>> GOOD MORNING.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST
ITEM IN OPEN SESSION WHICH IS THE CHANCELLOR'S 2017 STATE OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND I AM REMINDED HAVING WATCHED
THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS RECENTLY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NEWSOM INTRODUCED GOVERNOR BROWN AND I
KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SO I
KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO THE BOARD CHAIR BUT I DO HAVE
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING HERE
FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE I
THINK ABOUT CHANCELLOR WHITE'S ANALOGY ABOUT CENTRIFUGAL FORCES
AND WHILE I WISHED HE USED A METAPHOR THAT WAS EASIER TO
ANNOUNCE I AM TOLD YOU CAN TAKE THE CHANCELLOR OUT OF THE
SCIENCE LAB BUT NOT TAKE THE SCIENCE LAB OUT OF THE
CHANCELLOR SO THESE WORDS RESONATE WITH ME IN THESE
UNCERTAIN TIMES CERTAINLY AND THE FORCES THAT SEEK TO DIVIDE
US IN OUR NATION AND FORCES OF HATE AND IGNORANCE AND OF
PHOBIAS THEY REQUIRE AND EQUALLY IF NOT DOUBLY LONG CENTRIFUGAL
FORCE -- DID I GET THAT?
-- TO BRING US TOGETHER TO MEND FENCES
AND NOT TO BUILD WALLS AND TO CELEBRATE OUR SIMILARITIES AND
OUR DIFFERENCES AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY IS
JUST SUCH A CENTRIFUGAL FORCE SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER I WISH TO
SHARE ON BEHALF OF THIS BOARD OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO
CHANCELLOR WHITE FOR HIS ROBUST LEADERSHIP AND FOR HIS WORK EACH
DAY TO FOSTER INCLUSIVITY, QUALITY, OPPORTUNITY AND
EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TIMOTHY WHITE.
[APPLAUSE] >> WELL THANK YOU CHAIR EISEN
AND TO THE BOARD, AND TO PRESIDENTS ALL GATHERED HERE
TODAY.
LAST MONTH I CELEBRATED MY [INAUDIBLE] AS YOUR
CHANCELLOR AND I LOOK BACK AND RECOUNT MY NUMEROUS VISITS TO
THE 23 CAMPUSES AND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEE
AND THE TALENT HERE IN THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND MANY
MEETINGS WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWMAKERS AND THE
COUNTLESS DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FOUNDATION AND ADVISORY BOARDS
ALONG WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, THE NON-PROFIT, THE
EDUCATIONAL AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS.
I KEEP COMING BACK TO THE REMARKABLE BREADTH OF
REASONS WHY THE CSU MATTERS SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE THE PROFOUND REASONS THAT
THE CSU MATTERS, FOR WHAT CAUSE, FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
I ANSWER BY FIRST LOOKING AT OUR LEGACY AS A
TRANSFORMATIVE CONSEQUENTIAL UNIVERSITY.
SINCE THE FIRST CAMPUS WAS FOUNDED IN 1857 AS A
SCHOOL AND NOW AN EXCEPTIONAL UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH
TODAY AND I LOOK WHERE THE CSU STANDS TODAY, WHAT WE ACHIEVED
OVER THE PAST YEARS, AND WHERE OPPORTUNITIES LIE FOR 2018 AND
BEYOND.
HOW OUR LEGACY AND THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN
THE PRESENT MUST STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER OUR VISION FOR THE
FUTURE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, TO OUR VISION
WHAT A CONSEQUENTIAL UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA WILL EMERGE AS IN
THE COMING DECADES AND WHAT NEED TO DO TO GET THERE, SO LET'S
START WITH LEGACY.
NOW, WHETHER YOU TRACE OUR FOUNDING BACK SIX
OR 16 DECADES THE LEGACY CAN'T BE TOLD BY LOOKING AT A MAP OF
CALIFORNIA OR THE FACT BOOK.
OUR LEGACY IS OVER 4 MILLION CALIFORNIANS, ALUMNI, STUDENTS
AND FACULTY AND STAFF AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND HISTORIC WORK
THAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY.
OUR LEGACY IS A CAMPUS RISING FROM
THE WATTS REBELLION IN 1965 AND SOLIDIFIED IN THE 1968 SUMMER
OLYMPICS IN MEXICO CITY.
OUR LEGACY IS THE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS
OF ALUMNI LIKE FILM EXECUTIVE KATHLEEN KENNEDY, BASEBALL STAR
JUSTIN TURNER, THE HONORABLE SOIS AND ASTRONAUT CAGEEL AND
NEW INNOVATIVE WAYS AND TECHNIQUES AND AGRICULTURE AND
SCIENCE AND BLUETOOTH AND THE MICRO PROCESSOR.
OUR LEGACY IS THE WANG FAMILY EXCELLENCE
AWARDS WHO YOU WILL CELEBRATE LATER TODAY AND FACULTY AND
STAFF MEMBER AND THEIR DEDICATED COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
OUR LEGACY IS A STORY OF SACRAMENTO STATE WHICH ON
OCTOBER 16, 1967 HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO HATRED AND
DIVISION BY INVITING DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
TO SPEAK AT A TIME WHEN FEW OTHERS WOULD.
ON THAT DAY IN 1967 DR.
KING'S WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT BY A
YOUNG SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR AND ANTHONY RENDON AND RECOMMENDED
HIM TELLING HIM IN THE SHORT RIDE TO THE CAMPUS STADIUM "KEEP
UP OUR HOPE AND OUR STRUGGLE AND DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE EVEN
WHEN WE NEVER REACH THE DESTINATION."
A VISIONARY STATEMENT.
A TIMELESS STATEMENT.
A PROFOUND STATEMENT THAT WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM
TODAY.
INDEED OUR LEGACY AT THE CSU IS THE STORY OF TWO SISTERS,
NATALIIA AND ISABELLE WITH THEIR FAMILY FLED THEIR HOME COUNTRY
TO ESCAPE DEATH THREATS FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF COLUMN WE A ON
ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA THEY DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND
STRUGGLED TO FIT INTO THEIR SCHOOL.
THEIR PARENTS, A DOCTOR AND ACCOUNTANT BACK HOME TOOK
LOW WAGE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND AFTER THE FAMILY'S VISA
EXPIRED THEY WORRIED THEY COULDN'T ATTEND COLLEGE OR
GETTING FINANCIAL AID BY EXCELLING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW LUCKILY BECAUSE OF CAL STATE SAN
BERNARDINO'S PRIVATELY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE HIGHEST
ACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE COUNTY REGARDLESS OF THE
STATUS THE GIRLS WERE ABLE TO REACH THEIR DREAM GOALS AND
GRADUATE WITH HONORS FROM CSU SAN BERNARDINO.
BOTH HAVE SINCE EARNED ADVANCED DEGREES AND
STARTED A COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES PROVIDING LIFE CHANGING THERAPY
TO INFANTS WITH DISABILITIES.
NOT SURPRISINGLY OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE COMPANY'S WORK
FORCE ARE CSU ALUMNI.
AND BECAUSE OF THE LEGACY OF THE
SCHOLARSHIP FUND STARTED BY THE LEAT PRESIDENT AL CARNEY AND
STRENGTHENED BY PRESIDENT THOMAS MORALES THE GIRLS ESTABLISHED A
DREAMER SCHOLARSHIP IN SAN BERNARDINO LAST FALL AND OUR
LEGACY IS MY OWN STORY.
AS AN IMMIGRANT, STUDENT ATHLETE AND
THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE, BUT I HAVE PERSONAL
INSIGHT AND GRATITUDE TO CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOOL.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M A PRODUCT
OF THIS UNIVERSITY TWICE, EAST BAY FRESNO AND YOU HEARD MY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CSU AND UC STORY BEFORE AND I LOVE TO TELL
IT TO THOSE THAT WANT TO LISTEN AND THOSE THAT DON'T AND WHAT
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT LEGACY OF OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA IS ALSO IN THE STORY OF MY FATHER.
MY DAD -- EXCUSE ME, MY DAD WAS 39 WHEN WE
IMMIGRATED TOGETHER FROM ARGENTINA TO THE U.S. HE GOT HIS
FIRST AND LAST JOB IN THE U.S. WITH THE HEXYL CORPORATION AND
AFTER 20 YEARS HE REALIZED HE COULD NO LONGER COMPETED WITHOUT
HIGHER EDUCATION, SO DID HIS BOSS.
THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS OF JOB LOSS AROUND THE AGE OF 60, A
FRIGHTENING PROPOSITION.
THE BOSS OFFERED HIM A POSITION OF
INTERNAL AUDITING BUT MY DAD WOULD NEED TRAINING SO AROUND 60
HE WENT TO COLLEGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TOOK NIGHT COURSES IN
AUDITING AND GOT THE NEEDED KNOWLEDGE AND WORKED TO RETIRE
AT 65 SO THINK ABOUT THIS.
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION LAUNCHED ME EARLY IN
LIFE AND SAVED MY DAD LATER IN LIFE.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS REMARKABLE BOOK ENDS.
THAT'S THE LEGACY AND VISION OF THE CSU
ALONGSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND COMBINED THESE STORIES OF COURAGE AND
FORESIGHT, OF GENEROSITY, OPPORTUNITY, INCLUSIVITY AND
EXCELLENCE FURTHER SHAPE THE PROFOUND VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
LET'S REFLECT NOW ON THE PRESENT.
I WILL START AS I ALWAYS DO WITH STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS.
ONE OF MY PERSONAL MANTRAS AS YOU KNOW
FOR MORE STUDENTS FROM CALIFORNIA DIVERSELY DYNAMIC TO
EARN A HIGH QUALITY DEGREE IN EDUCATION SOONER AND OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS THE CSU COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LASER FOCUSED
ON RAISING COMPLETION RATES RESULTING IN A 25% IMPROVEMENT
IN FIRST TIME FRESHMEN GRADUATING IN FOUR YEARS AS WELL
AS A 28% IMPROVEMENT IN THE RATE OF TRANSFER STUDENTS GRATING --
GRADUATING IN TWO YEARS AND BANNER INCREASESES FOR ANY
UNIVERSITY FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS THE HOLISTIC STUDENT SUCCESS
EFFORTS ARE TRULY AMAZING.
LAST YEAR WE REACHED A HISTORIC
MILESTONE IN DEGREE COMPLETION.
99,000 STUDENTS EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 2016-17.
IF WE HELD A COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY FOR THE ENTIRE CSU IN
2017 WE WOULD FILL SAN JOSE STATE FOOTBALL STADIUM MANY
TIMES OVER AND FILLING ANOTHER STADIUM AND THAT'S
TRANSFORMATIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL SO TO THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND
STUDENTS AND LAPISES ALL LEVELS OF THE CSU I SAY THANK YOU AND
TO THE BACCALAUREATE AND ALL OF THE GRADS ARE ABLE TO JOIN THE
WORK FORCE IN 2018 WITH PROFESSIONAL OR GRADUATE SCHOOL.
THEY'RE OPPOSEDDED TO EARN 66% HIGHER INCOME THAN THOSE ONLY
WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND FAR FACED UNLIKELY TO FACE
UNEMPLOYMENT IN ANY ECONOMY AND THE MEDIAN SALARY FOR CSU ALUMNI
IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT $47,000 A YEAR.
THEREFORE 7,000 ADDITIONAL GRADUATES LAST YEAR
ALONE COULD HAVE COLLECTIVELY EARNED $328 MILLION THEIR FIRST
YEAR IN THE WORK FORCE AND JUST THINK OF THE STATE TAXES OF THAT
$328 MILLION WOULD GENERATE.
IF WE KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING WE
CAN OVERCOME CALIFORNIA'S LIVING DEGREE DROUGHT AND POWER OUR
SOCIETY AND ECONOMY FOR DECADES TO COME.
WE KNOW OF COURSE THAT THE VALUE AND QUALITY OF A
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION CANNOT BE MEASURED SIMPLY WITH THE
GRADUATION RATES.
IT'S ALSO DEFINED AND FOUND IN THE
CHALLENGING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING AND
DISCOVERY THAT EMBOLDENS OUR STUDENT WITH DISCIPLINARY
KNOWLEDGE AND THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO
PROFOUNDLY ADVANCE AS PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS AS A MULTI-CULTURAL
GLOBAL SOCIETY.
WE KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE IF WE ALLOW OUR DREAM
DRIVEN HARD FOUGHT PROGRESS TO STAGGATE.
CALIFORNIA'S INDUSTRIES CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE
GLOBAL ECONOMY IF WE FAIL TO PRODUCE THE ENGINEERS AND
PROGRAMMERS AND INNOVATORS AND EDUCATORS AND LEADERS OF
TOMORROW AND CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSELY DYNAMIC SOCIETY, THE
ENVY OF THIS COUNTRY AND WORLD WILL NOT THRIVE IF WE PULL BACK
FROM THE PUBLIC MISSION, OUR PUBLIC MISSION TO SERVE, EDUCATE
AND GRADUATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS FROM THE GOLDEN
STATE BUT TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD ON OUR PROGRESS AND INCREASE
MOMENTUM TOWARDS THESE GOALS.
INDEED LAST YEAR THE CSU BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 700 TENURE TRACK
FACULTY, THE LARGEST COHORT IN A DECADE.
AND THE SEARCH FOR AN ADDITIONAL 700 IS UNDER WAY NOW
AND 400 NEW POSITIONS WHEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THAT WE LOST
WITH RETIREMENT.
WE'RE BRINGING MORE STAFF AND PEER ADVISERS AND
REVOLUTIONIZING THE CURRICULUM AND TOOLS AND POST DEVELOPMENT
AND THE SKILLS GAP AND REVITALIZING RESEARCH AND
LEARNING SPACES.
IN NOVEMBER 2016 I AM VERY GRATEFUL
TO THIS BOARD FOR APPROVING A MULTI-YEAR PLAN AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF UP TO $1 BILLION IN FINANCING FOR ACADEMIC PROJECTS
AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING LIFE SAFETY AND SEISMIC NEEDS.
IMPORTANTLY THIS PLAN DID NOT REQUIRE NEW FUNDING FROM THE
STATE OR FROM OUR STUDENTS NOR DID IT REQUIRE THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES TO PULL RESOURCES FROM OTHER NON CAPITAL AREAS OF THE
OPERATING BUDGET.
INSTEAD EXISTING RESOURCES DESIGNATED
FOR CAPITAL NEEDS WERE RESTRUCTURED AND UTILIZED TO
SUPPORT THIS PLAN AND LAST FEBRUARY WE ISSUED THE FIRST
SEIZE OF BONDS UNDER THIS PLAN PROVIDING CAPITAL FUNDING WITH
APPROXIMATELY $204 MILLION FOR PROJECTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH
THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AS YOU WILL HEAR LATER TODAY THE CSU HAS
DOZENS OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
WITH THESE PARTNERSHIPS ALONGSIDE
BOTH PURCHASING AND CONSOLIDATION AND
REVOLUTIONATION AND A PROGRAM WE JUST ANNOUNCED WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE CSU HAS 23 OF THE MOST EFFICIENTLY
EFFECTIVE UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE CSU IS
ROUTINELY CITED AS A NATIONAL LEADER BECAUSE AS YOU WE ALL
KNOW EFFICIENCIES AND COST REDUCTIONS CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.
ONCE YOU BEGIN CUTTING INTO CORE FUNCTIONS CRITICAL SUPPORT
AREAS, QUALITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, VITAL FACULTY OR STAFF THEN THE
DRIVE FOR EFFICIENCY BECOMES A DEATH SPIRAL OF LOST QUALITY AND
LOST CONFIDENCE.
WE CANNOT LET OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SUFFER
THAT FATE.
THIS GETS TO WHY A PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION MATTERS.
IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY, ABOUT SOCIAL ASCENT
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
IT'S ABOUT A STUDENT REACHING AND LIKELY
EXCEEDING THEIR LONG HELD DREAM DRIVEN GOALS.
IT'S ABOUT SELF ACTUALIZATION AND THE BENEFITS
THAT TRANSCEND SELF.
IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERING CALIFORNIANS TO BE
THE MOST SUCCESS VERSION OF WHO THEY ARE SO CALIFORNIA AS A
WHOLE SUCCEEDS.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US.
HECK WE'RE ONLY TWO YEARS INTO THE
TEN YEAR PLAN TO ELIMINATE EQUITY GAPS AND DECREASE TIME TO
EARN A DEGREE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US BECAUSE WE KNOW
WHAT IS AT STAKE.
CERTAINLY THE STATUS QUO WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT
THIS WAY THINKING CAN BE EASY TO FALL BACK ON IF WE'RE NOT
CAREFUL OR COURAGEOUS SO HERE'S MY VIEW OF THE OLD STATUS QUO.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND WITHOUT CHANGE THE 25,000 STUDENTS WHO
ARRIVE AT A CSU CAMPUS IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC
PREPARATION IN MATH ONE IN FOUR WOULD NOT RETURN FOR THEIR
SECOND YEAR.
ONE IN FOUR.
AND OF THAT ONLY 10% WILL GRADUATE
IN FOUR YEARS AND ONLY 35% IN FIVE YEARS AND LESS THAN HALF
WILL GRADUATE AFTER SIX YEARS.
WE CAN ALL AGREE REGARDLESS OF YOUR VIEWS ON SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE ESPECIALLY FOR OUR
UNDERSERVED STUDENTS MATTERS FOR THEIR CHANCES OF EARNING A
EDUCATION AND A DEGREE, SO I ASK WHO ARE WE HELPING?
WHO ARE WE PROTECTING IF WE WERE TO
CONTINUE THE STATUS QUO WHEN BOTH INDIVIDUAL ANECDOTES AND
COMPELLING AGGREGATE DATA INDICATE IT'S NOT WORKING FOR SO
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT CESAR.
LAST MONTH CAPITAL WEEKLY PUBLISHED A
PIECE BY GRADUATE STUDENT AT SACRAMENTO STATE CESAR TORRES.
CESAR WHO SUFFERS FROM DYSLEXIA WROTE ABOUT BEING RAILROADED
INTO A YEAR OF REMEDIAL MATH IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEFORE HE
COULD START THE REQUIREMENT FOR HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN
COMMUNICATIONS.
WHEN HE GOT TO COLLEGE HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT
STATISTICS ABOUT STUDENTS OF COLOR AND MATH REMEDIATION THAT
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE CLASSIFIED AS UNPREPARED AND
OFTEN REQUIRED TO TAKE THREE OR MORE REMEDIAL MATH CLASSES
BEFORE THEY CAN EARN CREDIT FOR COLLEGE LEVEL MATH NOR DID HE
KNOW THAT LESS ONE IN TEN STUDENTS PLACED IN THESE CLASSES
WILL ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE MATH REQUIREMENT FOR A BACHELOR'S
DEGREE, LESS THAN ONE IN TEN, BUT LUCKILY FOR CESAR HIS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AMERICAN RIVER, OFFERED AN INNOVATIVE TWO
SEMESTER PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
MAJORS TO MEET COLLEGE LEVEL QUANTITATIVE REASONING
REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT GETTING STUCK IN THE SEEMING AND
SOMETIMES ACTUALLY CYCLE OF WORK WITHOUT PROGRESS AND BECAUSE OF
THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AND HIS DETERMINATION CESAR WAS ABLE TO
ENROLL IN STATISTICS AT AMERICAN RIVER AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO
AND GRADUATED FROM SAC STATE AND NOW HE'S WELL ON THE WAY TO
EARNING HIS PH.D AND BECOMING A COLLEGE PROFESSOR SO LET'S
IMPROVE THE THOUSAND S OF STORIES LIKE THIS AND INTO DEVELOPMENTAL
EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING WE DO WITH INNOVATION AND COURAGE TO
ENABLE -- TO TRULY ENABLE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS.
LET'S MAKE CESAR'S SUCCESS STORY THE NEW STATUS QUO.
NOW THIS INCREDIBLE TRUTH ABOUT OUR
PROGRESS IS THAT WE'RE MAKING GAINS BY ADDING MORE PROFESSORS,
MORE VISIERS AND COURSES AND WHILE KEEPING COSTS FOR STUDENTS
AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOW AND MANY FACULTY AND STAFF
ACROSS THE CSU ARE HARD AT WORK DESIGNING COURSES TO MAKE SURE
STUDENTS CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDIT BY RECEIVING THE SUPPORT THEY
NEED.
INDEED WE'RE CONSTANTLY PRAISED FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT
NATIONALLY AND ON EDUCATION AND POLLING AND INCLUDING THE RECENT
STUDY OF CALIFORNIAN'S VIEW THAT SHOWED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT
OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS AND VERY FAVORABLE IMPRESSIONS OF THE CSU
AND DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE KEPT FOCUS ON AN
AFFORDABLE COLLEGE DEGREE, THE TUITION RAISING 4.9% WHILE
CREATING ACCESS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 35,000 PELL GRANT
RECIPIENTS, 35,000 STUDENTS WE ADDED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
THAT ARE PELL STUDENTS IS EQUAL TO THE TOTAL COMBINED ENROLLMENT
OF PELL GRANT STUDENTS AT THE EIGHT IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES
PLUS UCLA, UC BERKELEY AND USC.
THAT TOO IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROUD LEGACY.
IN BETWEEN PELL GRANT, CAL GRANT AND CSU
STATE UNIVERSITY GRANTS SOME 2/3 OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THEIR
TUITION COVERED COMPLETELY WITHOUT LOANS.
LET ME REPEAT THAT.
2/3 OF THE STUDENTS DON'T PAY TUITION AFTER FINANCIAL AID.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT STUDENTS NOT JUST PAY TUITION.
THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND
CALIFORNIA IS INDEED EXPENSIVE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IN LINE WITH THE LEGACY TO KEEP
COSTS LOW FOR THE STUDENTS WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY THAT A
QUALITY EDUCATION DOES TAKE RESOURCES, AND IN TODAY'S NEW
NORMAL HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE DAYS OF FULLY SUBSIDIZED TUITION
ARE IN THE PAST.
THE SIMPLE TRUTH THAT SOMEONE ALWAYS PAYS.
IT'S WHO PAYS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME AND MAKE NO MISTAKE WE'RE
THANKFUL FOR INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN THE STATE
APPROPRIATION IN RECENT YEARS YET THE INCREASES AND SUPPORT
FROM THE STATE ARE GOING IN LARGE PART TO HEALTH CARE AND
OTHER MANDATED AND INFLATIONARY COSTS AND EITHER WAY IT'S
PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO WALK UP A DOWN ESCALATOR.
EVEN WITH THE REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN
EFFICIENCY AND COST REDUCTION WE HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DO AND DESCRIBED LATER IN THE MEETING IN THE BUDGET AND
FINANCE REPORT BY STEVE RELYEA.
WE CAN'T PROGRESS TO MEET CALIFORNIA'S NEEDS AND OUR
STUDENT'S EXPECTATIONS OF US.
INDEED WE'RE ON AN UNSUSTAINABLE PATH WAY.
THIS CONCERNS AND SADDENS ME AS A CALIFORNIAN, AS
AN EDUCATOR AND AS YOUR CHANCELLOR AND WHILE THE IDEAIST
SAYS THAT THE STATE WILL TAKE US BACK TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A
PUBLIC INVESTMENT THE REALIST SAYS IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN
OUR LIFETIME AND STILL WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I WILL SAY TO THE
ELECTED LEADERS THE MOMENT TO PROPERLY VEST IN THE CSU IS
OVERDEE AND AS THE TRUSTEES REQUESTED YEAR IN AND YEAR ODD.
WE ARE ALL CALIFORNIANS . IT'S SHOULDN'T BE THE CSU VERSUS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR RESOURCES.
IT SHOULD BE ALL OF US WORKING UTILITIES FOR
CALIFORNIANS WITH A STRONG ECONOMY AND ROBUST STATE COFFERS
AND NEW INDUSTRIES GENERATING BILLIONS IN ADDITIONAL TAXES AND
FEES, ALL DEVELOPMENTS RESULTING IN THE GROWING NEED FOR AN
UNIVERSITY EDUCATED POPULOUS IT'S IMPERATIVE TO INVEST
ADEQUATELYLET FUEL FOR TOMORROW SO THAT THEN LEADS TO OUR VISION
AND IT IS BASED ON SHARED PRIORITIES AND I TRUST IN THE
YEAR AHEAD WE CAN BUILD ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN 2017 TOWARDS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS MAKING SURE THAT MORE STUDENTS
REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR STATUS OR EARNING DEGREES AND
ACHIEVE THE CAREER GOALS AND LIFE'S TRAJECTORY.
ENROLLMENT.
STAYING TRUE TO THE MISSION AND GRADUATING EVERY QUALIFIED
CALIFORNIAN AND NOT TURNING THEM AWAY FROM THE CAMPUSES.
FACILITIES AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WORKING TO REPAIR THE LEARNING AND WORKING
ENVIRONMENTS AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATING FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY
AND AUTHORITY TO BETTER MEET OUR BACKLOGS AND OUR NEEDS AND FAIR
COMPENSATION.
I AM PROUD WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER WITH
OUR UNION PARTNERS LAST YEAR ON NEW AGREEMENTS THAT BETTER
REFLECT OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO BUT OUR VOICES
ARE LOUDEST AND STRONGEST WHEN IN UNISON AND TELL THE PROFOUND
CSU STORY IN OUR THOUSANDS OF VOICES, SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT
THE SHARED PRIORITIES CONTINUES IN 2018 AND THE NEXT DECADE AND
BEYOND?
I BELIEVE THAT THE OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITY FACING
THE CSU AHEAD WILL REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ALONG
STAKEHOLDERS, ALLIES, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS TO SPEAK AS ONE
VOICE FOR OUR VALUES AND MISSION IN SERVICE TO CALIFORNIA AND FOR
CALIFORNIA.
NOVEMBER 2017 I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE
CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT ANNUAL PROGRAM, A THEME WAS AND
IS INSTRUCTIVE FOR TODAY "THE ROAD MAP TO SHARED PROSPERITY."
I JOINED WITH UC PRESIDENT JANET NAPOLITANO AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PRESIDENT CHANCELLOR OAKLEY AND I WAS ASKED WHAT MY PREDICTIONS
FOR 2018?
AND THE FIRST WAS FOR A ALL FINAL FOUR IN BASKETBALL
AND SO FAR SO GOOD BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT THERE WILL BE
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR PLAYERS AND FANS AND COACHES.
MY SECOND PREDICTION FOR 2018 THERE WOULD
BE A FIGHT, A FIGHT FOR RESOURCES, FOR OUR VALUES AND
OUR AS THE MOST DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL
UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION.
I DON'T SAY A FIGHT TOWARDS
DISRESPECT WITH THE ELECTED LEADERS AT ALL.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB WITH
CALIFORNIA'S COMPETING PRIORITY.
WHEN I SAY FIGHT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER
INSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIAS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO AFFIRM THE BELIEF
THAT THE BEST INVESTMENT CALIFORNIA CAN MAKE FOR ITS
PEOPLE IS PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION.
INDEED LIKE SPORTS HOPE IS ETERNAL IN FUNDING
REQUESTS BUT HERE THE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT SUCCEEDING IS
MUCH MORE PROFOUND THAN MERE DISAPPOINTMENT.
IT MEANS LIVE REDIRECTED WITH THE POWER OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY AND SOCIAL
ASCENT LIFTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
IT MEANS LOST HUMAN POTENTIAL.
OUR MISSION THEN HAS BOTH ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL AND MORAL IMPERATIVE AT ITS ROOTS AND LET'S WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
WHEN I SAY FIGHT WE NEED TO STAND AGAINST THE FORCES OF HATE
AND BIGOTRY AND THAT DIVIDE THE SOCIETIES AND YESTERDAY I ISSUED
THE CSU'S STATEMENT OF EXCELLENCE FOR ALL TO PERUSE ON
OUR WEBSITE.
WHEN I SAY FIGHT I MEAN WE NEED TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND IT'S BEEN AN
INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LEGACY ANDAL ALL TIMES AND
UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY
FACING UNDUE HARDSHIPS AND OBSTACLES AND DISCRIMINATION AND
AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY THE CSU IS OUR WAY TO PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
A DECADE AGO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED
HONORARY DEGREES TO STUDENTS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY WHOSE COLLEGE
EDUCATION WAS STOPPED DURING WORLD WAR II WITH FORCED REMOVAL
AND SOME WERE GIVEN POSTHUMOUSLY AND THE CHANCELLOR SAID WE HOPE
TO DO RIGHT IN IN LIGHT OF ALL THE WRONGS AND TODAY WE ARE
WORKING FOR WOMENS' RIGHTS AND FIGHTING AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE ON
CAMPUS AND WE'RE THE FIRST GROUP TO HAVE A TITLE NINE COMPLIANCE
OFFICER TO ACTIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES OF SEX DISCRIMINATION AND
VIOLENCE.
NOW EVERY CSU CAMPUS HAS A DEDICATED TITLE NINE
OFFICER COMMITTED TO GIVE WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND PROMPT
RESPONSES AND A HEARING.
FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY EVERY CAMPUS
HAS RESOURCES AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE AND SAFE
ZONES AND INCLUSIVITY CENTERS AND MORE AND FOR THE DREAMERS
AND EMPLOYEES WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND WITH THE UC AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COMPANIES BIG AND
SMALL AND NATIONAL GROUPS LIKE -- [INAUDIBLE] EVERYONE IN
HIGHER EDUCATION ACROSS THIS COUNTRY CONTINUE TO PUSH
CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO PROTECT OUR DREAMER STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEES.
REGRETTABLY THE NO RESOLUTION ON DACA IS LARGE AND
HAS UNCERTAINTY AND WILL BE A STAIN ON AMERICANS AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS WILL JUDGE US UNKINDLY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
CALLING FOR A PASSIONATE DREAM ACT WITHOUT DELAY AND SENATOR
CAMALA HARRIS HAS IT RIGHT "EVERYDAY WE DON'T PASS THE
DREAM ACT THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR DESPITE THEY DID EVERYTHING
RIGHT" AND I AGREE.
WE KNOW OUR SUCCESS WILL BE WHO WE
INCLUDE AND COMMITMENT TO SHARED PRIORITIES AND VALUES AND
ABILITY TO HAVE SOCIAL ASCENT FOR OUR GRADUATES THIS.
IS OUR VISION AND YET TODAY IT IS
VULNERABLE.
IT IS AT RISK.
WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN COST
AVOIDANCE AND FINDING EFFICIENCIES AT EVERY POSSIBLE
TURN BUT WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SUSTAINED AND PREDICTABLE
RESOURCES WE DO FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND AS A PUBLIC
UNIVERSITY WE BELIEVE RIGHTLY THAT THE ONEROUS FOR NEW
INVESTMENT RESIDES IN THE PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
THE CURRENT TREND IN FUNDING PERSISTS I FEAR MUCH
OF THE PROGRESS WE MADE ALREADY ON THE STUDENT SUCCESS GOALS
WILL STAGNATE AND SLIP.
THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED AUGMENTATION
TO THE STATE APPROPRIATION OF $92 MILLION FOR THE 2018-19 YEAR
IS 1/3 OF THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO FUND THE TOP TIER NEEDS OF THE
CSU AS REFLECTED IN THIS BOARD'S BUDGET REQUESTS OF $283 MILLION
KNEAD JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN NOVEMBER.
AS WE WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THE MEETING THAT
SUGGESTED INCREASE REFLECTS ABOUT 1.4% OF OUR OPERATING
BUDGET, HALF THE RATE OF INFLATIONARY RATE INCREASES
WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.
DURING THE RECESSION THE STATE WAS FORCED TO CUT
$908 MILLION FROM OUR TRUE RECURRING OPERATING BUDGETS,
$908 MILLION.
AND IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT THE STATE SAID
THAT WE WILL RECEIVE 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE PAST
SEVEN YEARS AND FOR CONTEXT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
NUMBER.
$700 MILLION IS EITHER REFUNDS OR PASS-THROUGH COSTS
AND LEAVING THE REST FOR ACTUAL STATE INVESTMENT FOR RECURRING
OPERATION COSTS SINCE THE RECESSIONARY CUTS OF NEARLY AN
IDENTICAL AMOUNT.
MAKE NO BONES WITH IT WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL
FOR THAT INCREASE, BUT IT ONLY GETS US EVEN TO WHERE WE WERE
BEFORE THE RECESSION, AND THAT'S WITHOUT CORRECTING ANYTHING OR
INFLATION OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.
LET'S PUT THAT 900 MILLION OVER THE PAST YEARS
IN FURTHER CONTEXT.
IN 2011 IN 2018 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S
GENERAL FUND INCREASED 59% FROM 84.$8 BILLION TO ONE 35.
$1 BILLION.
THAT MEANS OUR SHARE, THE CSU OF THAT
50.$3 BILLION INCREASE IN NEW SPENDING OVER THE LAST SEVEN
YEARS OUR SHARE WAS LESS THAN 2%.
THIS INVESTMENT BY THE STATE OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS
AND IT WAS BUILDING ON A DOWNWARD TREND OF INVESTMENT
OVER THE LAST DECADES WON'T GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO SERVE
CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIANS AND WON'T ALLOW US TO BE INCLUSIVE
AND DYNAMIC FORCE FOR PROSPERITY AND JUSTICE AND INSTILLED AND
THE FINDINGS BY THE LATE GOVERNOR EDMOND G BROKEN AND
NEVER LOSE TRACK.
WE'RE AN INSTITUTION WHO PRIDES ITSELF ON
WHO IT ADMITS AND GRADUATES RATHER THAN WHO WE TURN AWAY.
WE'RE AN INSTITUTION OF EQUITY AND DISCOVERY AND A SEPT AND
WE'RE KNOWN FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
A UNIVERSITY KNOWN FOR THE CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACT IN
CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND RESEARCH AND
DIRECTED ACTIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS
AND INDUSTRY, ALL ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF
AND ALUMNI.
I AM CONFIDENT REALLY STUBBORNLY OPTIMISTIC
BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF ALL OF THESE GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS
AND PARTNERS IT IS VITAL TO THE MISSION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA PRESENT AND FUTURE AND WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN
ACHIEVING OUR VISION AND CHANGE THE FUNDING DYNAMIC OF STATE
SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO BEND OUR OWN COST CURVE.
IN REGARD LET ME CLOSE THIS MORNING AND LEAVE
YOU WITH A THOUGHT FROM YESTERDAY'S "NEW YORK TIMES" AND
AARON CAROL AN ACADEMIC PHYSICIAN FROM INDIANA HAD THE
QUESTION PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE, IS IT WORTH IT?
DOES IT SAVE MONEY?
AND IN OUR CONTEXT LET'S CHANGE THE WORDS "PREVENTIVE
HEALTH CARE" WITH THE WORDS "CSU EDUCATION."
NOW THIS ARTICLE THAT AARON WROTE WAS
INFLUENCED BY PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES AND FEDERAL POLICY
MAKERS, OPINION PIECES AND IN CONCLUSION PREVENTIVE HEALTH
CARE DOES NOT SAVE MONEY.
LET ME QUOTE "MONEY DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE SAVED TO MAKE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE.
PREVENTION IMPROVES OUTCOMES.
IT MAKES PEOPLE HEALTHIER.
IT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT OFTEN DOES SO FOR A VERY REASONABLE PRICE.
THERE ARE MANY GOOD ARGUMENTS FOR
FOCUSING THE EFFORTS ON PREVENTION AND ALMOST HAVE TO DO
WITH IMPROVING QUALITY WHILE NOT REDUCING SPENDING.
WE WOULD DO WELL TO ADMIT THAT AND MOVE
FORWARD.
SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS COST MONEY" AND ONE OF THE
READERS IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" BROUGHT A SMILE TO ME "THIS IS
TRULY AN INSTANCE OF KNOWING THE COST OF EVERYTHING AND THE VALUE
OF NOTHING."
NOW WITH THE WORD EXCHANGE I SUGGEST AND
EXCHANGING CSU EDUCATION FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE.
A CSU EDUCATION IMPROVE OUTCOMES.
IT MAKES PEOPLE ABLE TO ASCEND
SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.
IT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT OFTEN DOES SO FOR A VERY
REASONABLE PRICE.
THERE ARE MANY GOOD ARGUMENT% INCREASING
OUR FOCUS ON A CSU EDUCATION.
ALMOST HAVE TO DO WITH IMPROVING QUALITY THOUGH NOT REDUCING
STENDING.
WE WOULD DO WELL TO ADMIT THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.
SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS COST MONEY.
THE CSU IS A GOOD THING.
IT IS A VERY GOOD THING.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE.
IT IS A CALLING TO BE A PART OF.
AMAZING PEOPLE DOING AMAZING THINGS THAT TRULY
HAPPENS AND WIOA THE STATE OF THE CSU IS STRONG.
THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]
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THANK YOU.
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