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>>IMAGINE A CALIFORNIA WHERE PEOPLE LEARN HOW
TO SOLVE THE GREATEST TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME.
IMAGINE A CALIFORNIA
WHERE PREMIUM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS ABUNDANTLY
AVAILABLE TO ALL.
IMAGINE A CALIFORNIA WHERE YOUR IMAGINATION CAN BE HARNESSED
TO REACH THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
NOW YOU CAN STOP IMAGINING BECAUSE THAT WORLD HAS EXISTED
FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.
THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS
OF WORKING FOR CALIFORNIA.
IN THAT HALF CENTURY, THE CSU HAS GROWN AND MATURED ALONG
WITH CALIFORNIA'S CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WITH THE CSU SYSTEM HELPING TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION,
CALIFORNIA IS NOW RATED AS ONE
OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD.
THROUGH ITS MANY GRADUATES, THE CSU CONTRIBUTES SUCCESSFULLY
TO OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT IS THE CSU'S ALUMNI WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN TODAY'S WORLD.
>>I THINK THE IMPACT OF THE CSU
IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE.
BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP
AND WE REALLY STRUGGLED.
AND THE FACT THAT I HAD ACCESS TO THIS EDUCATION
AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO GO
THROUGH THE SYSTEM, GET A DEGREE, AND THEN COME
OUT IN THE END AS A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER
OF CALIFORNIA SOCIETY IS A TRIBUTE TO THE SYSTEM.
>>I WOULD SAY THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS
IN THE LAST 30-40 YEARS HAVE ALL STARTED FROM CALIFORNIA,
THEN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BENEFITS.
NOW THE REST OF THE WORLD IS BENEFITING FROM IT.
THESE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS REALLY COME
OUT OF THE ENGINEERS PRODUCED BY UNIVERSITIES
LIKE CAL STATE LA YOU KNOW?
BUT I DON'T THINK THE COLLEGES ARE REALLY GETTING THE TYPE
OF RESOURCES THAT THEY SHOULD BE GETTING.
>>FOR US TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL WORLD,
WE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO CAMPUSES AND PROGRAMS
THAT THE CSU SYSTEM OFFERS AND HAS BEEN OFFERING
FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.
THE CSU CAN BE A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DETERMINING
WHERE WE GO AS WE MOVE IN TO THIS 21ST CENTURY;
WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE
AND AT THE CUTTING EDGE OR WHETHER WE'RE NOT GOING TO
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THE CSU SYSTEM OVERALL.
>>GROWING UP IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES
IN NOT A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY, MY OPTIONS WERE FAIRLY LIMITED.
IT PROVIDED A FOUNDATION AND A STRUCTURE FOR ME TO BUILD
ON AS I GREW IN MY CAREER.
THERE'S NOT A DAY IN MY LIFE THAT I DON'T DRAW ON SOME
OF THAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
THAT I GAINED AT DOMINGUEZ HILLS.
IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ME AND I JUST HOPE THAT IT CONTINUES
TO EXIST IN THE FUTURE.
>>THE FACT THAT YOU SEE GRADUATES WORKING
AND BEING SELF-PRODUCTIVE IN SUCH A VAST NUMBER
OF AREAS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE VALUE OF THE CSU.
IT WILL LIKELY ALWAYS BE A CHALLENGE
TO YOU KNOW SUSTAIN THE CSU SYSTEM.
>>THE JOBS THAT WERE AROUND WHEN I GRADUATED DON'T EXIST.
THE JOBS THAT ARE NOW HERE
THAT ARE THE BIG HOT JOBS DIDN'T EXIST BACK THEN.
WE WEREN'T TRYING FOR A LITTLE CUBBY HOLE JOB.
WE WEREN'T TRAINED FOR A SPECIFIC POSITION,
WE WERE TRAINED WITH THE BASIC SKILLS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE
TO ADAPT TO WHATEVER WE COULD DO ONCE WE GOT
OUT INTO THE CHANGING JOB MARKET.
THIS PROVIDES PEOPLE A LEVEL OF EDUCATION
THAT YOU JUST CAN'T FIND.
IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>>YOU KNOW FOR ME I THINK IF I WAS IN ANOTHER STATE,
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE HIGH TECH AREA,
MAY NOT HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE.
IT REALLY KIND OF OPENED
UP TO ME YOU KNOW JUST THE ABILITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE.
AND ALL THE NEW BUSINESSES ARE...A LOT
OF THEM ARE VERY HIGH TECH.
AND THEY KIND OF JUST...YOU KNOW A GOOD EDUCATION, YOU JUST KIND
OF GET IN THE DOOR AND I THINK THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
FEEDS THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING
TO SEE WHAT THE CSU SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED 50 YEARS
FROM NOW, YOU KNOW 100 YEARS.
>>THE CSU IS AN INVESTMENT IN CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE.
THE LIFETIME VALUE OF A CSU DEGREE WILL ALWAYS OUTWEIGH
THE COST.
THE QUALITY OF A CSU EDUCATION
AND THE MANY DOORS IT OPENS ARE WORTH FAR MORE
THAN THE ACTUAL EXPENSE.
IT IS THE CSU THAT MAKES CALIFORNIA BETTER, STRONGER,
AND ECONOMICALLY SOUND.
IMAGINE A CALIFORNIA WHICH CONTINUES TO PUT ITS CONFIDENCE
AND TRUST IN THE CSU FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
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