WEBVTT 00:12.133 --> 00:13.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Renee: DR. MICHAEL TAFT 00:12.666 --> 00:14.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BENSON IS EASTERN KENTUCKY 00:13.333 --> 00:16.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% UNIVERSITY'S 13TH PRESIDENT. 00:14.633 --> 00:18.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HIS LEADERSHIP HAS SEEN RECORD 00:16.833 --> 00:20.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ENROLLMENT AND PRIVATE SUPPORT 00:18.533 --> 00:20.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND IMPROVED RETENTION AND 00:20.000 --> 00:22.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% GRADUATION RATES. 00:20.866 --> 00:23.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WE'LL TALK WITH DR. BENSON 00:22.233 --> 00:25.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER 00:23.633 --> 00:27.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY, AND HIS 00:25.433 --> 00:28.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NEW BOOK APPROPRIATELY ENTITLED 00:27.333 --> 00:33.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% "COLLEGE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH." 00:28.966 --> 00:33.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% THAT'S NOW ON "CONNECTIONS." 00:37.000 --> 00:40.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% ♪ 00:37.166 --> 00:41.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% ♪ 00:40.566 --> 00:42.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> Renee: THANK YOU FOR JOINING 00:41.333 --> 00:44.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% US FOR "CONNECTIONS" TODAY. 00:42.600 --> 00:45.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% I'M RENEE SHAW. 00:44.100 --> 00:46.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% SINCE AUGUST OF 2013, 00:45.300 --> 00:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Dr. MICHAEL BENSON HAS LED 00:46.933 --> 00:50.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% EASTERN KENTUCKY AS ITS 00:47.533 --> 00:51.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% 13TH PRESIDENT. 00:50.066 --> 00:53.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HE'S A FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE 00:51.666 --> 00:55.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND COMPETITIVE MARATHON RUNNER 00:53.300 --> 00:57.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AND ALSO AN EAGLE SCOUT AND 00:55.566 --> 00:57.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CLASSICALLY-TRAINED PIANIST. 00:57.000 --> 00:58.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BEFORE COMING TO EKU, HE WAS THE 00:57.733 --> 01:00.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YOUNGEST COLLEGE PRESIDENT IN 00:58.966 --> 01:01.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE HISTORY OF THE UTAH SYSTEM 01:00.866 --> 01:03.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHEN HE WAS 01:01.633 --> 01:05.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% APPOINTED AT AGE 36. 01:03.700 --> 01:07.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BENSON' TENURE SO FAR AT EASTERN 01:05.366 --> 01:08.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HAS BEEN MARKED WITH HISTORIC 01:07.033 --> 01:10.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PROGRESS BUT ALSO SOME STEEP 01:08.233 --> 01:11.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CHALLENGES IN STATE FUNDING AND 01:10.400 --> 01:13.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE 01:11.033 --> 01:15.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% DR. BENSON WAS TODAY. 01:13.833 --> 01:17.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 01:15.900 --> 01:18.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% HERE. 01:17.033 --> 01:19.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% >> MY PLEASURE. 01:18.933 --> 01:20.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 01:19.566 --> 01:22.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> YOU'VE HAD PRACTICE REALLY 01:20.466 --> 01:23.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% GOOD YEAREN PARTS OF 2018 WERE 01:22.233 --> 01:24.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GOOD AND PARTS NOT SO GOOD SO 01:23.366 --> 01:27.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOOD PARTS 01:24.700 --> 01:28.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OF YOUR TENURE IN THE LAST FOUR 01:27.500 --> 01:29.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YEARS OR SO THAT YOU HAVE BEEN 01:28.766 --> 01:31.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% AT EASTERN. 01:29.166 --> 01:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WELL, IN OUR LAST GRADUATION 01:31.933 --> 01:36.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IN DECEMBER, CRAIG TURNER, OUR 01:35.666 --> 01:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OUTGOING CHAIR, HE'S BEEN ON THE 01:36.833 --> 01:40.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BOARD FOR UPWARDS OF 12 YEARS 01:38.933 --> 01:42.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NOW, MADE THE COMMENT THAT 01:40.233 --> 01:44.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% DURING HIS TIME OVER 42,000 01:42.733 --> 01:45.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM 01:44.666 --> 01:48.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% EASTERN. 01:45.000 --> 01:49.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SO FOR ME, THE HIGH WATER MARK 01:48.266 --> 01:51.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% EVERY SEMESTER IN DECEMBER AND 01:49.800 --> 01:54.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MAY IS WHEN WE HAVE GRADUATION. 01:51.900 --> 01:54.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BECAUSE I GET TO SHAKE EVERY 01:54.066 --> 01:56.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SINGLE HAND, AND EVERY STUDENT 01:54.866 --> 01:57.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT WALKS ACROSS THAT STAGE IS 01:56.666 --> 01:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% A STORY. 01:57.600 --> 02:00.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT IS NOT JUST A NAME, IT IS NOT 01:59.000 --> 02:04.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% JUST A DEGREE, IT IS A STORY, IT 02:00.433 --> 02:05.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% IS A STORY OF SACRIFICE AND 02:04.766 --> 02:07.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% COMMITMENT. 02:05.233 --> 02:09.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% AND WHEN I ASK THE FIRST 02:07.833 --> 02:11.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GENERATION GRADUATES TO STAND 02:09.766 --> 02:12.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% UP, IT IS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL 02:11.833 --> 02:13.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% MOMENT. 02:12.700 --> 02:14.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE FAMILIES ARE THERE AND YOU 02:13.500 --> 02:15.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES THAT 02:14.400 --> 02:16.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HAVE BEEN MADE ON BEHAD HALF OF 02:15.700 --> 02:18.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT STUDENT TO GRADUATE, AND I 02:16.933 --> 02:20.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% ALWAYS FOCUS ON THAT. 02:18.233 --> 02:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT FOR ME IS -- IT MAKES IT 02:20.866 --> 02:23.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% ALL WORTH IT. 02:21.600 --> 02:25.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND WHEN CRAIG SAID THAT 42,000 02:23.600 --> 02:27.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STUDENTS THAT WE'VE GRADUATED IN 02:25.233 --> 02:28.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% 12 YEARS AND YOU DO THE MATH, 02:27.033 --> 02:31.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% EXTRAPOLATE FROM THAT HOW MANY 02:28.166 --> 02:31.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LIVING ALUMNI, OVER 130,000. 02:31.400 --> 02:33.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% SO I -- 02:31.733 --> 02:34.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% >> NOT BAD. 02:33.700 --> 02:36.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> YEAR DOING GOOD THINGS SURE 02:34.866 --> 02:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WE HAVE CHALLENGES BUT WE'RE 02:36.666 --> 02:37.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% DOING GREAT THINGS. 02:37.200 --> 02:39.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 02:37.566 --> 02:40.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND REVITALIZING THE CAMPUS HAS 02:39.066 --> 02:42.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BEEN ONE OF YOUR PIECES OF 02:40.800 --> 02:43.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% MISSION WORK AT EASTERN AND 02:42.333 --> 02:44.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CERTAINLY, WE'VE VISITED THERE 02:43.333 --> 02:46.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR 02:44.833 --> 02:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SIX-PART SERIES ON YOUTH MENTAL 02:46.300 --> 02:50.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HEALTH AND TALKED TO ONE OF YOUR 02:48.933 --> 02:51.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PROFESSORS, Dr. MELINDA MOORE. 02:50.500 --> 02:52.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% WONDERFUL PSYCHOLOGIST. 02:51.733 --> 02:55.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% SHE'S TERRIFIC. 02:52.200 --> 02:55.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AND WE GOT TO ROAM AROUND 02:55.333 --> 02:56.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% CAMPUS. 02:55.666 --> 02:57.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% QUITE BEAUTIFUL. 02:56.133 --> 02:59.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT 02:57.500 --> 02:59.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU'VE MADE AND THINGS ARE STILL 02:59.166 --> 03:03.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% UNFOLDING AS WE SPEAK. 02:59.766 --> 03:05.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> WELL, WHEN THE -- CAME TO OUR 03:03.933 --> 03:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% CAMPUS IN 1906 AND DID THE 03:05.533 --> 03:08.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, THEY SET IN 03:06.833 --> 03:10.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PLACE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE 03:08.333 --> 03:11.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BUILT UPON, LITERALLY FOR 03:10.400 --> 03:11.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% CENTURIES WHICH IS EXACTLY 03:11.033 --> 03:14.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% WHAT'S HAPPENED. 03:11.533 --> 03:16.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUT IT D IT NEEDED A REFRESH. 03:14.266 --> 03:18.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND I FOUND THAT STUDENTS TODAY 03:16.300 --> 03:20.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ARE PRETTY SOPHISTICATED AND IF 03:18.233 --> 03:20.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THEY SHOW UP WITH THEIR MOM AND 03:20.266 --> 03:21.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% DAD, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, 03:20.966 --> 03:23.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHATEVER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE 03:21.966 --> 03:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF THE 03:23.666 --> 03:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% RESIDENCE HALL, ACADEMIC SPACE, 03:26.300 --> 03:30.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHAT I CALL AUXILIARY SPACE WITH 03:28.333 --> 03:32.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% A DINING HALL AND A REC CENTER, 03:30.533 --> 03:33.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THEIR MONEY IS PORTABLE AND THEY 03:32.033 --> 03:34.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COME, OF COURSE, FOR A DEGREE 03:33.166 --> 03:36.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% PROGRAM BUT THEY COME FOR 03:34.800 --> 03:37.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SAFETY, THEY COME FOR EASE OF 03:36.533 --> 03:40.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ACCESS AND THEY COME FOR ALL OFS 03:37.766 --> 03:42.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THIS KIND OF AYOU COULD TREMONTS 03:40.566 --> 03:42.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT GO WITH THE 21ST CENTURY 03:42.266 --> 03:43.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% EDUCATION. 03:42.633 --> 03:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH, WE 03:43.933 --> 03:47.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. 03:45.133 --> 03:50.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 03:47.733 --> 03:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SO THINGS HAVE COME A MIGHTY 03:50.066 --> 03:55.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% LONG WAY SINCE THE EARLY 2,000. 03:53.600 --> 03:57.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ALONG WITH THE RENOVATION, 03:55.033 --> 03:59.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YOU'VE ENDURED A LOT OF BUDGET 03:57.133 --> 04:01.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% REDUCTIONS, AND SOME CUTS TO 03:59.633 --> 04:02.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STAFF, CRITICAL TIMES AT EASTERN 04:01.633 --> 04:03.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AND NOT JUST 04:02.933 --> 04:05.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% EASTERN. 04:03.700 --> 04:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THAT'S HAPPENED ACROSS THE 04:05.200 --> 04:06.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% STATE. 04:06.000 --> 04:08.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ARE FEELING 04:06.800 --> 04:09.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE SQUEEZE FROM THIS UNSOLVED 04:08.666 --> 04:10.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% PENSION CRISIS. 04:09.366 --> 04:13.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THAT'S PART OF IT TOO. 04:10.533 --> 04:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND ALSO, THE DWINDLING SUPPORT 04:13.566 --> 04:17.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FROM THE STATE AND WHICH CAN 04:14.866 --> 04:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ALSO TRANSLATE IN MANY CASES TO 04:17.200 --> 04:19.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% RISING TUITION. 04:17.866 --> 04:20.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SO HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH 04:19.233 --> 04:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THESE FISCAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE 04:20.633 --> 04:23.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BEFORE YOU, WHETHER IT IS 04:21.800 --> 04:26.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PENSION COSTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING 04:23.566 --> 04:28.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TO PAY AS WELL AS THE FISCAL 04:26.533 --> 04:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SQUEEZE FROM THE STATE, BEING 04:28.000 --> 04:29.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% CUT. 04:28.333 --> 04:33.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 04:29.600 --> 04:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STATE BUDGET AS A PIE, THERE ARE 04:33.500 --> 04:35.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EVER INCREASING DEMANDS ON THAT 04:35.666 --> 04:39.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% PIE. 04:35.933 --> 04:41.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND WHETHER IT IS IN THE FORM OF 04:39.166 --> 04:44.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MEDICAID OR OF OTHER BENEFITS, 04:41.200 --> 04:44.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE PENSION ISSUE IS UNIQUE TO 04:44.000 --> 04:45.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 04:44.400 --> 04:46.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% IT IS NOT UNIQUE. 04:45.166 --> 04:47.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THERE ARE OTHER STATES LIKE 04:46.166 --> 04:48.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA THAT ARE 04:47.266 --> 04:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% STARTING TO FACE IT. 04:48.500 --> 04:51.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT IT IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE FOR 04:50.733 --> 04:52.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% US. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND I COMMEND OUR LEADERS, THEY 04:52.233 --> 04:55.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ARE TRYING THAT BREAST TO DEAL 04:53.166 --> 04:56.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WITH IT, BUT UNTIL WE GET IT 04:55.400 --> 04:58.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SOLVED, OR AT LEAST GET A PLAN 04:56.666 --> 05:00.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% IN PLACE, IT IS GOING TO 04:58.800 --> 05:03.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CONTINUE TO SIPHON OFF RESOURCES 05:00.733 --> 05:05.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FROM OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 05:03.100 --> 05:07.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FUNDED HERETOFOR IN MORE 05:05.300 --> 05:09.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% ADEQUATE WAYS. 05:07.233 --> 05:11.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AND SO IT REALLY IS KIND OF 05:09.866 --> 05:12.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SUCKED THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE 05:11.433 --> 05:13.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% ROOM AS IT WERE. 05:12.166 --> 05:13.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANY OF 05:13.500 --> 05:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% US. 05:13.766 --> 05:16.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT A PLAN 05:14.866 --> 05:16.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO FIX 05:16.433 --> 05:18.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% IT. 05:16.700 --> 05:19.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE A MORE 05:18.500 --> 05:22.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COMPELLING CASE, I BELIEVE, FOR 05:19.866 --> 05:22.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN 05:22.200 --> 05:24.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 05:22.600 --> 05:26.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% ONE THING ABOUT TO REALLY 05:24.866 --> 05:27.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% APPRECIATE IS THE WEALTH AND THE 05:26.333 --> 05:28.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BREADTH OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE 05:27.933 --> 05:29.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% STATE. 05:28.466 --> 05:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% YOU KNOW, FOUR AND A HALF 05:29.566 --> 05:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% MILLION PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY, A 05:32.533 --> 05:36.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% RELATIVELY SMALL GEOGRAPHIC 05:34.533 --> 05:41.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% STATE BUT THE INSTITUTIONS FROM 05:36.900 --> 05:43.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% TRANSYLVANIA 1770 TO KCTCS THAT 05:41.900 --> 05:44.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE, 05:43.233 --> 05:45.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THERE ARE POINTS OF ENTRY FOR 05:44.666 --> 05:46.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% STUDENTS ALONG A VERY BROAD 05:45.766 --> 05:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% SPECTRUM AND IT SHOULD BE 05:46.400 --> 05:50.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% SOMETHING THE THAT WE 05:48.866 --> 05:51.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% APPRECIATE, AND CHERISH AND 05:50.700 --> 05:53.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% PROMULGATE AND SUPPORT. 05:51.700 --> 05:54.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB I 05:53.433 --> 05:55.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THINK IN MAKING THAT CASE. 05:54.233 --> 05:57.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> TELL US ABOUT THE -- I HATE 05:55.933 --> 05:59.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% TO SAY THE WORD TYPICAL STUDENT 05:57.200 --> 05:59.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH TYPICAL 05:59.500 --> 06:01.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% STUDENT. 05:59.900 --> 06:02.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT THE KIND OF STUDENT IS THAT 06:01.566 --> 06:04.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% EKU ATTRACTS. 06:02.500 --> 06:04.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IS IT FROM THAT EASTERN KENTUCKY 06:04.000 --> 06:07.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% REGION? 06:04.833 --> 06:07.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% OR DO YOU HAVE A STRONG 06:07.200 --> 06:09.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% INTERNATIONAL BASE? 06:07.766 --> 06:10.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TELL US ABOUT THE STUDENT, AND 06:09.066 --> 06:11.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MAYBE THEIR FIRST GENERATION 06:10.266 --> 06:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STATUS AND OTHER THINGS THAT 06:11.933 --> 06:15.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MAKE THEM -- THAT MAKE THEM EKU 06:15.400 --> 06:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% ATTRACTIVE TO THEM. 06:15.933 --> 06:21.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% >> WELL, ONE UNIQUE 06:18.633 --> 06:22.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CHARACTERISTIC, 51% ARE PE LL 06:21.266 --> 06:25.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% ELIGIBLE. 06:22.033 --> 06:26.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PELL GRANT 06:25.100 --> 06:26.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BUT THEY 06:26.200 --> 06:28.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% ARE ELIGIBLE. 06:26.966 --> 06:31.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SO WE SERVICE A CERTAIN 06:28.966 --> 06:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% POPULATION THAT COLLEGES THAT 06:31.000 --> 06:33.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% ONE OPPORTUNITY WILL CHANGE 06:32.533 --> 06:34.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEIR LIFE MORE THAN ANYTHING. 06:33.600 --> 06:36.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% I'M A PRODUCT OF THAT. 06:34.666 --> 06:37.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MY FATHER WAS A FIRST GENERATION 06:36.300 --> 06:39.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% COLLEGE GRADUATE. 06:37.733 --> 06:39.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WE HAVE A 22 COUNTY SERVICE 06:39.366 --> 06:41.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% REGION. 06:39.700 --> 06:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IF YOU LOOK AT THAT REGION, THE 06:41.666 --> 06:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% POPULATION CONTINUES TO DWINDLE, 06:44.200 --> 06:46.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DEMOGRAPHIC SUGGESTS THAT IT 06:44.900 --> 06:49.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. 06:46.433 --> 06:50.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT, 92% OF OUR FRESHMAN CLASS 06:49.200 --> 06:51.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THIS LAST YEAR WAS FROM THE 06:50.066 --> 06:52.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% STATE OF KENTUCKY. 06:51.033 --> 06:54.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IF YOU LOOK, KIND OF STRING THAT 06:52.766 --> 06:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OUT AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO 06:54.733 --> 06:59.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THEM AFTER FIVE YEARS AFTER 06:56.566 --> 07:01.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% GRADUATION, TEN YEARS, A GREAT 06:59.366 --> 07:04.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MAJORITY, 75% STAY IN KENTUCKY. 07:01.933 --> 07:06.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THEY PAY PAYROLL TAXES AND RAISE 07:04.566 --> 07:07.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% THEIR FAMILIES HERE. 07:06.100 --> 07:08.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 07:07.200 --> 07:09.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DESCRIBES WHO WE ARE, IT DOESN'T 07:08.233 --> 07:11.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% DEFINE WHO WE ARE. 07:09.566 --> 07:12.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE REALLY IN A LOT OF WAYS ARE 07:11.366 --> 07:13.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% KENTUCKY'S UNIVERSITY AND WE 07:12.266 --> 07:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF 07:13.800 --> 07:15.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% KENTUCKY STUDENTS AT OUR 07:14.866 --> 07:16.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% INSTITUTION THAN ANY OTHER 07:15.500 --> 07:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% PLACE. 07:16.100 --> 07:19.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE 07:17.833 --> 07:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DEPOPULATION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 07:19.833 --> 07:23.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE OF THE DISTRIBUTEDLING 07:22.066 --> 07:24.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COAL ECONOMY THAT'S DRIVEN THAT 07:23.266 --> 07:27.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AREA FOR SO LONG, AND WE'RE 07:24.700 --> 07:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ALREADY SEEING REMNANTS OF THAT 07:27.333 --> 07:28.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% MIGRATION OUTSIDE OF THAT 07:28.333 --> 07:30.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% REGION. 07:28.666 --> 07:32.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE IMPACT 07:30.000 --> 07:32.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT COULD HAVE ON ENROLLMENT AT 07:32.066 --> 07:33.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% EASTERN? 07:32.400 --> 07:34.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> I THINK THAT ALL OF US ARE 07:33.866 --> 07:36.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% CONCERNED WITH THAT. 07:34.500 --> 07:38.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH 07:36.533 --> 07:39.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE PRESIDENT OF WEST VIRGINIA 07:38.000 --> 07:39.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% UNIVERSITY JUST A FEW MINUTES 07:39.100 --> 07:40.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% AGO. 07:39.366 --> 07:43.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WE TOOK A GROUP TO PITTSBURGH 07:40.433 --> 07:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND STOPPED IN HIS CAMPUS ON THE 07:43.900 --> 07:45.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% WAY. 07:44.200 --> 07:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AND NET OUT MIGRATION IS AN 07:45.833 --> 07:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% ISSUE FOR WEST VIRGINIA. 07:47.533 --> 07:50.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND SO THE PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY 07:48.933 --> 07:52.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THAT ARE REALLY DEALING WITH 07:50.833 --> 07:55.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT BRAIN DRAIN SO WHAT ARE WE 07:52.266 --> 07:57.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DOING IN HIGHERDATION TO HELP 07:55.300 --> 07:59.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THOSE POLICY MAKERS ESTABLISH 07:57.800 --> 08:01.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% JOBS WITH BUSINESS, TO ATTRACT 07:59.233 --> 08:03.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% JOBS HERE, TO ATTRACT 08:01.533 --> 08:03.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BUSINESSES, TO EMPLOY OUR 08:03.433 --> 08:06.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% GRADUATES? 08:03.800 --> 08:07.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT REALLY IS, IT IS NOT LIKE WE 08:06.166 --> 08:09.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% OPERATE IN A VACUUM. 08:07.200 --> 08:09.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HIGHER ED HAS TO BE PART OF THE 08:09.233 --> 08:12.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% SOLUTION. 08:09.600 --> 08:14.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND TRYING OUR BEST TO BE THAT 08:12.333 --> 08:15.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SOLUTION IN APRIL OF 2018, THERE 08:14.233 --> 08:17.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WAS UNFORTUNATE NEWS WHEN THERE 08:15.000 --> 08:19.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WAS SOME BUDGET REDUCTIONS. 08:17.466 --> 08:22.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THERE WERE -- THERE WERE 153 08:19.400 --> 08:23.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% POSITIONS THAT WERE LIMITED IN 08:22.533 --> 08:24.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% 'OR -- THAT WERE VACANT. 08:23.533 --> 08:25.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE 08:24.966 --> 08:27.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% NUMBERS. 08:25.300 --> 08:28.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND THEN THE BRIGHT SPOTS, THE 08:27.400 --> 08:30.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GRADUATION COMES A MONTH LATER. 08:28.500 --> 08:32.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND LOOKING AT THOSE CHALLENGES. 08:30.966 --> 08:33.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A 08:32.000 --> 08:35.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUDGET SESSION THIS YEAR IN 2019 08:33.333 --> 08:37.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUT 08:35.933 --> 08:37.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% 2020 WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW 08:37.166 --> 08:39.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% IT. 08:37.433 --> 08:41.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT 08:39.733 --> 08:43.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% FUNDING, AND EVEN THE 08:41.733 --> 08:44.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PERFORMANCE FUNDING PIECE, I 08:43.666 --> 08:46.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% UNDERSTAND THAT EASTERN RANKS 08:44.766 --> 08:48.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FIVE FORECAST, I DO BELIEVE, 08:46.300 --> 08:50.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHEN THE CPE PUT OUT THAT REPORT 08:48.000 --> 08:51.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% BACK IN AUGUST OF 2018. 08:50.033 --> 08:53.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO HOW ARE YOU CONCERNED OR ARE 08:51.833 --> 08:54.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% YOU CONCERNED ABOUT 08:53.566 --> 08:57.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING AND 08:54.266 --> 08:58.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% JUST THE REGULAR ALLOCATION? 08:57.200 --> 09:00.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% FOR YOUR SERVICES? 08:58.466 --> 09:01.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. 09:00.166 --> 09:02.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WE WERE FOURTH, BY THE WAY. 09:01.066 --> 09:04.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> FOURTH, EXCUSE THEY. 09:02.500 --> 09:05.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WE KEEP CLOSE TABS ON THOSE. 09:04.366 --> 09:05.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO DOWNGRADE 09:05.433 --> 09:06.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% YOU. 09:05.800 --> 09:10.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THAT WAS COMPLETELY -- 09:06.666 --> 09:11.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> AND, THE PERFORMANCE-BASED 09:10.100 --> 09:12.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FUNDING IS A TREND AND IT IS 09:11.600 --> 09:14.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% REALLY HERE TO STAY. 09:12.633 --> 09:16.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I THINK THAT 40 STATES IN THE 09:14.833 --> 09:17.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% COUNTRY NOW HAVE SOME ELEMENT OF 09:16.666 --> 09:19.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING AS 09:17.766 --> 09:20.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PART OF THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION 09:19.700 --> 09:20.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% FUNDING MECHANISM. 09:20.200 --> 09:22.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE 09:20.900 --> 09:24.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 09:22.633 --> 09:26.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND IT IS REALLY FORCED US ALSO 09:24.866 --> 09:30.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY TO FOCUS 09:26.866 --> 09:31.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% UPON SPECIFIC METRICS THAT MAYBE 09:30.100 --> 09:33.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WE -- NOT THAT WE WERE NOT 09:31.133 --> 09:34.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PAYING ATTENTION, WE'RE AT THE 09:33.333 --> 09:36.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% FOREFRONT NOW. 09:34.500 --> 09:37.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY 09:36.066 --> 09:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% POPULATIONS, STEM-PLUS DEGREES, 09:37.866 --> 09:40.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 09:39.600 --> 09:40.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% STUDENTS. 09:40.300 --> 09:42.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. 09:40.933 --> 09:43.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE 09:42.566 --> 09:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HAVE TALKED ABOUT, THAT COLLEGE 09:43.866 --> 09:46.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IS GOING TO BE THAT OPPORTUNITY 09:45.133 --> 09:47.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIFE BUT 09:46.366 --> 09:49.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MORE IMPORTANTLY, CHANGE ALL OF 09:47.933 --> 09:50.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE GENERATIONS THAT FOLLOW THAT 09:49.366 --> 09:51.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 09:50.466 --> 09:51.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GRADUATE GENTLEMAN AND DO YOU 09:51.166 --> 09:53.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THINK THAT EASTERN WOULD BE 09:51.866 --> 09:55.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY 09:53.700 --> 09:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% BE COMPETITIVE IN THAT 09:55.400 --> 09:57.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% PERFORMANCE FUNDING OR 09:56.566 --> 09:57.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% OUTCOM-AIR BASED MODEL. 09:57.433 --> 09:59.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> ABSOLUTELY. 09:57.966 --> 10:00.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> THE POPULATION THAT YOU'RE 09:59.500 --> 10:01.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% CURRENTLY SERVING. 10:00.233 --> 10:04.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 10:01.733 --> 10:04.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE 10:04.066 --> 10:08.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% EBBS AND FLOWS. 10:04.800 --> 10:11.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AS THE MODEL PLAYS OUT AND ALONG 10:08.600 --> 10:13.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WITH CAPILUTO, THE ONLY ONES 10:11.833 --> 10:14.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% LEFT OF THAT ORIGINATION 10:13.866 --> 10:15.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% DISCUSSION. 10:14.266 --> 10:16.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE HAVE A LOOK BACK AND WE WILL 10:15.366 --> 10:18.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FINE TUNE IT BUT IT IS HERE TO 10:16.400 --> 10:19.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% STAY AND WE'RE A PARTNER IN IT, 10:18.300 --> 10:21.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IN MAKING SURE THAT IT SERVES 10:19.333 --> 10:23.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THE STUDENTS OF KENTUCKY. 10:21.100 --> 10:25.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% >> YOU ARE THE SENIOR 10:23.133 --> 10:29.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PRESIDENTIAL CLASS IN KENTUCKY. 10:25.266 --> 10:29.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% YOU AND Dr. ELI CAPILUTO AT 10:29.200 --> 10:30.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% UNIVERSITY OF. 10:29.733 --> 10:32.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% YOU LOOK AT WESTERN CLOSE 10:30.633 --> 10:33.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PRESIDENT HAS BEEN THERE 10:32.133 --> 10:34.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PROBABLY ALMOST MAYBE 20 MONTHS 10:33.100 --> 10:35.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% NOW. 10:34.233 --> 10:37.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY, HE 10:35.300 --> 10:37.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HAS NOT BEEN THERE THAT LONG. 10:37.066 --> 10:38.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% MURRAY STATE. 10:37.700 --> 10:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 10:38.800 --> 10:41.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% U OF L. 10:39.566 --> 10:43.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% YOU ALL ARE THE ONES WHO CAN 10:41.066 --> 10:44.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KIND OF TEACH THESE OTHER LADIES 10:43.166 --> 10:46.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND GENTLEMEN THE ROPES, RIGHT? 10:44.400 --> 10:48.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXODUS 10:46.200 --> 10:51.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OF ALL OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL 10:48.333 --> 10:53.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KNOWLEDGE, AND HIGHER EDUCATION, 10:51.466 --> 10:55.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TRICKLING OUT, PRETTY MUCH IN 10:53.733 --> 10:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% RAPID ORDER AT ONCE, THE IMPACT 10:55.866 --> 10:59.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% OF THAT CAN THAT EVEN BE 10:59.000 --> 11:01.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% MEASURED? 10:59.366 --> 11:02.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> IT IS HARD TO QUANTIFY BUT 11:01.200 --> 11:04.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% STILL, THE PEOPLE HAVE COME IN, 11:02.666 --> 11:06.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEY ARE VERY CAPABLE, AND I'M 11:04.833 --> 11:07.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% SERVING RIGHT NOW AS THE 11:06.433 --> 11:08.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% CONVENER OF ALL OF THE 11:07.466 --> 11:09.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PRESIDENTS SO I HAVE THE 11:08.166 --> 11:10.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE 11:09.266 --> 11:11.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT WE'RE -- HOPEFULLY ON THE 11:10.900 --> 11:13.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% SAME PAGE. 11:11.666 --> 11:14.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% WE'RE INDIVIDUALS, STRONG 11:13.100 --> 11:15.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES AND I 11:14.600 --> 11:16.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% RESPECT THAT. 11:15.066 --> 11:17.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT WE ALL GET ALONG, AND THAT'S 11:16.566 --> 11:21.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SOMETHING THAT I REALLY 11:17.666 --> 11:22.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% APPRECIATE AS WELL. 11:21.200 --> 11:23.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ELI HAS ABOUT 18 MONTHS IN TERMS 11:22.600 --> 11:25.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% OF SENIORITY. 11:23.433 --> 11:26.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT THE FACT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT 11:25.000 --> 11:27.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THESE JOBS, THERE IS SOME 11:26.966 --> 11:29.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% TURNOVER. 11:27.333 --> 11:30.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT, THE FACT THAT WE GET ALONG, 11:29.400 --> 11:31.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% AARON THOMPSON, THE NEW 11:30.600 --> 11:33.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% PRESIDENT OF CPE. 11:31.700 --> 11:33.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> WHO HAILS FROM EASTERN 11:33.400 --> 11:35.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 11:33.933 --> 11:36.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> HE'S ONE OF OUR GRADUATES AND 11:35.366 --> 11:37.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% KNOWS KENTUCKY AS WELL AS 11:36.700 --> 11:39.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% ANYBODY. 11:37.033 --> 11:39.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% I'M SO HAPPY THAT AARON WAS 11:39.233 --> 11:40.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ENTRUSTED WITH THAT POSITION 11:39.933 --> 11:41.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE HE'S DOING A FANTASTIC 11:40.933 --> 11:42.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% JOB. 11:41.200 --> 11:44.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND MOVING FORWARD, ALL OF US 11:42.533 --> 11:46.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. 11:44.133 --> 11:48.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE ALL WANT TO -- SURE, WE LOBBY 11:46.033 --> 11:49.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FOR OUR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS, 11:48.300 --> 11:53.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT, AT DAY'S END, COLLECTIVELY 11:49.766 --> 11:54.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WE HAVE TO TO ADVOCATE FOR 11:53.800 --> 11:55.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY. 11:54.633 --> 11:56.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 11:55.966 --> 11:59.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Dr. THOMPSON HAS SPOKEN ABOUT 11:56.800 --> 12:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SEVERAL NSA SEVERAL DIFFERENT 11:59.566 --> 12:03.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% INTERVIEWS AND HE WILL HAVE BEEN 12:01.100 --> 12:04.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ON THIS PROGRAM BY THE TIME THIS 12:03.833 --> 12:05.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% INTERVIEWS. 12:04.233 --> 12:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND IN YOUR BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT 12:05.866 --> 12:07.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% COLLEGE IN "COLLEGE FOR THE 12:06.633 --> 12:09.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% COMMONWEALTH," THE VALUE OF 12:07.733 --> 12:10.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HIGHER EDUCATION, AND NOT JUST 12:09.700 --> 12:11.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT 12:10.533 --> 12:12.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% BUT THE LARGER PUBLIC TO 12:11.866 --> 12:15.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% UNDERSTAND THAT AND MAYBE EVEN 12:12.933 --> 12:17.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% POLICY MAKERS, LAWMAKERS TO 12:15.900 --> 12:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HIGHER 12:17.466 --> 12:20.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% EDUCATION. 12:17.833 --> 12:21.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% DO YOU FEEL THAT HIGHER 12:20.200 --> 12:23.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% EDUCATION IS SOMEWHAT UNDER 12:21.433 --> 12:25.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ATTACK OR MISUNDERSTOOD OR 12:23.933 --> 12:27.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DEVALUED IN SOME WAY IN KENTUCKY 12:25.466 --> 12:29.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% AT THIS JUNCTURE? 12:27.800 --> 12:29.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> I WOULD SAY YES TO ALL OF 12:29.000 --> 12:30.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% THOSE. 12:29.300 --> 12:31.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% PART OF IT IS OUR OWN DOING 12:30.666 --> 12:33.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BECAUSE, SOME OF THE STORIES 12:31.433 --> 12:34.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT ARE OUT THERE, ABOUT HIGHER 12:33.166 --> 12:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% EDUCATION ARE ISSUES THAT WE 12:34.866 --> 12:37.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% HAVE KIND OF COME UP WITH 12:37.200 --> 12:40.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% OURSELVES. 12:37.566 --> 12:42.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHETHER IT IS COACH SALARIES OR 12:40.733 --> 12:43.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SCANDAL AROUND ATHLETIC TEAMS OR 12:42.700 --> 12:46.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% WHATEVER. 12:43.200 --> 12:46.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STILL, ALL IN ALL, CLARK KERR, 12:46.000 --> 12:47.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE 12:46.666 --> 12:48.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAID 12:47.500 --> 12:49.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION 12:48.400 --> 12:51.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SYSTEM IS THE GREATEST SYSTEM IN 12:49.533 --> 12:52.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 12:51.233 --> 12:54.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% AND IT IS TRUE. 12:52.533 --> 12:56.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE 12:54.866 --> 12:58.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WAYS THAT YOUR LIFE, MY LIFE, 12:56.300 --> 13:00.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EVERY SINGLE DAY IS IMPACTED IN 12:58.100 --> 13:01.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% A POSITIVE WAY, BY SOME 13:00.800 --> 13:03.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DEVELOPMENT, SOME DISCOVERY, 13:01.600 --> 13:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SOME KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS FIRST 13:03.833 --> 13:07.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% DISCOVERED, DEVELOPED AND 13:06.633 --> 13:09.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% DISSEMINATED AND APPLIED. 13:07.766 --> 13:11.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SO CHANCES ARE IT CAME OUT OF 13:09.866 --> 13:11.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE RESEARCH 13:11.500 --> 13:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% UNIVERSITY. 13:11.900 --> 13:16.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHILE WITH WE'RE NOT A RESEARCH 13:13.633 --> 13:20.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% UNIVERSITY, WE HELP -- I 13:16.400 --> 13:20.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BELIEVE, TOWARD THAT GOAL, OF 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PRODUCING MORE KNOWLEDGE AND 13:20.900 --> 13:23.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% APPLYING IT TO THE BETTERMENT OF 13:22.000 --> 13:29.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SOCIETY IN OUR BOOK, WE TRY TO 13:23.233 --> 13:30.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, FROM 13:29.566 --> 13:32.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO ADVOCATED 13:30.700 --> 13:33.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FOR A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, EVEN 13:32.200 --> 13:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THOUGH HE WAS NOT A COLLEGE 13:33.533 --> 13:35.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% GRADUATE, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY 13:34.400 --> 13:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% THOSE THAT WERE. 13:35.633 --> 13:38.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND HE SAW THE INHERENT VALUE IN 13:37.800 --> 13:40.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY. 13:38.900 --> 13:41.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU MAY GO OUT AND GET A DEGREE 13:40.400 --> 13:43.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THAT WILL BENEFIT U.S. AND 13:41.700 --> 13:44.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IMPROVE YOUR JOB PROSPECTS BUT 13:43.666 --> 13:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% GUESS WHAT? 13:44.066 --> 13:46.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% IBEN IF IT FROM THAT. 13:44.900 --> 13:48.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BECAUSE THE MORE EDUCATED 13:46.166 --> 13:48.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CITIZENRY IS GOING TO BE A BEN 13:48.000 --> 13:51.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% FOYT ALL OF US. 13:48.833 --> 13:52.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF 13:51.366 --> 13:54.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% UPWARD MOBILITY AND PROSPERITY 13:52.300 --> 13:56.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT ALSO, BUILDING AN INFORMED 13:54.466 --> 13:56.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CITIZENRY, AND EVEN POLITICAL 13:56.100 --> 13:58.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% PARTICIPATION. 13:56.533 --> 13:59.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU MENTIONED THAT AND ARUDED TO 13:58.433 --> 14:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% GEORGE WASHINGTON AS WELL. 13:59.433 --> 14:01.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THAT IT IS NOT -- ALLUDED TO 14:00.900 --> 14:03.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GEORGE WASHINGTON AS WE IT IS 14:01.933 --> 14:04.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% NOT JUST ABOUT WORKFORCE 14:03.633 --> 14:05.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% DEVELOPMENT. 14:04.133 --> 14:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I'M CURIOUS YOUR PERSPECTIVE 14:05.833 --> 14:08.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A 14:06.833 --> 14:10.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% LASER FOCUS IN INTENSITY ON 14:08.366 --> 14:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER 14:10.100 --> 14:12.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EDUCATION BEING A MEANS TO THAT 14:12.233 --> 14:13.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% END. 14:12.500 --> 14:15.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IS THERE SOMETHING THAT IS 14:13.733 --> 14:17.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MISSING, OR DO YOU FEAR THERE IS 14:15.233 --> 14:19.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING AND THE 14:17.133 --> 14:20.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% VALUE OF EDUCATION BEYOND JUST 14:19.866 --> 14:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% JOB PLACEMENT. 14:20.300 --> 14:23.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY 14:21.800 --> 14:26.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% VALUING THE TOTALITY OF WHAT THE 14:23.766 --> 14:27.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COLLEGE EXPERIENCE CAN BRING TO 14:26.133 --> 14:29.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% ONE'S OWN LIFE. 14:27.166 --> 14:32.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. 14:29.133 --> 14:34.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND MULTI-LAYERED -- IT IS TRUE. 14:32.900 --> 14:35.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% HIGHER ED IS HELD TO THE 14:34.466 --> 14:37.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STANDARD OF WHAT GRADUATES ARE 14:35.633 --> 14:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% YOU PRODUCING THAT CAN BE 14:37.866 --> 14:41.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% APPLIED OR HELPED TO FILL THOSE 14:39.566 --> 14:43.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% NEEDS IN A WORKFORCE. 14:41.400 --> 14:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BUT, I WOULD ARGUE THAT A 14:43.066 --> 14:46.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% COLLEGE EDUCATION, YOU LOOK AT 14:44.200 --> 14:48.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, WHEN YOU 14:46.566 --> 14:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% SET FOOT ON CAM NEWS A 14:48.000 --> 14:50.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% TRADITIONAL COLLEGE AGE. 14:48.866 --> 14:52.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% AND HOW YOUR LIFE IS -- 14:50.400 --> 14:54.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% LITERALLY TRANSFORMED. 14:52.100 --> 14:55.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NOW, COLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY ARE 14:54.033 --> 14:56.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% A BROAD SPECTRUM OF TYPES OF 14:55.633 --> 14:59.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCES. 14:56.733 --> 15:00.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO, WE HAVE ADULT LEARNERS, AND 14:59.266 --> 15:02.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% A GREAT MAJORITY, THERE IS A 15:00.833 --> 15:04.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LARGE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICAN 15:02.233 --> 15:04.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% POPULATION THAT STOPS OUT. 15:04.000 --> 15:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% YOUR LIFE HAPPENS. 15:04.866 --> 15:08.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHAT CAN WE DO IN KENTUCKY TO 15:06.833 --> 15:09.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CAPTURE THOSE ADULT LEARNERS AND 15:08.233 --> 15:11.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BRING THEM BACK TO HELP THEM TO 15:09.533 --> 15:12.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% FINISH THAT DIPLOMA. 15:11.366 --> 15:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO, IT IS MORE THAN JUST GETTING 15:12.400 --> 15:16.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% JOB TRAINING, IT IS MORE THAN 15:13.900 --> 15:18.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% JUST FILLING KIND OF THAT COG IN 15:16.566 --> 15:21.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE MACHINE FOR WORKFORCE NEEDS. 15:18.866 --> 15:23.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IT IS AN ENTIRE EXPERIENCE TO 15:21.633 --> 15:26.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GET ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TO 15:23.900 --> 15:29.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REASON TO THINK, TO WRITE, TO 15:26.966 --> 15:31.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ARGUE COGENTLY, AND THE FAMOUS 15:29.633 --> 15:32.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SAYING THAT TRUE WISDOM IS THE 15:31.300 --> 15:33.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ABILITY TO LISTEN TO SOMEONE 15:32.266 --> 15:34.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ELSE'S OPINION AND NOT LOSE YOUR 15:33.566 --> 15:35.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% MIND OR GET ANGRY. 15:34.600 --> 15:37.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT'S WHAT COLLEGE SHOULD BE 15:35.900 --> 15:37.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% ABOUT AND I'M PARAPHRASING. 15:37.033 --> 15:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> SURE. 15:37.366 --> 15:41.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> BUT, THE INTERACTING WITH 15:39.566 --> 15:44.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT AND 15:41.466 --> 15:45.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THINK AND ACT AND LOOK AND 15:44.600 --> 15:45.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% BEDIFFERENTLY. 15:45.033 --> 15:46.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AT LEAST WHAT THE WORLD IS ALL 15:45.766 --> 15:48.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% ABOUT. 15:46.466 --> 15:49.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND IF WE CAN DO IT BETTER ON A 15:48.433 --> 15:51.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% COLLEGE CAMPUS IN AN ENVIRONMENT 15:49.433 --> 15:53.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL COME TO 15:51.466 --> 15:54.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% US, AND IN MANY WAYS HAVE THOSE 15:53.400 --> 15:55.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES 15:54.266 --> 15:56.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DURING THOSE YEARS IN COLLEGE, 15:55.133 --> 15:57.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 15:56.166 --> 15:59.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING THAT 15:57.866 --> 16:02.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WOULD LURE THE NON-TRADITIONAL 15:59.766 --> 16:03.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ADULT LEARNER WHO MAY HAVE SOME 16:02.066 --> 16:05.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% CREDITS HAVE A BANK OF, YOU 16:03.566 --> 16:06.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% KNOW, JUST 20 OR SO CREDIT WHO 16:05.600 --> 16:07.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% DID NOT QUITE FINISH. 16:06.500 --> 16:10.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THE 16:07.500 --> 16:12.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LURE THOSE FOLKS BACK TO EKU AND 16:10.133 --> 16:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO FINISH THEIR DEGREE? 16:12.000 --> 16:16.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WELL, WE'RE TRYING IT WITH 16:14.666 --> 16:18.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE MARKETING MESSAGES THAT WE 16:16.766 --> 16:19.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PUT OUT AND A LOT OF OUR 16:18.133 --> 16:20.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PROGRAMS ARE NOW WHOLLY ONLINE. 16:19.533 --> 16:22.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SO YOU'RE SEEING IT MORE FROM 16:20.633 --> 16:25.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% U.K. AND FROM THE INSTITUTIONS 16:22.800 --> 16:27.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. 16:25.033 --> 16:28.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT, MAKING EASE OF ACCESS, AND 16:27.600 --> 16:30.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SOME STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GONE FOR 16:28.866 --> 16:32.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% A WHILE AND THEY ARE INTIMIDATED 16:30.833 --> 16:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BY COMING BACK AND TALKING TO AN 16:32.833 --> 16:35.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ADVISER AND MAYBE THEIR GRADES 16:34.400 --> 16:36.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WERE NOT WHAT THEY WANTED BUT 16:35.633 --> 16:38.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THAT SHOULD BE A NO WAY WE 16:36.700 --> 16:39.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BELIEVE A HINDERANCE TO GET THEM 16:38.233 --> 16:40.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% IN AND TO FINISH. 16:39.133 --> 16:42.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE. 16:40.400 --> 16:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE HAVE HAVE THE SCHOLAR HOUSE. 16:42.700 --> 16:47.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IT IS A SECTION 8 HOUSING, 16:44.900 --> 16:48.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SUBSIDIZED HOUSING FOR SINGLE 16:47.433 --> 16:49.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% PARENTS. 16:48.166 --> 16:50.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MANY OF THESE STUDENTS THERE ARE 16:49.500 --> 16:50.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% 39 UNITS. 16:50.033 --> 16:52.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% ALL ARE OCCUPIED. 16:50.866 --> 16:54.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THE MAJORITY ARE FEMALE. 16:52.266 --> 16:55.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MANY OF THESE STUDENTS, LIFE 16:54.900 --> 16:56.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% HAPPENED. 16:55.266 --> 17:02.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND THEY REALIZED THAT WITHOUT 16:56.700 --> 17:03.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN A -- 17:02.233 --> 17:04.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% POSITIVE LIGHT LIKE IN THE 17:03.333 --> 17:05.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SCHOLAR HOUSE WITH CHILD CARE, 17:04.600 --> 17:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT CHANCE. 17:05.800 --> 17:08.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I WENT TO A GRADUATION FOR SOME 17:06.633 --> 17:08.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% OF THE FIRST GRADUATING 17:08.500 --> 17:10.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% STUDENTS. 17:08.866 --> 17:11.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE 17:10.500 --> 17:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% INSPIRED. 17:11.533 --> 17:14.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE, THESE CHILDREN OF THE 17:13.033 --> 17:17.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STUDENTS ARE SEEING THEIR MOMS 17:14.833 --> 17:18.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND DADS MAKE SACRIFICES AND 17:17.300 --> 17:20.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% RECOGNIZE THAT A COLLEGE DEGREE 17:18.600 --> 17:21.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% IS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. 17:20.033 --> 17:22.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND IF IT IS FOR TO THEM, IT 17:21.166 --> 17:25.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME. 17:22.100 --> 17:26.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> AND ONE TOOL TO GET AT THIS 17:25.300 --> 17:26.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY CYCLE. 17:26.200 --> 17:29.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% >> EXACTLY. 17:26.833 --> 17:30.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> WE KNOW THE WORK OF THE 17:29.000 --> 17:32.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SCHOLAR HOUSE AND WE'RE GLAD TO 17:30.266 --> 17:32.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SEE HOW YOU'RE ALL INCORPORATING 17:32.066 --> 17:33.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% THAT. 17:32.366 --> 17:34.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% TENURE PROTECTION. 17:33.333 --> 17:36.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SO, THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEBATE 17:34.933 --> 17:37.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT'S ERUPTED ON THE SCENE IN 17:36.200 --> 17:41.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I'M 17:37.533 --> 17:42.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% CURIOUS AS TO YOUR THOUGHTS 17:41.000 --> 17:45.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ABOUT THIS ACADEMIC PROTECTION. 17:42.633 --> 17:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IS THAT A NECESSITY IN RETAINING 17:45.333 --> 17:48.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GOOD QUALIFIED FACULTY AND WHAT 17:46.700 --> 17:50.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ARE THE OTHER BENEFITS FOR 17:48.400 --> 17:51.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ENSURING THAT THERE IS TENURE 17:50.133 --> 17:53.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PROTECTIONS, OR, MAYBE IS IT 17:51.533 --> 17:54.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TIME TO RE-EVALUATE THOSE 17:53.166 --> 17:55.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% POLICIES? 17:54.466 --> 17:56.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF 17:55.400 --> 17:58.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STATES OUT THERE THAT ARE TRYING 17:56.600 --> 18:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THEIR BEST TO NAVIGATE AND THAT 17:58.433 --> 18:02.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE. 18:00.900 --> 18:04.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I WOULD ARGUE THAT SENT YOU'RE 18:02.933 --> 18:05.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE 18:04.433 --> 18:07.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% ACADEMIC ENDEAVOR. 18:05.333 --> 18:11.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT ALLOWS PROFESSORS REGARDLESS 18:07.766 --> 18:13.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OF THE DISCIPLINE, TO HAVE SOME 18:11.400 --> 18:16.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SECURITY THAT THEY CAN BE BOLD 18:13.366 --> 18:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND THEY CAN BE VOCAL IN THEIR 18:16.033 --> 18:21.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CRITIQUE OF WHATEVER IS GOING 18:17.866 --> 18:22.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ON, WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING OR 18:21.400 --> 18:24.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% RETRIBUTION OR WHATEVER. 18:22.266 --> 18:25.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND I AM WHOLLY COMMITTED TO THE 18:24.133 --> 18:26.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% PRINCIPLE OF TENURE. 18:25.133 --> 18:28.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS 18:26.200 --> 18:30.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OUT THERE THAT SAY, TENURE IS A 18:28.600 --> 18:31.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE 18:30.266 --> 18:33.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% RE-EVALUATED AND RECONSIDERED OR 18:31.800 --> 18:35.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% POST TENURE REVIEW. 18:33.933 --> 18:36.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO, THAT DISCUSSION IS HAPPENING 18:35.000 --> 18:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% IN KENTUCKY AS WELL. 18:36.100 --> 18:40.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BUT, YOU'LL HAVE A HARD TIME 18:39.600 --> 18:42.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ATTRACTING FACULTY WITHOUT ANY 18:40.300 --> 18:43.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SORT OF GUARANTEES OF TENURE AT 18:42.000 --> 18:44.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% A PLACE LIKE EKU IF IT WERE TO 18:43.933 --> 18:47.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% GO AWAY. 18:44.733 --> 18:50.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> AND I WANT TO REVISIT IN 18:47.066 --> 18:51.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OCTOBER OF 2018, WHEN JUST THE 18:50.400 --> 18:55.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% NEWS THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 18:51.800 --> 18:58.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WAS GOING TO BE VISITING EKU ON 18:55.733 --> 18:59.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BEHALF OF -- THERE WAS SOME 18:58.566 --> 19:01.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SUBSTANTIAL PUSH BACK FROM 18:59.666 --> 19:02.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FACULTY AND STUDENTS AND I'M 19:01.033 --> 19:04.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CURIOUS IF YOU HAD TO DO IT ALL 19:02.566 --> 19:05.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% OVER AGAIN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO 19:04.100 --> 19:07.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DIFFERENTLY OR DO YOU THINK THAT 19:05.500 --> 19:09.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACH THAT 19:07.400 --> 19:11.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MATTER AND HANDLED THAT MATTER, 19:09.600 --> 19:12.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SERVED WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE 19:11.266 --> 19:14.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% UNIVERSITY IS TO PROVIDE A 19:12.866 --> 19:14.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PLATFORM FOR CIVIL DIALOGUE AND 19:14.400 --> 19:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% OPEN DISCOURSE. 19:14.966 --> 19:20.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> WELL, IT WAS CERTAINLY A 19:18.633 --> 19:21.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND I WOULD 19:20.400 --> 19:24.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FIRST START BY COMMENDING ALL OF 19:21.566 --> 19:25.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OUR FOLKS THAT HELPED WITH BOTH 19:24.166 --> 19:27.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THE ORGANIZATION AND THE 19:25.800 --> 19:29.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EVENTUAL EXECUTION OF THE EVENT, 19:27.666 --> 19:30.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BECAUSE IT CAME OFF REALLY 19:29.000 --> 19:31.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% WITHOUT A HITCH. 19:30.433 --> 19:33.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WE HAD A -- SOME OF THE FOLKS 19:31.866 --> 19:36.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THAT WERE THERE TO PROTEST 19:33.766 --> 19:37.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BEING ON 19:36.400 --> 19:39.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% CAMPUS, AND, THEY DID SO 19:37.933 --> 19:41.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PEACEFULLY AND THERE WERE VERY 19:39.900 --> 19:42.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FEW INCIDENTS THAT SAID, RENEE. 19:41.266 --> 19:42.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% DO I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST 19:42.433 --> 19:43.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% AMENDMENT? 19:42.800 --> 19:46.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% YES. 19:43.200 --> 19:47.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I AM AN UNAPOLOGETIC SUPPORTER 19:46.000 --> 19:49.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR RIGHT 19:47.633 --> 19:51.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. 19:49.133 --> 19:52.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% NOW, I MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT AND 19:51.066 --> 19:53.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% IT MAY MAKE ME REALLY 19:52.833 --> 19:55.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% UNCOMFORTABLE, AND I MAY 19:53.666 --> 19:58.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF 19:55.200 --> 19:59.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THE UNITED STATES, BUT AS A 19:58.533 --> 20:01.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% UNIVERSITY, IS IT A PLACE WHERE 19:59.733 --> 20:02.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THOSE KINDS OF DEBATES SHOULD 20:01.666 --> 20:03.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% HAPPEN? 20:02.700 --> 20:04.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% ABSOLUTELY. 20:03.100 --> 20:05.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SOME SAID IT WAS NOT A DEBATE, 20:04.033 --> 20:07.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% IT WAS A CAMPAIGN RALLY. 20:05.966 --> 20:10.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE HAVE A POLICY THAT EVERYBODY, 20:07.933 --> 20:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IF THEY ADHERE TO OUR POLICIES, 20:10.633 --> 20:14.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CAN COME IN OUR FACILITIES AND 20:12.233 --> 20:15.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IT TURNS OUT THAT THE OPPONENT 20:14.200 --> 20:17.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TO THE CANDIDATE HELD A CAMPAIGN 20:15.633 --> 20:18.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% EVENT TEN DAYS LATER ON OUR 20:17.633 --> 20:20.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% CAMPUS. 20:18.866 --> 20:21.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO IT IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE 20:20.000 --> 20:23.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FACT THAT WE'RE -- OR A PLACE 20:21.366 --> 20:26.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT WE HOPE THAT THIS COLLIDING 20:23.600 --> 20:27.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF IDEAS AND A DEBATE CAN TAKE 20:26.033 --> 20:29.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PLACE, AS YOU SAID, IN A CIVIL 20:27.833 --> 20:29.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WAY, BUT WE AMERICANED A GREAT 20:29.066 --> 20:30.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DEAL ABOUT OURSELVES AND WE'RE 20:29.766 --> 20:32.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CONTINUING TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH 20:30.966 --> 20:34.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% OUR STUDENTS AND INVITING 20:32.400 --> 20:36.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% STUDENTS TO COME TO HEAR 20:34.833 --> 20:36.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SPEAKERS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT 20:36.200 --> 20:37.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% PERSPECTIVE. 20:36.600 --> 20:38.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM 20:37.566 --> 20:40.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% STUDENT US AFTER THE SNACK. 20:38.666 --> 20:41.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> THEY WANTED THOSE CHANCES. 20:40.433 --> 20:42.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THEY WANTED -- LOOK, THE 20:41.700 --> 20:44.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PRESIDENT SAID HIS PIECE, I WANT 20:42.700 --> 20:45.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE COME AND 20:44.866 --> 20:47.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% SPEAK THEIR MIND. 20:45.366 --> 20:48.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> IT SO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE 20:47.600 --> 20:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% EVENTS PLANNED FOR THIS 20:48.566 --> 20:49.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% SEMESTER. 20:48.933 --> 20:50.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'VE HAD THOSE DIALOGUES WITH 20:49.833 --> 20:51.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% OUR STUDENTS ALREADY. 20:50.433 --> 20:52.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> WELL, GOOD. 20:51.033 --> 20:53.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE 20:52.933 --> 20:55.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% BYPRODUCT. 20:53.300 --> 20:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF MORE 20:55.633 --> 20:57.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% CIVIL DISCOURSE AND THAT 20:56.566 --> 20:59.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% COLLISION OF IDEAS I THINK 20:57.866 --> 21:00.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THAT'S WHAT REALLY MAKE OUR 20:59.166 --> 21:02.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% COUNTRY WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS. 21:00.300 --> 21:05.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> ABSOLUTELY. 21:02.366 --> 21:06.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> YOU HAVE -- A LOT OF FOLKS 21:05.200 --> 21:07.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% HAVE THEIR EYE OF UN, 21:06.933 --> 21:09.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% Dr. BENSON. 21:07.533 --> 21:10.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% RECENTLY, LAST YEAR, OF COURSE 21:09.533 --> 21:14.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. 21:10.866 --> 21:14.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE YOU APPLIED, UNIVERSITY OF 21:14.300 --> 21:16.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% CHARLESTON. 21:14.700 --> 21:17.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON IN 21:16.066 --> 21:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SOUTH CAROLINA AND THAT DID NOT 21:17.800 --> 21:20.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WORK OUT BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE 21:19.933 --> 21:22.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% CURIOUS. 21:20.400 --> 21:23.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN AND HAVE DONE 21:22.133 --> 21:25.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% GREAT THINGS AT EKU. 21:23.366 --> 21:26.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% YOUR PROSPECTS FOR HOW LONG 21:25.000 --> 21:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% YOU'LL STAY AT EKU AND WHAT 21:26.766 --> 21:30.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUSINESS DO YOU STILL HOPE TO 21:28.333 --> 21:30.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CONDUCT AND WHAT'S ON YOUR TO-DO 21:30.100 --> 21:33.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% LIST STILL? 21:30.533 --> 21:33.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> WELL, YOU GOT RIGHT TO IT 21:33.133 --> 21:34.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% THERE, DIDN'T YOU. 21:33.666 --> 21:34.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% >> I DID. 21:34.200 --> 21:37.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 21:34.766 --> 21:39.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> I'M A FIRM BELIEVER AND MY 21:37.533 --> 21:40.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MOTHER HAD SIX KIDS, BLOOM WHERE 21:39.433 --> 21:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% YOU'RE PLANTED AND I'M A 21:40.666 --> 21:44.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BELIEVER THAT YOU ARE IN A 21:42.666 --> 21:46.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% POSITION TO MAKE IT BETTER, TO 21:44.100 --> 21:47.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DO THE BEST THAT YOU POSSIBLY 21:46.533 --> 21:49.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CAN, AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO 21:47.733 --> 21:50.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PRESENT THEMSELVES AND IT IS 21:49.300 --> 21:52.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% RIGHT FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR 21:50.266 --> 21:53.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FAMILY, THEN, YOU SHOULD 21:52.066 --> 21:55.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% CONSIDER THEM. 21:53.000 --> 21:56.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE HAD A CHANCE, IT DID NOT WORK 21:55.133 --> 21:58.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OUT AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE 21:56.133 --> 21:59.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE CHANCE TO STAY IN KENTUCKY 21:58.233 --> 22:01.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% FOR A WHILE LONGER. 21:59.666 --> 22:02.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT WILL BE. 22:01.966 --> 22:03.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% I'LL PROMISE YOU THIS. 22:02.933 --> 22:04.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WE'LL STAY AS LONG AS WE FEEL 22:03.966 --> 22:05.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD AND 22:04.933 --> 22:06.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 22:05.800 --> 22:08.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> IN HAS BEEN LOTS OF 22:06.966 --> 22:09.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DISCUSSION, Dr. BENSON, AND I 22:08.200 --> 22:09.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE 22:09.133 --> 22:10.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% SPOT. 22:09.433 --> 22:12.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING 22:10.833 --> 22:13.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DISCUSSION THAT THE DAYS OF THE 22:12.033 --> 22:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% TEN, 20-YEAR UNIVERSITY 22:13.666 --> 22:17.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% PRESIDENT ARE GONE. 22:15.400 --> 22:20.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AT MY ALMA MATER, WESTERN 22:17.433 --> 22:25.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, THE 22:20.266 --> 22:26.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PREVIOUS PRESIDENT BEFORE, HAD 22:25.100 --> 22:27.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BEEN THERE 20-SOMETHING YEARS 22:26.033 --> 22:27.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND I THINK THOSE DAYS ARE 22:27.366 --> 22:29.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% PROBABLY GONE. 22:27.866 --> 22:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DO YOU THINK THAT'S SAFE TO SAY 22:29.433 --> 22:35.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THAT THAT TENURE MARK IS UP? 22:31.533 --> 22:36.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WHETHER IT IS ELLIOT AT YALE 22:35.000 --> 22:38.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OR THEODORE AT NOTRE DAME THERE 22:36.800 --> 22:39.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FOR 35 YEARS, I THINK THAT'S THE 22:38.566 --> 22:40.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% RECORD. 22:39.166 --> 22:41.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THOSE DAYS ARE PROBABLY BEHIND 22:40.866 --> 22:42.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% US. 22:41.133 --> 22:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB. 22:42.600 --> 22:44.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% NOBODY FORCED ME INTO IS IT. 22:43.800 --> 22:45.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% I LOVE IT. 22:44.466 --> 22:47.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% I REALLY DO. 22:45.966 --> 22:48.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THIS IS MY THIRD PRESIDENCY AND 22:47.333 --> 22:49.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% MY KIDS ENJOY IT. 22:48.500 --> 22:52.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO 22:49.733 --> 22:52.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% RAISE A FAMILY THAN ON A COLLEGE 22:52.166 --> 22:54.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% CAMPUS. 22:52.500 --> 22:56.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE SUCH THAT 22:54.200 --> 22:58.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I THINK, IT DOES GET A LITTLE -- 22:56.166 --> 23:00.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% IT IS KIND OF A GRIND. 22:58.133 --> 23:03.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MY NEXT BOOK IS, I WANT TO DO A 23:00.600 --> 23:04.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BIOGRAPHY OF DANIEL GILLMAN THE 23:03.233 --> 23:06.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FIRST PRESIDENT OF JOHNS 23:04.566 --> 23:09.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HOPKINS, 26 YEARS AT JOHNS 23:06.866 --> 23:10.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% HOPKINS, AND THOSE TYPES OF 23:09.266 --> 23:11.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TENURE I DON'T THINK ARE THE 23:10.066 --> 23:12.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% NORM ANY MORE. 23:11.400 --> 23:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THEY ARE MORE AN ABERRATION. 23:12.900 --> 23:14.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> WHEN DO YOU HAVE TIME TO 23:13.900 --> 23:15.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% WRITE BOOKS? 23:14.433 --> 23:15.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT 23:15.566 --> 23:16.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% THIS. 23:15.900 --> 23:17.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 23:16.300 --> 23:18.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> SERIOUSLY, YOU'RE DOING A LOT 23:17.566 --> 23:19.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND AT ONE TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF 23:18.500 --> 23:20.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YOU STILL ARE CONTRIBUTING TO 23:19.333 --> 23:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% THE HUFFINGTON POST. 23:20.766 --> 23:23.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% >> NO, I DID. 23:21.600 --> 23:25.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I BLOGGED FOR THEM FOR ABOUT SIX 23:23.000 --> 23:25.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YEARS AND I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED 23:25.500 --> 23:26.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WRITING. 23:25.833 --> 23:31.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IT WAS 20 YEARS SINCE MY LAST 23:26.733 --> 23:32.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BOOK AND I THOUGHT, I'M OVERDUE, 23:31.000 --> 23:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND HAL BOYD MY CO-AUTHOR IS 23:32.900 --> 23:35.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED PUMPED OUT 23:34.400 --> 23:37.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% A GREAT DEAL. 23:35.000 --> 23:40.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND SO I BELIEVE WRITING IS ONE 23:37.833 --> 23:41.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% OF THE BEST SKILLS AND 23:40.333 --> 23:45.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ATTRIBUTES ANYBODY CAN DEVELOP 23:41.033 --> 23:47.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO READ. 23:45.366 --> 23:48.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE MORE I READ OF GOOD WRITERS, 23:47.700 --> 23:49.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% THE BETTER I AM. 23:48.266 --> 23:51.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT IS A CRAFT THAT HAS TO BE IN 23:49.966 --> 23:53.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% MANY WAYS PERFECTED AND 23:51.466 --> 23:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PRACTICED AND SO I TRY TO WRITE 23:53.066 --> 23:55.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% EVERY SINGLE DAY. 23:53.600 --> 23:58.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> AND IN THIS BOOK, YOU DON'T 23:55.833 --> 23:58.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% JUST TAP THE ASK YOU IS HES OF 23:58.166 --> 24:00.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% EKU. 23:58.433 --> 24:01.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% YOU MENTION BEREA AND OTHER 24:00.233 --> 24:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% INSTITUTIONS IN KENTUCKY. 24:01.266 --> 24:05.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> THE LAST CHAPTER, FOUR 24:03.166 --> 24:08.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EXAMPLE, THE AVIATION PROGRAM AT 24:05.166 --> 24:08.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EKU, WORK STUDY AT BEREA, WHOLLY 24:08.500 --> 24:11.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% UNIQUE. 24:08.833 --> 24:12.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THE HEALTH SERVICES THAT UK 24:11.700 --> 24:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% OFFERS THROUGHOUT ALL 120 24:12.700 --> 24:17.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% COUNTIES IN OUR STATE AND 24:13.633 --> 24:18.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% LASTLY, THE STATE OF -- AT 24:17.200 --> 24:19.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CENTRE COLLEGE ARGUABLY THE BEST 24:18.533 --> 24:20.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% IN THE COUNTRY. 24:19.333 --> 24:21.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE HAVE GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN 24:20.733 --> 24:22.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% KENTUCKY AND I HOPE PEOPLE 24:21.866 --> 24:23.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REALIZE THAT AND VALUE WHAT'S 24:22.833 --> 24:24.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% HAPPENING HERE. 24:23.300 --> 24:25.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> WHAT CAN HIGHER EDUCATION 24:24.433 --> 24:26.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% LEARN FROM BUSINESS? 24:25.533 --> 24:28.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT 24:26.566 --> 24:29.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% BUSINESS WANTS MORE 24:28.933 --> 24:30.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% HIGHLY-SKILLED WORKERS. 24:29.533 --> 24:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% WHAT OTHER KIND OF 24:30.233 --> 24:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COLLABORATIONS CAN BE HAPPENING 24:31.200 --> 24:34.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OR MAYBE THEY ARE HAPPENING AND 24:33.000 --> 24:36.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE JUST DON'T KNOW TO REINFORCE 24:34.866 --> 24:38.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE VALUE AND RELEVANCY OF 24:36.933 --> 24:39.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% HIGHER EDUCATION AND 24:38.733 --> 24:41.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% COLLABORATION WITH BUSINESS. 24:39.400 --> 24:42.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> AS I HAVE WORKED WITH BOARD 24:41.466 --> 24:44.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% MEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE 24:42.566 --> 24:46.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUSINESS LEADERS OR OWN THEIR 24:44.466 --> 24:48.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OWN BUSINESSES, I APPRECIATE 24:46.300 --> 24:49.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT HIGHER ED AT TIMES DOESN'T 24:48.466 --> 24:51.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FEEL LIKE IT IS AS ACCOUNTABLE 24:49.800 --> 24:52.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AS MAYBE A PRIVATE BUSINESS 24:51.700 --> 24:53.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% MIGHT BE. 24:52.233 --> 24:56.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THERE ARE SHAREHOLDERS AND THE 24:53.666 --> 24:56.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% SHAREHOLDERS WE EXPECT TO 24:56.133 --> 24:58.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% RETURN. 24:56.466 --> 24:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THERE IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE 24:58.000 --> 25:01.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STATE OF KENTUCKY MAKES IN OUR 24:59.000 --> 25:02.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% INSTITUTIONS AND SO, ARE WE 25:01.700 --> 25:04.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% BEING ACCOUNTABLE? 25:02.600 --> 25:06.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PRODUCING THE RIGHT DEGREES? 25:04.066 --> 25:08.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ARE WE DOING IT IN A TIMELY WAY? 25:06.033 --> 25:09.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BEING EFFICIENT WITH WHAT WE 25:08.600 --> 25:11.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CONSIDER SACRED FUNDS THAT THE 25:09.500 --> 25:11.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TAXPAYERS IN STATE OF KENTUCKY 25:11.200 --> 25:13.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% GIVE US. 25:11.733 --> 25:16.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SO, THAT TO ME IS ONE OF THE 25:13.933 --> 25:17.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BEST LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN. 25:16.033 --> 25:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ARE WE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF 25:17.566 --> 25:20.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE RESOURCES GIVEN TO US AND 25:19.000 --> 25:20.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ARE WE PRODUCING SOMETHING WITH 25:20.133 --> 25:22.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% THOSE RESOURCES. 25:20.633 --> 25:24.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> AND YOU WOULD GRADE KENTUCKY 25:22.566 --> 25:26.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHERE AND HOW RIGHT NOW ON THAT? 25:24.100 --> 25:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> WELL, I THINK WE'RE DOING 25:26.466 --> 25:34.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WHAT WE 25:31.533 --> 25:35.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HAVE, I WOULD GIVE US A SOLID B, 25:34.566 --> 25:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% B PLUS. 25:35.233 --> 25:37.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% I'M ONE NOT OF THE FOR OUR 25:37.200 --> 25:38.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% LIMITATIONS. 25:37.600 --> 25:39.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE CAN DO A LOT MORE WITH WHAT 25:38.766 --> 25:40.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% WE HAVE AND WE WILL. 25:39.500 --> 25:42.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% >> YES. 25:40.600 --> 25:45.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% REALLY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT 25:42.033 --> 25:48.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% LIBERAL ARTS VERSUS STEM. 25:45.700 --> 25:49.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND I SHOULDN'T SAY VERSUS BUT 25:48.133 --> 25:53.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FOR SOME IT FEELS THAT THERE IS 25:49.700 --> 25:54.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AN EMPHASIS ON STEM TO THE 25:53.133 --> 25:55.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% DETRIMENT OF LIBERAL ARTS 25:54.166 --> 25:57.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% EDUCATION. 25:55.133 --> 25:58.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> LOOK AT THE WORD LIBERAL, THE 25:57.166 --> 26:00.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% IT MOL GI, TO SET FREE. 25:58.066 --> 26:00.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 26:00.066 --> 26:02.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% POLITICAL AFFILIATION. 26:00.733 --> 26:04.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND THE LIBERAL ARTS, REGARDLESS 26:02.000 --> 26:05.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO GO INTO, 26:04.100 --> 26:07.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TEACH YOU HOW TO THINK, HOW TO 26:05.833 --> 26:08.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% REASON, HOW TO WRITE AND HOW TO 26:07.733 --> 26:09.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% COMMUNICATE. 26:08.166 --> 26:10.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND SO I BELIEVE THAT I WOULD 26:09.466 --> 26:13.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ARGUE THAT THERE IS APPLICABLITY 26:10.800 --> 26:14.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% IN ALL DISCIPLINES, AND 26:13.400 --> 26:16.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% GRADUATES TODAY WILL HAVE FIVE 26:14.433 --> 26:18.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OR SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT OR TEN 26:16.433 --> 26:20.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS. 26:18.200 --> 26:21.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THEIR JOBS, THEY ARE NOT EVEN 26:20.000 --> 26:23.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DEVELOPED YET THAT OUR GRADUATES 26:21.400 --> 26:25.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% IN 2020 WILL HAVE. 26:23.333 --> 26:27.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE 26:25.633 --> 26:28.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STUDENTS TO BE MALIATABLE, TO BE 26:27.600 --> 26:30.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ADAPTABLE, AND TO BE THE BEST 26:28.866 --> 26:30.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% POSSIBLE CITIZENS THAT THEY CAN 26:30.033 --> 26:32.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% BE. 26:30.300 --> 26:33.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> SO WHEN YOU DO MAKE YOUR EXIT 26:32.033 --> 26:35.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FROM EKU WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE 26:33.966 --> 26:36.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MANY YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT WILL 26:35.333 --> 26:37.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU BE ABLE TO SAY OR HOPE THAT 26:36.766 --> 26:38.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE 26:37.966 --> 26:40.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% ACCOMPLISHED THERE? 26:38.500 --> 26:42.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL SAY, 26:40.100 --> 26:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% YOU KNOW, MIKE CAME FROM THE 26:42.033 --> 26:45.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WEST WITH HIS FAMILY, AND REALLY 26:44.200 --> 26:47.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% MADE KENTUCKY THEIR HOME. 26:45.366 --> 26:48.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% AND THEY LEFT IT -- THE 26:47.666 --> 26:49.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% INSTITUTION BETTER THAN HOW THEY 26:48.533 --> 26:50.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% FOUND IT. 26:49.033 --> 26:52.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IT IS AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS 26:50.100 --> 26:54.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BEEN AROUND SINCE 1874 AND HAS A 26:52.633 --> 26:56.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% PROUD TRADITION AND AN 26:54.333 --> 26:57.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% UNBELIEVABLE HERITAGE AND DID WE 26:56.466 --> 26:57.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MAKE IT BETTER, AND I HOPE WE'LL 26:57.466 --> 26:59.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% SAY YES. 26:57.800 --> 27:01.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> AND I HOPE WE'LL SAY YES TO 26:59.266 --> 27:02.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT A LONG, LONG TIME FROM NOW. 27:01.600 --> 27:04.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Dr. MICHAEL BENSON, THANK YOU 27:02.966 --> 27:05.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% SO MUCH. 27:04.233 --> 27:05.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AND, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING 27:05.200 --> 27:07.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% TODAY. 27:05.500 --> 27:09.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH 27:07.600 --> 27:12.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% PREVIOUS EPISODES OF 27:09.033 --> 27:14.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% "CONNECTIONS" ONLINE AT 27:12.000 --> 27:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KET.ORG/CONNECTIONS OR LISTEN TO 27:14.566 --> 27:18.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% THE PODCAST. 27:15.400 --> 27:21.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK AND 27:18.033 --> 27:21.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM DURING THE 27:21.000 --> 27:22.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% SESSION. 27:21.333 --> 27:23.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I'LL BE TWEETING EVERY DAY AND 27:22.433 --> 27:24.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MAKE SURE THAT YOU TUNE IN NEXT 27:23.666 --> 27:28.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% WEEK FOR "CONNECTIONS." 27:24.633 --> 27:28.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR 27:28.466 --> 27:29.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% WATCHING. 27:28.833 --> 27:30.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% I'M SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 27:29.733 --> 27:30.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% TAKE CARE.