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STUDENTS GETTING A GOOD AND
SOLID EDUCATION.
THE CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS, IN
FACT, IS NOT JUST ABOUT CAN THEY
AFFORD COLLEGE, BUT CAN THEY
AFFORD NOT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
PARTICULARLY POOR AND MINORITY
STUDENTS.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE
DOING ALL THEY CAN DO TO HELP
STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS
BEYOND THE DREAM.
GOING TO COLLEGE IS A DREAM FOR
MANY STUDENTS.
IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, IT CAN BE
TOUGH.
FINDING THE FINANCIAL AID TO
AFFORD COLLEGE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
STATES HAVE ALL REDUCED COLLEGE
FUNDING.
BLACK AND HISPANIC LATINO
STUDENTS FIND THEMSELVES
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED.
>> LET'S PUT A SQUEEZE ON A
NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS AND A
SQUEEZE ON OUR UNIVERSITIES.
AND A NUMBER OF THE HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGES HAVE LOST A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF
AFFORDABILITY.
>> HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH
CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY.
AN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE IN
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.
IT HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF 3,400
STUDENTS.
DOWN FROM 4,500 A YEAR AGO.
THE DECLINE, AS HE POINTS OUT,
DUE TO FUNDING.
THE DECLINE COMPANIES AT A TYPE
WHEN DESERVING STUDENTS NEED
COLLEGE MORE NOW THAN EVER TO
COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
>> SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WORKING REAL HARD TO TRY TO FIND
NEW SOURCES OF FUNDS.
WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND
PHILANTHROPIC POSSIBILITIES,
GOING OUT, MEETING WITH ALUMS,
ENCOURAGING THEM TO GIVE BACK TO
THE UNIVERSITIES.
WE'RE WORKING, PUTTING OUR
EMPHASIS RIGHT NOW.
>> FINDING MORE FUNDING WAS ONE
OF SEVERAL TOPICS DISCUSSED AT
THE WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES CONFERENCE HELD
THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
EACH OF THE SCHOOLS ARE FOCUSED
ON HOW TO MAKE SURE DESERVING
STUDENTS HAVE THEIR CHANCE TO GO
TO COLLEGE.
>> WHEN THE NEWSLETTERS GET SENT
OUT TO ASK FOR MONEY, THAT YOU
ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES OF
THE DAY.
AND HOW, AS AN INSURANCE TUGS,
YOU ARE ENGAGED AT THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, THE POLICY
MAKING PROCESS.
HOW THEY CAN, IN ADDITION TO
GIVING TO THE COLLEGE, GIVE BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE IN
THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
>> THE TOP THING IS TO WORK
HARD, GET A GOOD EDUCATION,
GRADUATE AND CONTRIBUTE THEIR
SKILLS AND TALENTS TO MAKING THE
WORLD BETTER.
A HANDS-ON KIND OF COLLEGE
PRESIDENT WHO CONSTANTLY
ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PURSUE
THEIR DREAMS BECAUSE HE BELIEVES
IN THEM.
>> I TOLD THEM TO BE FEARLESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DARK
DAYS AND DARK NIGHTS.
THEY MUST LOOK THOSE
DIFFICULTIES IN THE EYE, EMBRACE
THOSE DIFFICULTIES AND GO
FORWARD.
SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE I GIVE
TO MY STUDENTS.
I TELL THEM THAT THEIR SUCCESS
IS MY SUCCESS AND THEIR SUCCESS
IS MY SUCCESS SO WE'RE IN IT
TOGETHER.
>> HOW DO YOU STRENGTHEN THE
AMERICAN DREAM FOR THESE
STUDENTS?
>> OUR STUDENTS ARE SO ENGAGED,
THEY'RE SO EXCITED, THEY'RE SO
ENTHUSIASTIC.
THAT'S WHY IT IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY, MY
RESPONSIBILITY, TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE
THEIR DREAMS.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE HIS ENERGY
AS WELL AS HIS TENACITY.
YOU KNOW, BACK A LONG TIME AGO,
JAMIE, WE TALKED ABOUT A MIND IS