New Mexico in Focus; 708; Under New Management: UNM President Louis Caldera

SRT Captions File Generated by MXFplus MAJOR FUNDING FOR "inFOCUS" IS ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL >> Louis: I WANT EVERY YOUNG LIKE UNM IS AS GOOD AN OPTION

>> Kate: LOUIS CALDERA, SPEAKS ABOUT THE CHALLENGE TONIGHT ON "inFOCUS." >> Kate: WELCOME TO "inFOCUS." THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO WITH ALMOST 26,000 STUDENTS, EVER, UNM IS NEW MEXICO'S ITS GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL AND IT ALSO HAS NEW MEXICO'S UNM IS OUR THIRD LARGEST OPERATES ONE OF THE STATE'S AND IS EXPECTED TO SERVE UNM MUST SERVE MANY ROLES

FOR YEARS, CRITICS HAVE ARGUED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 114 HE BECAME PRESIDENT HE HAS A BIG JOB AHEAD OF HIM, MR. CALDERA, WELCOME YOU HAVE BEEN SECRETARY CHANCELLOR OF THE CAL STATE WHAT ABOUT NEW MEXICO APPEALED HERE? >> Louis: WELL, KATE, THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE I'VE BEEN THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND IT ALWAYS INTRIGUED ME. WHEN I WENT, AFTER IT WAS WITH THE IDEA THAT AND WHEN THE NEW MEXICO JOB

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT HAS A HERITAGE THAT I SHARE, THAT IT HAS A POPULATION THAT ITS UNIVERSITY TO DELIVER THAT IT'S GOT THIS TREMENDOUS AND IF WE COULD SHOW THAT SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT >> Kate: FOR ALL OF THE GOOD AND ANYONE WHO COMES HERE HAS WHAT ARE YOUR TOP PRIORITIES >> Louis: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, INTO THE RANKS OF THE MOST TODAY IT'S A VERY FINE WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE INCLUDING IN HEALTH CARE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS

TO THE SAME KIND OF LEVEL I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, WILL ATTRACT THE BEST SUPPORT FOR THE UNIVERSITY, AND ULTIMATELY, IT'S WE HAVE ON THE LIVES THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC >> Kate: WHAT ARE SOME A YEAR FROM NOW, WHAT HAS FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE GOING I WANT TO ATTRACT MORE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OF THE TOP 10% OF THOSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FROM STATE RESOURCES,

FROM FOUNDATIONS ALL OF THAT IS PART OUR FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS IF WE ARE NOT ATTRACTING SO I THINK THAT IT SHOULD >> Kate: LET'S TAKE IT PIECE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT CURRENTLY, THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS DOES UNM HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY >> Louis: I THINK WE HAVE SO THAT THE TEACHERS THERE OF PREPARATION YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE COURSES, SOMETIMES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE

OR AS RIGOROUS A HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN REGARDLESS THEY COME TO US WITH, WE HAVE SO IF THEY ARE NOT QUITE YET WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT REMEDIAL COURSES SO THAT THE COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES >> Kate: BUT AT WHAT POINT, OF INADEQUATELY PREPARED THE UNIVERSITY START TO SAY, >> Louis: WELL, WE HAVE TO, WITH K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY WE NEED TO SET HIGHER FROM PRIMARY EDUCATION AND I THINK THROUGH AND OUR WORK WITH THE STATE, AND THEN FOR SOME STUDENTS,

TOWARD THE TWO-YEAR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT HAVE A STRONGER PREPARATION DO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TRUE FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE WHO NEED DIFFERENT AREAS, THAT IS >> Kate: ONCE YOU'VE ATTRACTED THAT'S HAPPENED FOR YEARS THE PROBLEM OF RETAINING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE >> Louis: WELL, THERE IS AND PART OF THAT HAS TO DO MAKE CONNECTIONS TO FACULTY AND TO START GETTING THEM SO THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION TO THE MEAT OF WHAT SO THINGS LIKE OUR FRESHMEN

HELPING STUDENTS ENGAGE AND THEY ARE MAKING SOME GETTING THEM INVOLVED THE STRENGTH OF OUR HONORS WE HAVE FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO I THINK, ALSO, IT'S GOING IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE MORE >> Kate: ONE OF THE ISSUES TALK ABOUT IN TERMS MANY PEOPLE CALL IT IT DOESN'T TEND TO HAVE THAT OF UNIVERSITIES HAVE WITH LOT HOW CAN YOU CREATE MORE >> Louis: THE STUDENTS VERY

AND PART OF THAT IS TO BUILD PART OF THAT IS TO ALSO CREATE WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF EVENING OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THINGS THAT ARE OPEN FOR THEM SO IT REALLY DOES BECOME WHETHER THEY'RE A COMMUTER AND IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US BUILD PARK THAT HAS MORE RESIDENTIAL >> Kate: LIKE SHOPS AND THAT >> Louis: ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE GOT SOME >> Kate: ON THE EXISTING >> Louis: WELL, I THINK ON THE EXISTING CAMPUS, BECAUSE WITH MANY THINGS, KIND OF A UNIVERSITY WE WANT

BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER AND EVEN IN PROXIMITY >> Kate: WE WILL TALK A BIT OF THE CAMPUS, BUT I WANT OKAY, WE HAVE ATTRACTED A FUNNY THING I ONCE HEARD, IS THAT EVERY GRADUATE OF UNM THE FIRST IS A RESUME, WHAT CAN DO YOU? YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH GOVERNOR HE HAS MADE ECONOMIC WHAT CAN YOU AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORT >> Louis: I THINK THERE ARE ONE IS OUR ROLE IN TERMS TO BE HELPING TO INFORM

ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF CHANGES OUR ECONOMIC MIX WE ARE INVOLVED WITH WILL I HAVE THE RIGHT KIND ARE YOU PRODUCING ENOUGH WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME A WORLD-CLASS TEACHING AND I THINK, ALSO, THAT WE ARE THAT IS, TAKE SOME AND AT THE LABS, AND THEN TURN THAT YOU CAN BUILD THAT'S A PROCESS WHERE

BOTH THE SCIENTISTS WITH THE VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO AND WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE CAMPUS AND OUT OF THOSE START-UPS COMPANIES, WILL COME THE NEW WITH MANY OF THE VERY EXCITING MANY OF THEM DRIVEN BY OUR OWN >> Kate: I HAVE TO MENTION GOING TO BE THE SEARCH THAT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING >> Louis: WELL, WE WANT THE ANDERSON SCHOOL AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, THAT MEANS A NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE GOT TO START I THINK WE NEED TO RELOOK

SECOND OF ALL, WE WANT TO ASSESS THEIR NEEDS TO MAKE DELIVERING THE KIND BUT ALSO, WHO WILL BE STRONG IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT THEIR CRAFTS, SINCE THAT'S AND I THINK THAT THE FUTURE HOW WILL THE PROGRAMS GROW RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SCHOOL AND GRADUATE PROGRAM, AND BOTH >> Kate: YOU HAVE MENTIONED TO THE UNIVERSITY A COUPLE BECAUSE THERE IS A SIMMERING SOME PEOPLE SEE AS MONEY LET ME CITE SOME NUMBERS HERE IN THE LAST YEAR, $17.4

$9.9 MILLION CAME MORE PRIVATE CONTRACTS CAME AT THE SAME TIME, THE U.S. WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS SAY >> Louis: WELL, FIRST, OF ALL, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE IT IS JUST A FACT THAT TODAY, COMING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT DOLLARS OUT THERE, WE WANT MANY OF THOSE DOLLARS REALLY THEY ARE REALLY DEVOTED

PEACE-MAKING, AND ALSO DEALING SO DEVELOPING SENSORS TO BE COMING INTO OUR PORTS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP BIOHAZARDS, THE RELEASE UNDERSTANDING SOCIETIES AND WHAT LEADS TO INSTABILITY I THINK IS PROMOTING THE KIND AT THE SAME TIME, AVAILABLE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ARTS, TO SUPPORT >> Kate: BUT THAT IS IN UNIVERSITIES ACROSS AS RUNNING A UNIVERSITY

THAT INATTENTION IS PAID IF THE MONEY ISN'T THERE -- >> Louis: WELL, I THINK IT IS I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN MANY THE ARTS, CULTURAL, AFTER ALL, SO YOU WORK TO SUPPORT THOSE PART OF THAT IS GOING TO COME SO WE NEED TO INCREASE RIGHT NOW, ONLY ABOUT 8% WE NEED TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE AND PART OF IT IS WE JUST NEED WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW

EXCELLENCE AND SUPPORTS MANY >> Kate: WELL, WHAT'S ALUMNI IN A TOUGH, DIFFICULT >> Louis: THAT THIS UNIVERSITY BUT THAT WE CANNOT ACHIEVE AND WE CAN'T MAKE THE KIND ON OUR STUDENTS OR AND I THINK THAT IS ALUMNI, OF COURSE, ARE THE STRONGEST OPINION AND ARE SO IF YOU CAN'T SELL YOUR OWN BUT JUST AS THERE ARE MANY WE NEED TO ASK OUR ALUMNI >> Kate: YOU NEED TO HAVE LET'S MOVE ONTO THE FACULTY WHEN YOU WERE A FINALIST

HOW IS THAT RELATIONSHIP GOING >> Louis: I THINK IT IS GOING I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS A, I THINK THAT THE NATURE OF A UNIVERSITY IS CHANGING BECOMING SO LARGE, SO COMPLEX, AND THE NUMBER OF TO DEAL WITH FROM CORPORATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, THAT IT IT MEANS HAVING BOTH THOSE AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, IT SO ABOUT 10% OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM NONACADEMIC JOBS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S >> Kate: WHICH MEANS YOU'LL

>> Louis: YES, BUT I THINK ARE YOU GOING TO HELP BRING DO YOU SUPPORT THE VALUES DO YOU HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL LOVE >> Kate: WELL, LET'S GET THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW, WILL AND AT THE UNIVERSITY, THERE WAR GOING ON TO HANG MEMBERS, SETTING UP A PAY HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> Louis: WE HAVE TO WORK HIGHER END IS A VERY AND THE BEST FACULTY, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN LAST YEAR, WE BROUGHT IN $255 THAT'S A HUGE BOOST

WELL, WHO BRINGS THAT MONEY IT'S A VERY TALENTED, VERY IT IS REALLY ON THE CUTTING IF WE WANT TO RECRUIT WE ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THEM GOOD WE HAVE TO GET THEM RELEASE ALL OF THOSE THINGS REQUIRE THE INVESTMENT IN THE STATE, INDIVIDUALS, >> Kate: ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEIR PAY IS BY SHAKING OUT FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE GUY >> Louis: ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY, I THINK MY MESSAGE THERE IS A TREMENDOUS RETURN SO THE MONEY THAT THEY PUT

MANYFOLD IN EDUCATED WORKERS, IN RESEARCH DOLLARS COMING TO TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMY AND WE NEED FOR THEM TO STEP AS A STATE INSTITUTION, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US, >> Kate: WITHIN THE FACULTY ISSUES, ONE OF THE LEAST OF PART-TIME FACULTY WHO ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE DO YOU HAVE PLANS >> Louis: WE HAVE HEARD SOME AND I JUST ANNOUNCED THAT BUT ALSO OUR RESEARCH FACULTY

MANY OF THEM HAVE SOME OF CONCERNS ABOUT NOT JUST THEIR COMPENSATION AND WHAT WE WANT TO TELL THEM NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING VERY THERE HAS BEEN A 20-YEAR THAT MOST UNIVERSITIES HAVE TO AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE AND SO THAT HAS BEEN TRUE TO MAKE SURE IS, ONE, THAT TWO, THAT THERE IS QUALITY, >> Kate: AND THAT THE STUDENTS AN EDUCATION FROM THESE VERY YOU ARE WORKING SO HARD I THINK IN SOME CASES, THOSE

FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT FACULTY, AND THAT'S STUDENTS HAD ASKED US THAT'S A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT >> Kate: I CAN'T LET YOU GET THE ISSUE THAT ANYONE -- IF YOU'RE GOING TO POPEJOY IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO JOG WHAT'S THE PARKING SITUATION? WHY CAN'T I EVER GET A PARKING . >> Louis: IT IS A HUGE I WANT TO MAKE THE UNIVERSITY OF PEOPLE FROM OFF CAMPUS FOR LECTURES, FOR CULTURAL AND ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WHAT'S THE RIGHT VENUES AND IT'S A CHALLENGE

YEARS OLD, WAS NEVER -- NO ONE SO IT IS A CHALLENGE. WHAT I'VE ASKED OUR FOLKS, BECAUSE WE NEED TO START BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT IT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, HOW THIS AND WHETHER THERE IS A WAY TO IMPROVE ACCESS >> Kate: FINAL QUESTION, VERY IT IS AN OFFICIAL CAMPUS IS IT OR ISN'T IT >> Louis: IT'S A GORGEOUS WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO LIVE >> Kate: WONDERFUL. LOUIS CALDERA, THANK THAT'S OUR PROGRAM TUNE IN AGAIN NEXT WEEK MAJOR FUNDING FOR "inFOCUS" IS

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