UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED PUMPED OUT 888 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,833 A GREAT DEAL. 889 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:40,333 AND SO I BELIEVE WRITING IS ONE 890 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:41,033 OF THE BEST SKILLS AND 891 00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:45,366 ATTRIBUTES ANYBODY CAN DEVELOP 892 00:23:41,033 --> 00:23:47,700 AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO READ. 893 00:23:45,366 --> 00:23:48,266 THE MORE I READ OF GOOD WRITERS, 894 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:49,966 THE BETTER I AM. 895 00:23:48,266 --> 00:23:51,466 IT IS A CRAFT THAT HAS TO BE IN 896 00:23:49,966 --> 00:23:53,066 MANY WAYS PERFECTED AND 897 00:23:51,466 --> 00:23:53,600 PRACTICED AND SO I TRY TO WRITE 898 00:23:53,066 --> 00:23:55,833 EVERY SINGLE DAY. 899 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:58,166 >> AND IN THIS BOOK, YOU DON'T 900 00:23:55,833 --> 00:23:58,433 JUST TAP THE ASK YOU IS HES OF 901 00:23:58,166 --> 00:24:00,233 EKU. 902 00:23:58,433 --> 00:24:01,266 YOU MENTION BEREA AND OTHER 903 00:24:00,233 --> 00:24:03,166 INSTITUTIONS IN KENTUCKY. 904 00:24:01,266 --> 00:24:05,166 >> THE LAST CHAPTER, FOUR 905 00:24:03,166 --> 00:24:08,500 EXAMPLE, THE AVIATION PROGRAM AT 906 00:24:05,166 --> 00:24:08,833 EKU, WORK STUDY AT BEREA, WHOLLY 907 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,700 UNIQUE. 908 00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:12,700 THE HEALTH SERVICES THAT UK 909 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,633 OFFERS THROUGHOUT ALL 120 910 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:17,200 COUNTIES IN OUR STATE AND 911 00:24:13,633 --> 00:24:18,533 LASTLY, THE STATE OF -- AT 912 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,333 CENTRE COLLEGE ARGUABLY THE BEST 913 00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:20,733 IN THE COUNTRY. 914 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:21,866 WE HAVE GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN 915 00:24:20,733 --> 00:24:22,833 KENTUCKY AND I HOPE PEOPLE 916 00:24:21,866 --> 00:24:23,300 REALIZE THAT AND VALUE WHAT'S 917 00:24:22,833 --> 00:24:24,433 HAPPENING HERE. 918 00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:25,533 >> WHAT CAN HIGHER EDUCATION 919 00:24:24,433 --> 00:24:26,566 LEARN FROM BUSINESS? 920 00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:28,933 >> OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT 921 00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:29,533 BUSINESS WANTS MORE 922 00:24:28,933 --> 00:24:30,233 HIGHLY-SKILLED WORKERS. 923 00:24:29,533 --> 00:24:31,200 WHAT OTHER KIND OF 924 00:24:30,233 --> 00:24:33,000 COLLABORATIONS CAN BE HAPPENING 925 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,866 OR MAYBE THEY ARE HAPPENING AND 926 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,933 WE JUST DON'T KNOW TO REINFORCE 927 00:24:34,866 --> 00:24:38,733 THE VALUE AND RELEVANCY OF 928 00:24:36,933 --> 00:24:39,400 HIGHER EDUCATION AND 929 00:24:38,733 --> 00:24:41,466 COLLABORATION WITH BUSINESS. 930 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,566 >> AS I HAVE WORKED WITH BOARD 931 00:24:41,466 --> 00:24:44,466 MEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE 932 00:24:42,566 --> 00:24:46,300 BUSINESS LEADERS OR OWN THEIR 933 00:24:44,466 --> 00:24:48,466 OWN BUSINESSES, I APPRECIATE 934 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:49,800 THAT HIGHER ED AT TIMES DOESN'T 935 00:24:48,466 --> 00:24:51,700 FEEL LIKE IT IS AS ACCOUNTABLE 936 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,233 AS MAYBE A PRIVATE BUSINESS 937 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:53,666 MIGHT BE. 938 00:24:52,233 --> 00:24:56,133 THERE ARE SHAREHOLDERS AND THE 939 00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:56,466 SHAREHOLDERS WE EXPECT TO 940 00:24:56,133 --> 00:24:58,000 RETURN. 941 00:24:56,466 --> 00:24:59,000 THERE IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE 942 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,700 STATE OF KENTUCKY MAKES IN OUR 943 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,600 INSTITUTIONS AND SO, ARE WE 944 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:04,066 BEING ACCOUNTABLE? 945 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,033 PRODUCING THE RIGHT DEGREES? 946 00:25:04,066 --> 00:25:08,600 ARE WE DOING IT IN A TIMELY WAY? 947 00:25:06,033 --> 00:25:09,500 BEING EFFICIENT WITH WHAT WE 948 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,200 CONSIDER SACRED FUNDS THAT THE 949 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,733 TAXPAYERS IN STATE OF KENTUCKY 950 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,933 GIVE US. 951 00:25:11,733 --> 00:25:16,033 SO, THAT TO ME IS ONE OF THE 952 00:25:13,933 --> 00:25:17,566 BEST LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN. 953 00:25:16,033 --> 00:25:19,000 ARE WE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF 954 00:25:17,566 --> 00:25:20,133 THE RESOURCES GIVEN TO US AND 955 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,633 ARE WE PRODUCING SOMETHING WITH 956 00:25:20,133 --> 00:25:22,566 THOSE RESOURCES. 957 00:25:20,633 --> 00:25:24,100 >> AND YOU WOULD GRADE KENTUCKY 958 00:25:22,566 --> 00:25:26,466 WHERE AND HOW RIGHT NOW ON THAT? 959 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:31,533 >> WELL, I THINK WE'RE DOING 960 00:25:26,466 --> 00:25:34,566 WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WHAT WE 961 00:25:31,533 --> 00:25:35,233 HAVE, I WOULD GIVE US A SOLID B, 962 00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:37,200 B PLUS. 963 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:37,600 I'M ONE NOT OF THE FOR OUR 964 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,766 LIMITATIONS. 965 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,500 WE CAN DO A LOT MORE WITH WHAT 966 00:25:38,766 --> 00:25:40,600 WE HAVE AND WE WILL. 967 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:42,033 >> YES. 968 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,700 REALLY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT 969 00:25:42,033 --> 00:25:48,133 LIBERAL ARTS VERSUS STEM. 970 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,700 AND I SHOULDN'T SAY VERSUS BUT 971 00:25:48,133 --> 00:25:53,133 FOR SOME IT FEELS THAT THERE IS 972 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:54,166 AN EMPHASIS ON STEM TO THE 973 00:25:53,133 --> 00:25:55,133 DETRIMENT OF LIBERAL ARTS 974 00:25:54,166 --> 00:25:57,166 EDUCATION. 975 00:25:55,133 --> 00:25:58,066 >> LOOK AT THE WORD LIBERAL, THE 976 00:25:57,166 --> 00:26:00,066 IT MOL GI, TO SET FREE. 977 00:25:58,066 --> 00:26:00,733 IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 978 00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:02,000 POLITICAL AFFILIATION. 979 00:26:00,733 --> 00:26:04,100 AND THE LIBERAL ARTS, REGARDLESS 980 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,833 OF WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO GO INTO, 981 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:07,733 TEACH YOU HOW TO THINK, HOW TO 982 00:26:05,833 --> 00:26:08,166 REASON, HOW TO WRITE AND HOW TO 983 00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:09,466 COMMUNICATE. 984 00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:10,800 AND SO I BELIEVE THAT I WOULD 985 00:26:09,466 --> 00:26:13,400 ARGUE THAT THERE IS APPLICABLITY 986 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,433 IN ALL DISCIPLINES, AND 987 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,433 GRADUATES TODAY WILL HAVE FIVE 988 00:26:14,433 --> 00:26:18,200 OR SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT OR TEN 989 00:26:16,433 --> 00:26:20,000 DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS. 990 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,400 THEIR JOBS, THEY ARE NOT EVEN 991 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,333 DEVELOPED YET THAT OUR GRADUATES 992 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,633 IN 2020 WILL HAVE. 993 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:27,600 SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE 994 00:26:25,633 --> 00:26:28,866 STUDENTS TO BE MALIATABLE, TO BE 995 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,033 ADAPTABLE, AND TO BE THE BEST 996 00:26:28,866 --> 00:26:30,300 POSSIBLE CITIZENS THAT THEY CAN 997 00:26:30,033 --> 00:26:32,033 BE. 998 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:33,966 >> SO WHEN YOU DO MAKE YOUR EXIT 999 00:26:32,033 --> 00:26:35,333 FROM EKU WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE 1000 00:26:33,966 --> 00:26:36,766 MANY YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT WILL 1001 00:26:35,333 --> 00:26:37,966 YOU BE ABLE TO SAY OR HOPE THAT 1002 00:26:36,766 --> 00:26:38,500 YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE 1003 00:26:37,966 --> 00:26:40,100 ACCOMPLISHED THERE? 1004 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:42,033 >> I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL SAY, 1005 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:44,200 YOU KNOW, MIKE CAME FROM THE 1006 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:45,366 WEST WITH HIS FAMILY, AND REALLY 1007 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,666 MADE KENTUCKY THEIR HOME. 1008 00:26:45,366 --> 00:26:48,533 AND THEY LEFT IT -- THE 1009 00:26:47,666 --> 00:26:49,033 INSTITUTION BETTER THAN HOW THEY 1010 00:26:48,533 --> 00:26:50,100 FOUND IT. 1011 00:26:49,033 --> 00:26:52,633 IT IS AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS 1012 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:54,333 BEEN AROUND SINCE 1874 AND HAS A 1013 00:26:52,633 --> 00:26:56,466 PROUD TRADITION AND AN 1014 00:26:54,333 --> 00:26:57,466 UNBELIEVABLE HERITAGE AND DID WE 1015 00:26:56,466 --> 00:26:57,800 MAKE IT BETTER, AND I HOPE WE'LL 1016 00:26:57,466 --> 00:26:59,266 SAY YES. 1017 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,600 >> AND I HOPE WE'LL SAY YES TO 1018 00:26:59,266 --> 00:27:02,966 THAT A LONG, LONG TIME FROM NOW. 1019 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,233 Dr. MICHAEL BENSON, THANK YOU 1020 00:27:02,966 --> 00:27:05,200 SO MUCH. 1021 00:27:04,233 --> 00:27:05,500 AND, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING 1022 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,600 TODAY. 1023 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:09,033 YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH 1024 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:12,000 PREVIOUS EPISODES OF 1025 00:27:09,033 --> 00:27:14,566 "CONNECTIONS" ONLINE AT 1026 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,400 KET.ORG/CONNECTIONS OR LISTEN TO 1027 00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:18,033 THE PODCAST. 1028 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:21,000 YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK AND 1029 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