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TONIGHT ON INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII, WELL LOOK AT THE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
AS IT EMERGES FROM THE STEVIE WONDER BLUNDER AFTERMATH.
HOW IS THE UNIVERSITY IMPROVING OVERSIGHT, REFOCUSING ON ITS STRATEGIC GOALS AND BOLSTERING
PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO ADVANCE THE STATES ECONOMY.
NOW, LIVE IN OUR STUDIO, OUR HOST, DAN BOYLAN. >> ALOHA AND WELCOME TO INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII.
IM DAN BOYLAN. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HANDLING OF LAST SUMMERS
STEVIE WONDER CONCERT SCAM RESULTED IN A CALL FOR REFORMS THIS GOVERNMENT IN OPERATIONS.
STATE LEGISLATURE IS NOW CONSIDERING MEASURES TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY AT THE
UNIVERSITY. HOW ARE THE UNIVERSITY LEADERS THEMSELVES
ADDRESSING THE QUESTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY? MORE IMPORTANT, WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN HEAD
TO MEET THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF ONE OF THE LARGEST INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE?
10 CAMPUS ITS SPREAD OVER FOUR ISLANDS AND ENROLLING OVER 60,000 STUDENTS IN A RAPIDLY
CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. WHAT ROLE DOES THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PLAY
IN DEVELOPING AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE? HOW IS THE CURRICULUM EVOLVING IN ORDER TO
TRAIN OUR FUTURE WORK FORCE AND WHAT NEW PROGRAMS PROMISE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION FOR
HAWAIIS PEOPLE? JOINING US IN OUR STUDIO IS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND TWO EDUCATION ADVOCATES IM CALLING
THEM. WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION
BY CALLING IN, E MAILING OR TWEETING YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
OR YOU CAN JOIN OUR LIVE BLOG. CONTACT WILL BE SHOWN REGULARLY THROUGHOUT
THE PROGRAM. INSIGHTS IS ALSO STREAMING LIVE ON YOUR COMPUTER
AND WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AFTER THE BROADCAST.
NOW TO OUR PANEL. M.R.C. GREENWOOD BECAME THE 14TH PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII IN AUGUST 2009 AND IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS U.H.S CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. SHE HAS ALSO SERVED AS PROVOST AND SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM, AND CHANCELLOR
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ. PRESIDENT GREENWOOD GRADUATED FROM VASSAR
COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HER PH.D. FROM ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY.
NOT UNIVERSITY BUT GOOD. HOLZMAN IS ONE OF 15 MEMBERS ON THE UNIVERSITY
OF BOARD OF REGENTS. GORANING BODY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM.
NOMINATED BY THE REGENTS CANDIDATE ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND CONFIRMED
BY THE LEGISLATURE. THEY SERVE FOR STATIONER TERMS WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
JOHN IS A RETIRED DIPLOMAT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE ASIA PACIFIC AND MIDDLE
EAST REGIONS. ALLEN UYEDA IS PRESIDENT AN CEO OF FIRST INSURANCE
COMPANY OF HAWAII. HE IS ACTIVE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PRESENCE
FOCUSING UPON IMPROVING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CREATING A MORE KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY.
TOWARDS THOSE ENDS, ALLEN SUPPORTS BUILDING MORE LINKS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY R&D AND BUSINESSES
AND FOSTERS U.H. COMMERCIAL COLLABORATION BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS.
LESLIE WILKINS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF WORK FORCE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE
MAUI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. NONPROFIT FOR COMMUNITY ACHIEVING BALANCED
ECONOMY FOR ITS COMMUNITIES OF MAUI, LANAI, MOLOKAI WITH EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY. AND ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
WELL TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT ONE. BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HAWAII INNOVATION
INITIATIVE, IT IS THE MAJOR CONCERN OF YOURS AND ONE THAT YOU SEE AS THE FUTURE OF UNIVERSITY
OF OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. COULD YOU GIVE IT TO US IN A NUTSHELL?
>> OKAY. WELL, IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT THE HAWAII INNOVATION
INITIATIVE IS STRIVING TO DO IS TO BUILD THAT THIRD LEG OF THE ECONOMY.
THATS STATE OF HAWAII SO BADLY NEEDS. ALL THE ECONOMIC ANALYSES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED
AT THE ROUNDTABLE AND IN OTHER PUBLIC FORUMS SHOW THAT WE ARE BALANCED DELICATELY ON TWO
MAJOR, INDUSTRIES IF YOU WILL, TOURISM AND THE MILITARY.
WE NEED TO GROW THE PIE. WE NEED TO BUILD ANOTHER SECTOR.
WE HAVE A PRETTY FLOURISHING SECTOR IN THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS
RESEARCH INDUSTRY THAT WEVE BUILT. AND WEVE DONE THAT OVER A DECADE.
WITH A LOT OF OTHER CHALLENGES TO DO. AND WED LIKE TO DOUBLE IT.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE DO DOUBLE IT, IT WILL CREATE BETWEEN AROUND 8,000 NEW WELL
PAYING JOBS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE
FOR YOUR KIDS TO WORK ONCE THEY GET THEIR DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
THATS THE CORE OF IT. I CAN DISCUSS MORE DETAIL YOU WANT MORE.
>>DAN: AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE THIS BILLION DOLLARS IN RESEARCH MONEY BY
2022. SO OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
ANOTHER 10 YEAR PERIOD. IF YOU TALK TO SOME OF OUR SUPPORTERS, THEY
WANT US TO DO IT IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS. IM BEING A BIT MORE REALISTIC.
>>DAN: LAST FEW WEEKS, AROUND HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IMPACT ON THE HAWAIIS ECONOMY WILL
COME FROM THE DEATH OF SENATOR INOUYE. WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE STATE ECONOMY FROM
SEQUESTRATION AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WERE GOING TO SEE MORE CUTS IN FEDERAL BUDGET OVER
THE NEXT 10 YEARS. A LOT OF OUR MONEY, HOW CAN THIS BE?
HOW CAN WE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER DOUBLE OUR RESEARCH MONEY IN THAT TIME?
>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID LEARN FROM SENATOR INOUYE WAS SORT OF THE ACADEMIC
ANALOGY TOO. YOU CAN GIVE A MAN OR FISH OR YOU CAN TEACH
A MAN TO FISH. AND WHAT I BELIEVE THE SENATOR DID FOR THE
UNIVERSITY WAS TO TEACH US HOW TO BE BE COMPETITIVE AND HOW TO BRING OUR OWN RESOURCES TO THE
STATE. NOW, I THINK YOURE RIGHT OF THE I THINK THAT
THE FEDERAL PICTURE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOUGH, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO DO RESEARCH.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT A LOT OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRY PEOPLE SAY ABOUT WHAT THE COUNTRY HAS TO DO
TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC POSITION, WE HAVE GOT TO DO RESEARCH.
WE HAVE TO GOT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE NEW THINGS.
WEVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS GLOBAL ECONOMY IN OUR STATES.
HAWAII IS VERY WELL POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO GAIN NOT JUST FROM OUR OWN ECONOMY, BUT
FROM THE GROWING ECONOMIES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
WERE BETTER POSITIONED THAN MANY STATES FOR BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIPS NOT JUST STUDENT
EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT REAL GENERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
>> A LOT OF RESEARCHERS BRING IN 10 TO $20 MILLION SO THAT THEY WILL HELP GROW THE ECONOMY.
ITS NOT A DRAIN ON THE ECONOMY. ITS A BUILDING OF THE ECONOMY.
AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS ALSO TRIED TO SUPPORT M.R.C. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CANCER CENTER
HAS GOTTEN AND HI CARE HAS HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT $17 MILLION FROM HPH, QUEENS.
>> HI CARE. >> ITS A FUND.
INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE RESEARCH. HERE IN HAWAII.
BY HAWAIIANS. >> THAT HELPS PAY FOR THESE RESEARCHERS WHO
THEN HELP I HAD KATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DOCTORS, PROVIDE WORLD CLASS CARE AND ALSO
LEAD RESEARCH TEAMS. >>DAN: JOHN MENTIONED
ASIA PACIFIC REGION. >> THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE DONE SOMEBODY ALREADY IN VIETNAM AND ESPECIALLY STRONG IN NORTH ASIA, CHINA, AND
KOREA AND JAPAN. AND IN INDONESIA AND WERE ALSO LOOKING NOW
AT SOUTH ASIA. YES, THERE IS FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR
US THERE. ID LIKE TO ADD ONCE MORE ON THE RESEARCH DOLLARS
THAT EACH TIME WE DO GET ONE OF THESE RESEARCH GRANTS, THERES A MULTIPLIER FOR OUR ECONOMY.
SO THATS CREATING JOBS IN AND OF ITSELF. AND SO ITS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN EITHER.
>>DAN: LESLIE, YOU FOLKS OVER ON MAUI HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.
YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO EXACTLY THAT. IT TRY TO BALANCE AWAY FROM TOURISM AND AGRICULTURE,
WHICH IS ONE PLANTATION LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF MAUI.
>> ON MAU. >> CENTRAL PLAIN.
ABSOLUTELY. >>DAN: HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE YOU BEEN.
I THINK WEVE MADE BIG IN ROADS. AS A MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
WERE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ABOUT THE HAWAII INNOVATION INITIATIVE BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED,
IT ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION TO HELP DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY, TO HELP BUILD DIFFERENT KINDS
OF JOBS AND WHAT THE TWO TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DRIVERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, SO
IT WILL HOPEFULLY KEEP THEM HOME, BRING THEM BACK HOME, TO PERPETUATE OUR CULTURE AND GROW
OUR COMMUNITY. SO WEVE HAD LOTS OF SUCCESS.
JOBS IN HIGH TECH INDUSTRY, RESEARCH, INNOVATION SECTOR, HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
>>DAN: TECH PARK THERE. >> WE DO.
ITS LOCATED IN SOUTH MAUI. IN KIHEI.
ITS THE MAUI RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK. THE MAUI HIGH PERFORM ANGST COMPUTING ANCHORS
THAT WITH LOTS OF SPIN OFFACTIVITY. LAST FIVE YEARS, HUGE GROWTH IN THE I.T. AREA.
I.T. SECTOR DOING A LOT OF WORK IN MEDICAL RESEARCH.
>>DAN: SEEMS TO ME THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH
THE UNIVERSITY CAN HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 40 YEARS IN THE STATE, HAS THAT IN FACT HAPPENED
ANY WHERE NEAR THE DEGREE ANYWHERE WISH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WISHES.
>> NO. BUSINESS COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE UNIVERSITY
HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT. WERE THRILLED TO SEE M.R.C. HERE, BECAUSE
OF HER VISION TO GROW THE RESEARCH PART OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ALSO SHE HAD HELPED UNIVERSITY
GROW IN MANY OTHER WAYS. IMPROVED THE GRADUATION RATE OF THE SORT OF
UNDERSERVED PORTIONS OF THE POPULATION, INCLUDING NATIVE HAWAIIANS.
SHES HELPED US GET THROUGH RECESSION BY A LOT OF THE THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND FIRST INSURANCES STANDPOINT, WE CONTINUE
TO HIRE A LOT OF THE U.H. GRADUATES AND LOOK TO THEM TO BE OUR FUTURE LEADERS.
HAD HE WHICH THIS THERES A LOT OF UNTAPPED COMMUNITY IN THE HAWAII INNOVATION INITIATIVE.
THATS SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE WE ABSOLUTELY NEED.
IF WE HAVE $28 BILLION OF DEBT FOR PENSIONS AND HEALTH CARE.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE FEEL TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM IS TO GROW THE ECONOMY.
WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED A STRONG TOURISM INDUSTRY.
WERE GOING TO NEED TO KEEP THE MILITARY HERE. BUT WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER SECTOR.
IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, YOU LOCK AROUND THE UNITED STATES, AREAS THAT LIVE HAVE GREAT
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. >>DAN: I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT YOU WANT TO HIRE
50 AS I SEE IT, 50 HOT SHOTS OR 50 LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD.
RIGHT? >> WELL,.
>>DAN: YOU DONT GET HOT SHOTS FOR UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SALARIES.
IM A HISTORIAN OF COURSE. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY PAY US.
BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PAY? I KNOW YOU HAD ONE, DELONG.
>> YES. >>DAN: FROM M.I.T.
BUT THESE GUYS DONT COME CHEAPE. >> WELL, IT IS TRUE.
THAT IF YOU ARE GOING DO ATTRACT NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO
COME HERE TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS AND WORK TO BUILD A PROGRAM HERE, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
AN INEXPENSIVE POPULATION. IF THEY REALLY ARE VERY GOOD AND CAN BRING
THE RESEARCH PROGRAMS WITH THEM BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
THEYRE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH. THEYLL BRING IN AT LEAST A FEW MILLION, TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THATS CERTAINLY COVERS THE COST OF BRINGING THEM HERE INITIALLY.
BUT ITS NOT I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE NOT TO FOCUS JUST ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE MIGHT HIRE
BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT OF HOW WE WOULD DO IT.
THE OTHER PART IS GROWING OUR OWN. PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE THAT CAN WORK
WITH THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP. NOW, THE BEST EXIST HAVE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW
IS CANCER CENTER WHERE WE ARE SUDDENLY FINDING THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW FACILITY, BECAUSE
WE HAVE SOME VERY HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE INVESTIGATORS AND WE HAVE THE DESIGNATION AS A NATIONAL
CANCER CENTER, PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD NOW WANT TO COME TO HAWAII.
SOME OF THEM AND I THINK OUR CANCER DIRECTOR HAS GOT A VERY GOOD IDEA HERE, GET SOME OF
THEM TO COME FOR A YEAR. GET THEM TO KNOW OUR PEOPLE AND HELP WRITE
GRANTS, GET THEM TO DEVELOP JOBS AND PRODUCTS AND PROBLEMS PROCESSES HERE AND THEN THEY
CAN GO BACK AND WELL STILL HAVE THAT CONNECTION. SOMEBODY ELSE CAN COME.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISLAND ECONOMY, THINKING THIS WAY OF HOW DO YOU CONTINUAL TO EXTRACT
INFORMATION AND HELP FROM OTHER PLACES CAN BE A VERY USEFUL WAY LOOKING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE INNOVATION INITIATIVE, ITS NOT JUST ABOUT
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS IN THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY. ITS ABOUT WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
AND IN THE BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTIONS TO BUILD THOSE PATHWAYS AND CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FIND VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE ABOUT BEING HERE IN HAWAII IS WE DO HAVE A
INTEGRATED SYSTEM. WE KNOW AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW YOURSELF, WE
KNOW HOW TO TAKE STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGH TO A BACCALAUREATE OR GIVE
THEM A CERTIFICATE OR 2 YEAR DEGREE THAT WILL HELP THEM GET JOBS.
>> ITS MUSIC TO OUR HEARS TO HEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF PRESIDENT SAY WE CAN BE A STATE OF THE
ART TOP KNOX RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND STILL VALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND WORK
HORSE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE. THEYRE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
TO HEAR THE TOP NOTCH PEOPLE SHES ATTRACTING AS WELL AS GROWING OUR OWN, WELL BE TEACHING
OUR STUDENTS. THATS REALLY IMPORTANT AND NOT ALL PRESIDENTS
HAVE THAT SAME MISSION AND VIEW. SO THE WE COMMEND HER FOR THAT BECAUSE THATS
WHAT WE NEED TO OUR COMMUNITY. >>DAN: I AM A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT I WORKED
IN THE U.H. SYSTEM FOR A LONG TIME. ITS MANOA CENTRIC.
RESEARCH ORIENTATION IS GROWING RESEARCH. I CANT ARGUE WITH THAT.
THATS MANOA CENTRIC ACTIVITY. >> LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT.
HOW DOES THAT SPILL OVER ON TO MAUI? >> THATS DIRECTED TO THE NEIGHBOR ISLAND MEMBER
OF THE PANEL. YES, WE HAVE USED THE TERM OAHU CENTRIC BEFORE.
IT HAS COME FROM OUR BECAUSE WE ARE A SYSTEM AND THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS WHAT A GREAT
ASSET AND ADVANTAGE THAT IS, THINK THERES BEEN A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN ARTICULATION FROM
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ON THE NEIGHBOR ISLAND TO COMPLETER BACCALAUREATE DEGREES AT MANOA
AND WERE OFFERING MORE BACCALAUREATE DEGREES AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
GREAT EXAMPLE OF NEIGHBOR ISLAND COMPONENT OF THE U.H. SYSTEM.
SO WE DONT LIKE TO USE THE TERM SPILLOVER. WE LIKE TO USE THE TERM THAT WERE A STRATEGIC
PARTNER IN GROWING THE RESEARCH COMPONENT BECAUSE THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS ARE GREAT TEST
BEDS FOR A LOT OF THE RESEARCH THAT WEVE DONE ESPECIALLY IN CLEAN ENERGY.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT THE U.H. SYSTEM AND WE LOOK AT IT IS DISBURSED
AMONG THE NUMBER OF ISLANDS. THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS A VIRTUE.
WE HAVE ONE SYSTEM. WE CAN BREAK PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT ISLANDS
BRING PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT ISLANDS AND STREAM THEM INTO MANOA OR WEST OAHU OR U.H.
HILO IF YOURE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THIS IS WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THE ARTICULATION
THAT LESLIE MENTIONED. ARTICULATION MEANS IF YOU TAKE AN ENGINEERING
COURSE, AT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THATS GOING TO TRANSFER TO THE FOUR YEARBOOK
LAUREATE COLLEGE AND THATS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THIS WAS ANISH AYOU IN THE PAST. THATS RIGHT.
I THINK DEFINITELY, I HAVE SEEN THAT. MORE ARTICULATION.
>> WE MADE PROGRESS ON THAT. WORKING IN PRACTICE NOW WHAT THE BOARD WOULD
LIKE TO SEE DONE IS THAT GO FROM PRACTICE AND A HANDSHAKE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND THE 4 YEAR COLLEGES INTO POLICY. SO THAT ITS GOING TO BE PERPETUATED INTO THE
FUTURE. THATS SOMETHING WE CAN DO AND YOU WERE MENTIONING
THE IDEA OF REFORM AND THAT IS ONE REFORM THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.
>> LET ME JUST MAKE ANOTHER POINT WHICH IS THAT WHILE FACULTY ARE INSTITUTIONALLY IDENTIFIED,
THE WORK THEY DO ON THE BIG PROBLEMS FACING HAWAII TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.
IF YOURE DOING CLIMATE CHANGE, IT DOESNT YOUR RESEARCH IS HAPPENING IN OAHU.
IT MAY BE IN MAUI. IT MAY BE OVER ON THE BIG ISLAND.
IT MIGHT BE AT MOLOKAI. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE RESEARCH PROJECT PEOPLE
ARE OFTEN PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THAT ISLAND. SO IT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
>>DAN: YOU WORKED WITH COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN BUSINESS AND THE UNIVERSITY.
WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN SUCCESSFUL? WE STARTED OUT I THINK, STARTED OFF WITH THE
WRONG QUESTION. AND SAYING, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE?
WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN SUCCESSFUL THAT YOU THINK THE UNIVERSITY HAS REALLY INJECTED ENERGY
AND NEW KNOWLEDGE INTO THE BUSINESS SECTOR? >> WELL, I MEAN, THE CANCER CENTER IS ONE
AREA. FIRST INSURANCE HAS WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS WITH THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. WEVE SEEN A BIG CHANGE THERE.
AS SHIDLERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS HAS STRENGTHENED, BECOME ONE OF THE TOP 25 BUSINESS SCHOOL IN
THE COUNTRY. WEVE FUNDED PROFESSORSHIP IN RISK MANAGEMENT.
SO THE UNIVERSITY HAS SHOWN IT TOO IS REACHING AU THE.
JUST AS BUSINESS COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES ITS FUTURE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THE UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY HAS ALSO SORT OF OPENED UP TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, TRIED TO UNDERSTAND OUR
NEEDS. AND TRY TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS GET PREPARED
TO HAVE REWARDING CAREERS. AND PART OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BUSINESS
ROUNDTABLE IS TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMY WHERE MORE OF THOSE STUDENTS CAN HAVE CAREERS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO LIVES IN HAWAII. PART OF THE INTEREST BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE HAS
IN ALL THE WORK THAT MRC IS LEADING, FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A DINNER, I THINK YOU MIGHT
HAVE BEEN THERE, WHERE THEY HAD A NUMBER OF VERY HIGHLY MOTIVATED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THEY HAD THEM ON THE STAGE AND ASKED THEM, WHAT THEY SAW FOR THEIR FUTURE.
NONE OF THEM ENVISIONED COMING BACK TO HAWAII. THEY WERE ALL, THEYRE GOING OFF TO THE MAINLAND
TO GO TO SCHOOL. AND THEY THOUGHT HAWAII IS NOT GOING DO PROVIDE
THEM WITH THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES OR THE STANDARD OF LIVING THEY COULD HAVE UP THERE.
I THINK THAT THE HAWAII INNOVATION INITIATIVE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT.
>> ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HPR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD ITS ACROSS THE STATE, WHAT WE DO BEST
IS THAT WE ARE A BRIM, INTERSECTION TO BRINGING OUR INDUSTRY MEMBERS, OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS
TO ACTUALLY INTO THE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT TO OFFER INTERNSHIPS AND PRACTICUMS, TO BE
MENTORS TO FACULTY AND TO STUDENTS, TO SHOW THE EMERGING JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE RIGHT
HERE AT HOME THAT WE HAVE GREAT I THINGS HAPPENING HERE THAT CAN COMPETE WITH THE CAREER PATHWAYS
THAT MIGHT BE ATTRACTING OUR STUDENT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY CHANGE WHAT WAS
ON THE STAGE THAT NIGHT. >> JUST THE OTHER DAY, I WAS TALKING TO THE
CEO OF THE NATIONAL SPACE FOUNDATION. IRONICALLY, HES A KAMEHAMEHA GRADUATE.
UNIVERSITY OF MANOA, HAWAII AT MANOA GRADUATE AND HE SAID, HE HAD TO LEAVE HERE BECAUSE
INTEREST IN SPACE AND HE WANTED TO EAT. SO HE SAID SAY HE DIDNT HAVE A CHOICE BUT
TO PURSUE HIS DREAMS ELSEWHERE. AND HE CAME BACK AND HE WAS EXPLAINING HOW
THIS THE IMPACT HAWAII. HE WAS FOCUSING PARTLY ON THE BIG ISLAND SAYING
BECAUSE OF THE LANDSCAPE THERE, THERES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT TECHNOLOGY THATS
THEY WOULD ENVISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION. USING 3 DIMENSIONAL PRINTING, SOME OF THE
MATERIALS THATS ON THE BIG ISLAND. TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONSTRUCT HOUSING
OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY MAY NEED ON LONG SPACE TRIP.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN DOING THIS KIND OF RESEARCH, IT CREATES, WOULD BE AFFECT THE
UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY, BUT IT ALSO WOULD CREATE THE SPACE INDUSTRY WOULD
ALSO CREATE JOBS FOR CONTRACTORS, WELDERS, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NEED TO CREATE A WHOLE
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IT GOES BEYOND THE UNIVERSITY TO SOCIETY
AT LARGE. >>DAN: LET ME LOOK AT THIS JUST FROM A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. AT THE UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE THE NATIONAL CANCER
CENTER. WE HAVE THE MED SCHOOL.
WE HAVE THE NURSING SCHOOL. WE HAVE THE DANIEL K. INOUYE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.
RIGHT NOW, THE UNIVERSITY IS PROBABLY THE ONE INSTITUTION IN THIS STATE OR ONE OF A
VERY FEW INSTITUTIONS THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN INNOVATION TO
CHANGE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A ROLE IN THE
MEDICAL SCHOOL NOW HAS A ROLE IN AND WILL HAVE TO COULD IT IN THE FUTURE.
THE CANCER CONSORTIUM HERE IN HAWAII WAS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE HAVE TO GO FURTHER. BUT THAT IS ONE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A ROLE,
LEADERSHIP ROLE AND WE SHOULD BE TAKING THAT. >> WELL, YOU REFERRED TO YOURSELF AS THE HISTORIAN
AND I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT IN THE AREA. >>DAN: IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING.
>> CREATING HISTORY AS WELL. BUT THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR UNIVERSITY ARE
ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IN HELPING TO DEVELOP POLICY.
HEALTH CARE POLICY IS ONE AREA. RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, HOW ARE WE REALLY
GOING TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE ON AN ISLAND WHERE WE CANT JUST CHOOSE TO MOVE INLAND,
WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY DEAL WITH IT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE ACID IF I CASE
OF THE OCEAN IS CHANGING. AS DAVID CARL ONE OF OUR SCIENCE FACULTY LIKES
TO REMIND ME ON A REGULAR BASIS. EVERY FOURTH BREATH YOU TAKE IS THE CONSEQUENCE
OF THE MICROROBES IN THE OCEAN. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR SCIENTISTS
ARE THE LEADING EXPERTS ON. SO EVERY FOURTH BREATH, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT
IT TO BE ONLY THREE BREATHS INSTEAD OF EVERY FOUR THAT YOU WANT.
SO THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY IMPORTANT. ITS NOT JUST THE NERDY SCIENCE.
ITS THAT THEY ACTUALLY IMPACT THE BEHAVIOR AND TO THE EXTENT IS THAT HAWAII IS RELATIVELY
UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE ARE SO ISOLATED, WE DONT WANT TO PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE HAVE TO BRING IN EXPERTISE ON ENERGY. OR BRING IN EXPERTISE ON.
WE WANT TO GROW DID HERE. WE WANT TO BE SURE WE CAN DO NOT JUST THE
WORK BUT ALSO THE IMPLEMENTATION HERE. >>DAN: BUT ALLEN, I WAS QUITE STRUCK HEAD
OF THAT SPACE NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY DIDNT GO TO ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY.
HE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. >> WE NOTICE THERES QUITE A FEW LIKE THAT.
>> POINT THAT OUT. SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW, WHAT RESEARCH AREAS
OR OPPORTUNITIES IN RESEARCH ARE AT MANOA? WHAT I WANT TO CHANGE THIS, CALLER, CHANGE
THAT QUESTION. WE KNOW ABOUT THINGS LIKE OCEANOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY.
WHAT ARE THE NEW AREAS THAT YOU WOULD HIRE THESE 50 PEOPLE IN OR THAT YOU SAY YOU WANT
TO SCOPE OUT AND SORT OF FEEL WHERE WE SHOULD OR COULD GO TO GET PEOPLE THAT WOULD HELP
THOSE AREAS THAT OFFER POSSIBILITIES? >> WELL, PART OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS GOING
TO BE A CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF WHERE WE THINK WE CAN PLACE OUR, IF YOU WILL, PLACE
OUR BET FORCE THE FUTURE. BUT CLEARLY THERE ARE AREAS WE ARE STRONG
IN THAT WE WANT TO KEEP STRONG AND THOSE ARE SOME AREAS IN THE SCIENCES LIKE OCEANOGRAPHY,
ASTRONOMY, AND ENERGY. AND ALSO THOUGH, THE PARTICULAR CULTURAL EXPERTISE
THAT WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE THE BEST KOREAN CENTER IN THE WORLD.
AND A FEW OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HELP US FACE THE POSSIBLY PARTNERS FOR THE THE
FUTURE. SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE JUST AS KEY TO HELPING
TO BUILD THESE THINGS AS YOU MIGHT THINK OF INITIALLY.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME AREAS WE ARENT GOOD IN AND WE DONT HAVE MUCH STRENGTH IN THAT ARE
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FUTURE. ONE OF THEM IS INFORMATIONATICS.
HOW DO YOU EXTRACT, MANAGE DATA SETS. WE HAPPEN TO SPECIALIZE IN DATA SETS.
ECONOMIC DATABASES, ASTRONOMY DATABASES. WED LIKE TO BUILD THAT AND THE BEAUTY IS IF
WE GET GOOD AT IT, IT IS NOT BUSINESSES ARE SPIN OUT OF IT AND BUILT THERE AND IT DOESNT
HAVE TO LEAVE. YOU DONT HAVE TO IMPORT OR EXPORT, YOU HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS. NOW, THATS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
>>DAN: SOMEONE TWITTERS PLEASE FOCUS ON LOCAL STUDENTS COMPARED TO OUT OF STATE STUDENTS.
OUT OF STATE STUDENTS SHOWED UP OF THE DECIDE TO STAY, CHASE THE LOCAL CAME OUT.
[INAUDIBLE] >> HOME GROVES ARE ALSO STRONGER.
>>DAN: IM SURE THERES SOMEBODY ON MAUI WHOSE KIDS GOING TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THERE
THEY ARE AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE RESEARCH STUFF.
WEVE GOT TO PUT MONEY INTO OUR LOCAL STUDENTS RIGHT HERE ON MAUI.
>> UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IS DOING THAT VERY WELL. MAUI JUST OPENED A BEAUTIFUL BLESSED A BEAUTIFUL
SCIENCE CENTER BUILDING MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING, OVER A DECADE, THAT WILL PROVIDE STATE
OF THE ART RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR AU STUDENTS RIGHT ON MAUI.
STUDENT THATS WANT TO STAY HOME, STUDENTS THAT WORK PART TIME, AND WANT TO HAVE A GREAT
EDUCATION. SO I THINK THE SYSTEM IS BUILDING ASSETS THROUGHOUT
THE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE CLEARLY RECOGNIZED
FOR HAVING THEIR OWN STRENGTHS IN AREAS OF INNOVATION AND THEYRE ALL UNIQUE BASED ON
UNIQUE CULTURAL ASSETS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE WAY YOU PUT THAT QUESTION, DAN, WAS LIKE THERE WAS A TRADEOFF
BETWEEN LOCAL STUDENTS VERSUS STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE.
IN FACT, I DONT THINK THERE IS. I DONT THINK WEVE BE EVER TURNED AWAY A STUDENT
FROM HAWAII. I DONT THINK WE WILL.
IN FACT, WEVE JUST DONE SOMETHING THAT IM PARTICULARLY PROUD OF IN THAT WE HAVE NOW
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR LOCAL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YET AMERICAN CITIZENS, CAME HERE WITH
THEIR PARENTS, NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, OR IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING CITIZENS, THEY WILL
ATTEND THE U.H. AT AN IN STATE RATE. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
WELL, FIRST ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT SECONDLY, ITS IMPORTANT WHEN THEY GO TO
SCHOOL HERE, THEY STAY HERE, BECOME PRODUCTIVE, WHY NOT?
I MEAN, THATS THE AMERICAN DREAM. THATS WHAT WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE ACHIEVE.
>> >>DAN: ALLEN, SOMEONE WANTS TO TO KNOW, WHAT
CAN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY DO TO SUPPORT THE INNOVATION INITIATIVE?
>> UNIVERSITY, WE CAN SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM BY TRYING TO HELP THEM ATTRACT SOME OF THESE RESEARCHERS BY
HELPING RAISE THE ISSUE OF HOW DO THESE PEOPLE GET PAID.
I THINK THATS PART OF WHAT HOSPITALS HAVE DONE.
I THINK PARTLY IS TRY TO SHOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES. TRY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER BUSINESS CLIMATE.
SO THAT BECAUSE YOURE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF CREATIVITY
AND INITIATIVE TO HELP THEM SHOW THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO FULLY CAPITALIZE ON
THEIR IDEAS AND TALENTS. >>DAN: WEVE GOT TO GET TO A LITTLE GOVERNANCE.
SOMEONE ASKED BARBARA IN KAILUA. WHY DID THE BOARD OF REGENTS RELEASE ANOTHER
$200,000 FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE STEVIE WONDER?
OKAY. ACTUALLY, IT WAS $260,000.
(LAUGHTER) >>DAN: HONEST MAN.
>> YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, STEVIE WONDER WAS A MESS AND OVER THE FIASCO AND THERE WAS A
LOT OF MISTAKES MADE. BUT ONE MISTAKE WE MADE WAS CALLING THE ADVISORY
TASK GROUP PHASE 2 BECAUSE THEN THEY SEE THE CONNECTION TO STEVIE WONDER.
THIS TASK GROUP IS NOT RELATED TO STEVIE WONDER. WE ARE NOT INVESTIGATING STEVIE WONDER AGAIN.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE PROBABLY A
WHILE BACK. THATS WERE STARTING AT THE TOP, THAT MEANS
THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT, WERE GOING TO LOOK
AT THE RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBLES, THE AUTHORITIES, DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITIES, THEN WERE GOING
TO GO AROUND AND TALK TO THESE PEOPLE, HOW WELL DOES THIS WORK.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO THEM ARE INDEPENDENT, AND THEYRE LOOKING
TO SEE WHERE THE PROBLEMS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS, AS THE POLICY REALLY WORKING?
DOES IT MAKE SENSE? ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE AUTHORIZING ONE THING
AS IN THE CASE OF STEVIE WONDER, SO THAT NO ONE WAS RESPONSIBLE.
THERES LOTS OF THINGS YOU CAN LOOK AT. WE NEED TO DO IT.
WE HAVENT DONE IT IN A LONG TIME. AND WERE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
THATS WHAT THAT ADVISORY TASK GROUP IS. $260,000 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE FOLKS HO ARE GOING TO BE VOLUNTEERING ON THAT.
ITS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE AND ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
>>DAN: I HAVE TO SAY IN PREPARING FOR TONIGHT, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT ANYBODY HAD SAID THAT
WE WERE AMONG 54 TO 67, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, AMONG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ORIENTED OUTPUT
IN THE COUNTRY. BETTER THAN UNIVERSITIES IN OREGON, OR NOTRE
DAME OR THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. WERE RANKED HIGHER
>> NOT FAR BEHIND BERKELEY. >>DAN: BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE STEVIE WONDER
THING AND THE PROBLEM WITH THIS NEW THING THAT SOMEBODY HAS TESTIFIED THAT THERES MONIES
BEING WASTED OVER IN HILO ON CONSTRUCTION. THAT IT BRINGS INTO QUESTION AUTONOMY OF INSTITUTION
THAT IS DOING IMPORTANT AND GOOD WORK. WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO SEE THAT THAT KIND
OF THING JUST DOESNT HAPPEN AGAIN OR HAPPENS SO INFREQUENTLY, THAT ITS NOT AS STUPID AS
THE FIRST ONE THERE? THATS THE ONE.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE STEVIE WONDER AFFAIR, ONE OF THE TWO THINGS THAT WERE REALLY
UNFORTUNATE. ONE IS THAT AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, WE LEARNED
THAT EVERYBODY SAID THEY WERENT RESPONSIBLE. SECOND THING WAS IS THAT THEN WE WENT BACK
AND WE HAD THIS ADVISORY TASK GROUP GO THROUGH IT AND THEY SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS EVEN MORE
DISTURBING. THAT THE CONTROLS WERE IN PLACE.
THE POLICIES WERE IN PLACE. BUT PEOPLE WENT AHEAD AND DID IT ANYWAY.
SO WHY WAS THAT SO? THATS A GREAT QUESTION.
WHY IS THAT SO. WERE GOING BACK.
WERE EDUCATING PEOPLE. WERE TRAINING PEOPLE.
WERE TRYING TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT POLICY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. WERE GOING TO DO SOME MORE OF THAT.
BUT I ALSO THINK THERES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ADVISORY TASK GROUP THAT WERE DOING NOW.
THATS WE START AT THE TOP AND WE LOOK DOWN AND WE SAY, HOW WITH WE PUSHING THAT DELEGATION
DOWN AND MAKING THAT AUTHORITY DOWN THERE AND MAKING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE?
I WAS JUST IM THE LEADER OF A TASK GROUP AND WERE LOOKING AT OUR ATHLETIC POLICY, HOWS
THAT FOR SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL? AND I THINK WERE TRYING TO DO HERE IS WE HAVE
A PROPOSED REWRITE, TOTAL REWRITE BUT THE POINT OF IT IS YOU PUSH THAT DELEGATION OF
AUTHORITY DOWN TO THE CHANCELLOR WHO HAS TO PUSH IT DOWN TO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WHO IS GOING
TO GO AFTER THE COACHES AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN THEIR OWN WAY.
AND EVERYONE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AND WILL BE TRANSPARENT AND THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
WOULD BE THE STUDENTS HEALTH WELFARE AND ACADEMIC >> IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK IS WHY ARE WE
DROPPING RAINBOWS FOR WARRIORS? >> IT DOES SEEM TO GET HIGHER INTEREST THAN
SOME OF THE IT ALWAYS DOES. >> THATS A GOOD QUESTION.
DAN, YOUR SHOWS ARE ALWAYS SERIOUS. WILL HE ME JUST MAKE A SERIOUS COMMENT HERE
AND THAT IS WERE ALL VERY SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE STEVIE WONDER AND WEVE LEARNED
SOME LESSONS. BUT LOST IN THE TURMOIL AND THE DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT IT IS THE FACT THAT UNIVERSITY HAS AN EXCELLENT RECORD.
ITS AUDITS HAVE BEEN CLEAN FOR FIVE YEARS. THE EXTERNAL ACCREDITING GROUP CAME IN AND
SAID THAT THEY THOUGHT WE HAD DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF MANAGING THROUGH A TOUGH RECESSION
THAT WE HAD NOT HAD SOME OF THE DRAMA THAT YOUVE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY OVER A VARIETY
OF ISSUES THAT WE KEPT OUR FOCUS ON THE HAWAII GRADUATION INITIATIVE, TRYING TO DO THE BEST
WE COULD WITH THE CIP WE HAD TO DO REPAIRS AND TO BE ABLE TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES, AND
THAT WE STARTED TO DEFINING NEW GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE ECONOMY.
SO I GUESS THAT WHAT IVE LEARNED IS ITS SO EASY FOR THOSE MESSAGES AND THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
TO GET LOST WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF DRAMA AROUND AN EVENT.
IT IS NORMAL FOR UNIVERSITIES AND BUSINESSES TO TRY TO RE EVALUATE, REENGINEER, TRANSFORM,
WHATEVER THE CURRENT BUZZ WORD IS, AND OFTEN THESE STUDIES WHICH ARE DONE AND THEYVE BEEN
DONE AT BERKELEY AND NORTH CAROLINA, MICHIGAN, PROBABLY ABOUT 40 OR 50 OTHERS OFTEN ITS KINSKY
COMES IN AND THAT IS NOT A CHEAPE JOB. FRANKLY, I THINK WE CAN DO IT JUST AS WELL
HERE IN HAWAII WITHOUT THAT KIND OF HELP. BUT BY USING THE ADVICE OF SOME EXTERNALLY
RESPECTED PEOPLE HERE IN HAWAII. I THINK THE BOARD IS VERY WISE IN DOING THAT.
>> LET ME JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THAT. M.R.C. IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE A GOOD RECORD HERE. BUT WE LIVE IN HAWAII.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RIGHT TO A BOARD OF REGENTS THATS TRANSPARENT,
DEMYSTIFIED, HOW ABOUT THAT, THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE. WE DO I THINK AS A BOARD FEEL ACCOUNTABLE
FOR WHAT HAPPENED WITH STEVIE WONDER. AND THAT MESS.
WERE THE BUCK STOPS WITH US AND THATS WHERE IT IS.
BUT WE ARE MOVING NOW TO MAKE THIS BOARD AND THIS UNIVERSITY MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE ACCOUNTABLE,
MORE UNDERSTANDABLE, TO THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII. HOWEVER, GOOD WE ARE, HOWEVER GOOD WE THINK
WERE DOING, IF THEY DONT THINK WERE DOING WELL, WERE MISSING THE POINT.
AND WE NEED TO DO THAT. THAT IS A PRIORITY OF THE BOARD.
>>DAN: I WANT TO TURN TO ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE FACING UNIVERSITY.
THIS LADY HAS DONE A LOT OF BUILDING AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT WHO PRECEDED HERE, AND WEVE
GOT TO GO TO CAMPUS AT WEST OAHU. NEW SCIENCE BUILDING.
NEW PHARMACY BUILDING ON THE BIG ISLAND. MONEY IS ALMOST THERE.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT. TO FINALLY TAKE THOSE POOR FOLKS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND AND OUT OF THAT TERRIBLE SHOPPING CENTER AND PUT THEM IN A BUILDING.
I MEAN, THE CANCER CENTER. DO WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND THE MONEY TO IN
FACT MAKE ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS, WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THEM, GO?
I MEAN, I SOMETIMES LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS AND I THINK I WONDER WHETHER WE REALLY HAVE
THAT BIG A CANCER RESEARCH OPERATION TO FILL IT AND TUESDAY.
DOES YOUR SCIENCE BUILDING ENOUGH? HAVE YOU GOT PEOPLE TO FILL IT?
>> DEFINITELY. STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY AND
IT HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE FACILITIES.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PIPELINE OF YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE
SCIENCE ASSETS HERE. OUR HOST CULTURE IS BUILT ON SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY.
WE HAVE STATE OF THE ART TELESCOPES. WE HAVE THE BEST VIEWING CORRIDORS TO THE
HEAVENS ON THE MOUNTAINS, ON THE BIG ISLAND AND ON MAUI.
WE HAVE A SUPER COMPUTER. WE HAVE EVERY PLATFORM OF CLEAN ENERGY AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY HERE IN HAWAII. WHETHER ITS 3 GROWING SEASON AS I YEAR FOR
BIOFUELS OR WIND OR SOLAR, OTC, WE HAVE IT. SO FOR US NOT TO EXPLAIN IT, ITS A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY. I THINK OUR STUDENTS ARE THERE.
THEY WANT THAT SCIENCE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE FACULTY VERY DEDICATED.
OF COURSE THERES ALWAYS A NEED FOR RESOURCES. I JUST CAME FROM JAPAN WHERE THE MINISTRY
OF EDUCATION PUT $384 MILLION TO MAKE SURE THEIR STUDENTS HAVE GLOBAL PRACTICUMS HAVE
PART OF THEIR PH.D. PROGRAMS SO THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THEYRE BUILDING IN THEIR INNOVATION
HAS A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. WERE IN SEQUESTRATION, THERES NO QUESTION
THAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED. THERES A COMMITMENT TO THE FACT THAT GROWING
OUR OWN TALENT AND GIVING OUR STUDENTS A PLATFORM FOR THEIR SOLUTIONS, HOME GROWN SOLUTIONS,
ARE ALWAYS THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR HAWAII. AND THEYRE TRANSPORTABLE TO THE REST OF THE
WORLD. >>DAN: LESLIE, WHAT IS THE UNIVERSITY DOING
FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS TRYING TO GET INTO THE UNIVERSITY?
DO YOU HAVE ANY YOU WORKED ON THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN ISSUE I KNOW FOR QUITE A WHILE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. TRIED TO BRING OUR STEM PROGRAMS TO NATIVE
HAWAIIAN STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT INNOVATION IN SCIENCE AS PART OF THEIR HERITAGE.
SO THEY CAN SEE THE CLEAR PATHWAYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TODAY.
ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WITH THE ATST, NEW SOLAR TELESCOPE COMING ON LINE ON HALEAKALA.
THERE IS A $2 MILLION PROGRAM PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS DEDICATED TO BRINGING NATIVE
HAWAIIAN STUDENTS INTO THE STEM FIELD. GREAT SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, GREAT INTERNSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK IT WILL MAKE A BIG IMPACT AND IM BRINGING OUR NATIVE HAWAIIAN
STUDENTS IN.
HAWAII GRADUATION INITIATIVE HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT.
WEVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OHA AND WITH NATIVE HAWAIIAN GROUPS ON ENCOURAGING NATIVE HAWAIIAN
STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION. AND IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THE
RATE OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE NATIVE
HAWAIIAN POPULATION. COMING FROM A STATE WHERE I SPENT 20 YEARS
TRYING TO BUDGE THE NEEDLE JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS, THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
NOW, WE ALSO LAST YEAR, PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER AN
ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDIES WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS HAVE THE
BACKGROUND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIELDS AS WELL AS TO MOVE INTO
THE CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE SIDE OF OF THE HAWAIIAN STUDIES PROGRAM.
SO THAT HAS THATS BROUGHT IN A LOT OF STUDENTS. WEVE REALLY INVESTED ALSO IN THIS YEAR, WERE
NOT GOING TO GET ALL THE MONEY FROM THE STATE, ABOUT YOU REGENTS DID APPROVE NEW INVESTMENT
IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN COUNSELORS AND FACULTY TO IMPROVE THIS PROGRAM.
>> THATS THE AREA I WORK IN IS BUILDING THAT PIPELINE.
SO THAT OUR STUDENTS DONT TRACK OUT OF MATH AND SCIENCE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THERE
IS A HUGE LEAK IN THAT PIPELINE SO THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO BE ENROLLED IN THE STEM FIELD
AT THE UNIVERSITY. AND KEEPING THE ENGAGEMENT AND MAKING IT RELEVANT
AND SHOWING THAT STUDYING PHYSICS ACTUALLY HAS AN APPLICATION TO MAKING US SUSTAINABLE
IN ENERGY AND NOT OVERLY DEPENDENT ONTO FOSSEL FILE, GIVING THEM HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.
ITS SO IMPORTANT. I AM TOO PLEASED TO REPORT THAT OUR PROGRAMS
REFLECT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.
WE SERVE ABOUT 20,000 STUDENTS STATEWIDE AND MENU OF IT STEM PROGRAMS K THROUGH 12 AND
WERE ABOUT 36% JUST UNDER 40% NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS.
WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. >> VERY QUICKLY, YOU ASKED CAN WE FILL THE
BUILDINGS. I WOULD BET YOU RIGHT NOW THAT IN FIVE YEARS,
U.H. WEST OAHU WILL BE TOO SMALL. AND PALAMA NUI, FIVE YEARS AFTER IT OPENED
PROBABLY BE TOO SMALL. TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE STUDENTS COMING.
BOTH OF THESE CAMPUSES WILL BE NATIVE HAWAIIAN >>DAN: IM WORRIED ABOUT OTHER THINGS TOO.
I KNOW IN THE CASE OF WEST OAHU, MOVING FROM A SHACKS WITH THE STAFF THAT TAKES CARE OF
SHACKS, SUDDENLY, YOUVE GOT FULL CAMPUS AND SUDDENLY, YOU NEED THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT BEFORE. LIKE YOUR OWN SECURITY, LIKE 24 HOURS A DAY,
LIKE MUCH BIGGER BILL FOR ALL SORTS THINGS. SHES HEARD ALL OF THIS.
I DONT WANT TO BOTHER HER WITH IT. IT SEEMS TO ME OFTEN WHEN YOU BUILD NEWER
AND BETTER THINGS, SOMETIMES THE EXPENSES GO UP RADICALLY.
IF >> BUSINESS MODEL FOR WEST OAHU NEEDS TO BE
THOUGHT THROUGH AND ROCKY FREITAS WILL DO THAT
>>DAN: WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I AM ANYWAY.
ALTHOUGH IM JUST A LECTURER NOW. THATS ALL I DO.
TUITION. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT TUITION.
THE TUITION, 3 OR 4 QUESTIONS HEARSAYING WHY IS THE TUITION GOING UP?
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTIVE SALARIES OF U.H. ADMINISTRATORS REFLECT ON RAIDING TUITION?
WEVE GOT TO CUT THE SALARY MORE. WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS U.H.
STAND ON TUITION FOR LOCAL STUDENTS IN MORE TECH COURSES?
IM WORRIED, IM INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF TUITION.
FINANCIAL AID BARELY PAYS ENOUGH FOR ME TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY.
EXPLAIN WHY THE UNIVERSITY TUITION HAS TO GO UP MORE?
>> WELL, THE FACTS OF THE MATTER IS THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.
ACROSS THE NATION AND IN IS MANY PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT IT INCLUDING NORM AUGUSTINE GREAT BUSINESS
LEADER OF ACCOUNT COUNTRY TALK ABOUT THE FACT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PRESSURES THAT THE STATES
ARE UNDER FOR OTHER PROGRAMS THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT, LIKE PENSION PLANS, LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES,
LIKE K 12 EDUCATION, THEY HAVE BEEN SPENDING LESS AND LESS AND DATA ARE VERY CLEAR YEAR
AFTER YEAR ON HIGHER EDUCATION. HIGHER EDUCATION COSTS, ALTHOUGH IT WIDELY
BELIEVED THAT THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP, IN FACT, THE DATA SHOW
THAT IN INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLAR, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS GONE UP. BUT THE ACTUAL COST CORRECTED ECONOMICALLY
IS ABOUT FLAT. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING THEN, WHAT IS HAPPENING
IS THAT THE STATES ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE LESS AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THE
EDUCATION AND SOME PEOPLE, IM NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION IS
A PRIVATE GOOD, NOT A PUBLIC GOOD. AND THAT PEOPLE WHO GET IT SHOULD PAY FOR
IT. THATS BEEN A BIG CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICY THINKING.
IM SURE YOU KNOW THAT, DAN. IT USED TO BE WE THOUGHT PUBLIC EDUCATION
IS THE PLACE THAT WE WERE PRODUCING A PUBLIC GOOD.
THAT WHEN PEOPLE WERE EDUCATED, THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ECONOMY AND THEY BUILT PROGRAMS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY AND SADLY, REGENTS SEVERAL YEARS AGO HAD TO FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SERIOUS LOOK AT INCREASING TUITION HAD TO HAM.
WE HAD VERY LOW TUITION WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU SEE THOSE PERCENTAGE NUMBERS, YOU SHOULD
LOOK AT THEM WITH, LOOK AT THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOURE AT 1 AND GO TO 2, THATS 100% INCREASE.
WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE THE DOLLAR CHANGES. AND WHILE NOBODY LIKES TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION, WERE NOT CAUSING 3, $4,000 INCREASES
IN A YEAR. WERE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
AND YES, THE TUITION HAS GONE UP. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE REGENTS FOR THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE IN PLATES A FIVE YEAR PLAN. MOST PLACES DO IT EVERY YEAR.
AND YOUVE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR, SOME UNIVERSITIES INCREASED THEIR TUITION
10, 13% IN SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER 10% IN JANUARY. THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE VERY HARD FOR FAMILIES
AND STUDENTS TO PLAN FOR. OURS IS CAREFUL.
IT WAS FAIRLY LOW FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT NEVER GETS ABOVE A 7% INCREASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OVER THIS PERIOD.
AND ITS GOING TO BE RE EXAMINED ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.
SO ITS ALWAYS HARD TO RAISE THE TUITION BUT WE HAVE INCREASED FINANCIAL AID.
WEVE QUADRUPLED IT. MANY MORE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE HELP THAT
THEY NEED TO GO. AND ONE OF THE TESTS OF THAT IS THATS PARTICIPATION
RATES OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS, FILIPINOS AND OTHER UNDERSERVED GROUPS ARE GOING UP DURING YOU
THIS PERIOD OF TUITION. >>DAN: ALLEN, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EMPLOY
>> 300. >>DAN: HOW MANY ARE U.H. GRADUATES?
>> I DONT KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL IS. I KNOW THAT OVER 10% OF THEM GRADUATED FROM
SHIDLER. WE HAVE A LOT MORE GRADUATED FROM OTHER SCHOOLS.
BUT I DONT KNOW THE TOTAL. >>DAN: DO YOU EVER HEAR FROM THEM WHEN YOURE
TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SALARIES OR HR PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SALARIES, DO THEY
EVER TALK ABOUT THEIR CUMULATED DEBT FROM GOING TO COLLEGE?
>> NO. THAT HASNT COME UP AS A DISCUSSION.
WHAT WE FOUND AND PART OF THE, THE BENEFIT WEVE HAD BY BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII IS WEVE BEEN FORTUNATE, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE GONE BACK, TALKED
TO THE PEOPLE THEYVE BEEN IN CLASS WITH, TOLD THEM THAT THEY LIKE THEIR JOB AND COME TO
WORK FOR FIRST INSURANCE. SO WE FOUND THAT THAT AS A PIPELINE FOR FIRST
INSURANCE, AND EVERY BUSINESS HAS TO CONTINUALLY DO SUCCESSION PLANNING, IS A HUGE ASSET TO
US. I THINK THAT THE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WE ALL
WERE STUDENTS AT ONE TIME. WE ALL HAD TO PAY FOR IT.
M.R.C. STRUGGLED GETTING TO SCHOOL. WENT TO COLLEGE TO VASSAR THROUGH A LOT OF
HELP FROM SCHOLARSHIPS.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE EDUCATION COSTS AND THAT ITS BENEFICIAL.
>>DAN: JOHN? >> SO I THINK EVERYTHING THAT M.R.C. SAID
IS CORRECT. AND WHEN THE REGENTS VOTED FOR THE TUITION
INCREASES, WE DID THAT LOOKING AT BOTH AFFORDABILITY AND HOW WE COMPARED TO OTHER STATES AND OTHER
UNIVERSITIES. HAVING SAID THAT, WHEN WE HAD OUR TESTIMONY
IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT COST AND WE DID NOT FOCUS
ON COSTS. AND I THINK THATS SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK
AT AND I THINK WERE WILLING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AT THAT.
THERES A SECOND SORT OF LOOMING ISSUE OUT THERE AND THATS THE SEQUESTRATION AND HOW
ABOUT THAT AFFECT PELL GRANTS. WE REALLY DEPEND ON PELL GRANTS.
THESE ARE U.S. GOVERNMENT GRANT IN AID. AND ITS A BIG DEAL.
WE DONT KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTIVE THAT IS IS GOING TO BE.
AND WE NEED TO TAKE THAT PELL GRANT, WHATEVER HAPPENS TO IT, INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE LOOK AT
TUITION BECAUSE THAT IS A DIRECT EFFECT ON AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS.
>>DAN: LESLIE, WHAT A GREAT QUESTION. WHAT IF LARRY ELLISON WAS IN TONIGHTS PANEL.
WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS OF A SHARED VISION. THE MAN WHO BOUGHT LANAI.
YOU GUYS MUST HAVE TALKED TO HIM. >> WERE IN QUEUE WITH MOST OF REST OF THE
STATE. TO PEEK WITH HIM PERSONALLY.
>>DAN: SHES ABOUT THIRD IN LINE. >> UNIVERSITY OF PRESIDENT HAS A HIGHER RANKING
IN THE ORDER OF THE LINE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
LANAI IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COUNTY. VERY BRIGHT STUDENTS ON LANAI THAT ARE WERE
TRYING TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND TOOLS IN STEM EDUCATION AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST GEOGRAPHICALLY
ISOLATED PLACES ON EARTH. SO WERE HOPING OF ELLISON BRINGS A GOOD HEART
FOR INVESTING IN THAT COMMUNITY OF WHICH HE NOW OWNS TO BUILD CAPACITY THERE BECAUSE WE
WILL CERTAINLY BE HIS PARTNERS AND WE HAVE LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS WHERE HE WILL MAKE INVESTMENTS
THAT WILL HAVE A BIG RETURN >>DAN: IF THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES STUDENT
SERVICES, THE AMOUNT OF STUDENT SERVICES IS GOING DOWN.
WHILE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INCREASE, WHAT IS WITH THE DISCREPANCY?
WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING? ARE WE PROVIDING ENOUGH MONEY FOR STUDENT
SERVICES? >> I DONT THINK UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY
THATS PROVIDING ENOUGH MONEY FOR STUDENT SERVICES GIVEN THE CHANGING POPULATIONS THAT WERE SEEING.
THERES A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW, I JUST CAME BACK FROM WASHINGTON, DISCUSSING WHAT THE
LEVEL OF SERVICES UNIVERSITIES NEED TO PROVIDE FOR RETURNING VETTES.
FRANKLY, WE DONT HAVE THE SERVICE TO TREAT PTSD.
OR ANY OF THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE COME BACK WITH.
AND WERE TRYING TO MUSTER THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE ARE SEEING MORE STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY, THIS
IS NOT JUST US, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHO HAVE A NEED FOR COUNSELING SERVICES SOMETIMES
MEDICATION SERVICES, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE SOME PRETTY SERIOUS I GUESS I WOULD CALL
THEM CHALLENGES TO THE COUNSELING SERVICE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY, KINDS OF SERVICES THEY
NEED. THERE IS A QUESTION OF IS THIS THE UNIVERSITYS
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE IN DISCUSSION
WITH WITH OUR COUNTIES AND OUR CITIES AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT
HOW WERE GOING DO SERVICE THESE STUDENTS. ITS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS WHEN I WENT
TO SCHOOL AND PROBABLY VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU WENT TO SCHOOL.
>>DAN: ALLEN, I REMEMBER PEOPLE TELLING ME IN THE OLD DAYS THAT BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN
HAWAII WAS NOT AS SUPPORTIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY AS IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE
WHO RAN THOSE BUSINESSES HAD NOT GROWN UP HERE, HAD NOT GONE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THEY
WERENT REALLY GOOD PATRIOTS OF IT. THEY WENT OFF TO THE MAINLAND TO COLLEGE.
IS THAT THE CASE TODAY OR IS THAT CHANGING?
I THINK THATS CHANGING. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I
CAME FROM THE MAINLAND, THAT MY IMPRESSION WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE WAS NOT FAVORABLE.
BUT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES VP, GRADUATE OF U.H., ESTABLISHED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ITS WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, WITH THE INDUSTRY, NOT JUST WITH FIRST INSURANCE.
AND SHE PROVED THAT THERE ARE GREAT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
AND WEVE HE HIRED A LOT OF THEM. WERE BANKING OUR FUTURE ON A LOT OF THEM.
AND ITS THE REASON WHY FIRST INSURANCE HAS PUT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE UNIVERSITY.
IN TERMS OF PROFESSORSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORTING BUSINESS NIGHT, BECAUSE WE SEE
A LOT OF TALENT. AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN
HAVE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OF
THE INDUSTRY, THERE WERENT MANY INTERNSHIPS AROUND.
PEOPLE BEGAN TO REALIZE THIS IS A GREAT SORT SOURCE OF TALENT.
NOW THERES A LOT OF COMPETITION TO GET THOSE STUDENTS
>>DAN: THATS A VERY GOOD THING TO HEAR. I SORT OF FELT YOU WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> I WAS RESPONDING TO WHAT PRESIDENT GREENWOOD SAID ABOUT AS WERE REACHING OUT TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR RETURNING VETERANS GET TO ACCESS, HIGHER EDUCATION AND USE THEIR BENEFITS, WE
KNOW THAT 80% OF OUR RETURNING VETERANS ARE EXPERIENCING PTSD AND HAVE UNIQUE CHALLENGES
IN THEIR INTEGRATION BACK INTO CIVILIAN LIFE. SO THAT IS BRINGING A BURDEN THAT WE ALL MUST
STEP UP TO AND SHARE WHETHER ITS AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL OR IN BUSINESS AS WERE ALL TRYING TO
HIRE OUR VETERANS. IT IS IM SURE OVERTAXED UNIVERSITY STUDENT
SERVICES AND WE ALL HAVE TO LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES IN THAT AREA
>>DAN: ONE MINUTE LEFT. YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.
ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
>> VERY OPTIMISTIC. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE
ARE PARTNERS IN THIS INITIATIVE >>DAN: ARE YOU BOTHERED BY THOSE LEGISLATORS
DOWN THERE WHO MIGHT COME DOWN ON US IN A BIG WAY
>> I HOPE THEY DONT. I AM BOTHERED.
I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY PROPOSES MIGHT REALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
AND HOW IT RELATES TO THIS SOCIETY. OUR SOCIETY HERE.
IN THAT IT WILL NOT BE AS AUTONOMOUS OR INDEPENDENT AS IT SHOULD BE AND THAT UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES,
IT WILL NOT BE UNIVERSITY IT SHOULD BE. >> OPTIMISTIC?
>> VERY OPTIMISTIC. M.R.C. IS PROVIDING A GREAT LEADERSHIP FOR
THE UNIVERSITY.
I WONT ASK HER BECAUSE PRESIDENTS ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP SMILING DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I THINK YOU PROVIDED A VERY GOOD VIEW OF WHERE
WE ARE. NEXT WEEK ON INSIGHTS, HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE
PASSED HALFWAY POINT. CROSSOVER WHEN BILLS LIVE OR DAY.
WELL HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHICH BILLS ARE MOVING FORWARD TO BECOMING NEW STATE LAWS.
HELP US MAKE SENSE OF THE SESSION IN STATE BUDGET WILL BE THE CHAIRES OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE MONEY COMMITTEES, VETERAN REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND POLITICAL COLUMNIST
NEXT TIME ON INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII. IM DAN BOYLAN.
A HUI HO.