% ALSO MOUND TO OBEY THE LAW.
% DESPITE THAT, MORE THAN 50,000
% PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A PETITION
% CALLING FOR THE STUDENT IN THE
% RACIST VIDEO TO BE EXPELLED.
% HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT ALL OF
% THIS IS INTERIM PROVOST ERIC
% WILCOTS.%THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.% >> MY PLEASURE.
% THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.%>> T
ELL US WHY THE UNIVERSITY
% CANNOT DISCIPLINE THIS STUDENT.
% >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND ONE
% WE GET A LOT.
% I KNOW FOLKS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH
% THE ANSWER, BUT LET ME POINT A
% COUPLE OF THINGS.
% ONE IS WITH FEDERAL LAW,
% PARTICULARLY SOMETHING CALLED
% FERPA, WE CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THAT
% INDIVIDUAL CASE.
% THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE SEEN
% CASES AFTER CASE, AND IT'S
% REALLY ESTABLISHED CASE LAW OF
% INSTANCES AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
% WHERE THIS KIND OF SPEECH, AS
% ABHORRENT AS IT IS, AS HORRIBLE
% AS IT IS, IS PROTECTED SPEECH
% UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
% BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE NOT ABLE
% TO GET -- ACT ON THIS, EVEN
% THOUGH THIS SPEECH IS ABSOLUTELY
% HORRID BECAUSE IT IS PROTECTED
% SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT
% OF THE COUNTRY.
% >> BLACK STUDENT LEADERS TOLD US
% THAT THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED IN
% THE RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION BY
% THE CHANCELLOR.
% AS IT DIDN'T FEEL, THEY SAID,
% LIKE A CALL TO ACTION.
% WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
% >> I THINK THE CHANCELLOR'S
% COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSE
% STARTED OUT FIRST BY SHE AND THE
% ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE
% DEEPLY, DEEPLY HURT BY THIS.
% THIS IS HA ABHORRENT, AND WE DO
% APOLOGIZING TO THE STUDENTS AND
% OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
% WHO ARE OFFENDED BY THIS.
% THIS IS HORRIBLE.
% SUSTAIN THAT, THEN WHAT IS IT
% THAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD TO
% BE BETTER?
% THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A
% CAMPUS, IF WE REALLY DEDICATED
% TO, PARTICULARLY OVER THE PAST
% FEW YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF
% GREAT DIRECTIONS IN THIS SPACE.
% I WANT TO POINT TO THE REBECCA
% M. CENTER, THE CENTER THAT WE
% HAVE, SO WE'RE MAKING STEPS.
% WE HAVE INCREASED THE DIVERSITY
% OF THE STUDENT BODY OVERALL OVER
% THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND I DEEPLY
% RECOGNIZE.%I'VE BEEN ON THIS
CAMPUS 27
% YEARS.%WE HAVE NOT MADE GREAT
PROGRESS
% IN INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF
% BLACK STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS AND
% WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND WE WILL
% CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS DOING
% BETTER.
% SO WE ARE MAKING STEPS.
% THE STUDENTS HAD -- IN THEIR
% DEMANDS A SET OF ISSUES WHERE WE
% AS CAMPUS LEADERSHIP REALLY WANT
% TO SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT HOW
% CAN WE MOVE FORWARD ON A NUMBER
% OF THINGS THAT WE ARE INTERESTED
% IN AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION
% THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE GOING
% FORWARD.%>> YOU JUST SPOKE AB
OUT THE KIND
% OF LACK OF DIVERSITY,
% PARTICULARLY DIVERSITY OF BLACK
% STUDENTS.%ON THIS CAMPUS AND
SYSTEM-WIDE,
% SYSTEM-WIDE, IT SITS AT
% SOMETHING LIKE 2.9% OF THE
% STUDENT POPULATION.
% SO HOW DO YOU CHANGE THAT?
% >> WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND
% I THINK SOME OF THAT HARD WORK
% HAPPENS ON OUR ADMISSION SIDE,
% ON OUR OUTREACH INTO DIFFERENT
% COMMUNITIES TO RECRUIT STUDENTS
% TO COME TO UW MADISON.
% PART OF THAT IS OUR ABILITY TO
% BRING SCHOLARSHIP AND OTHER
% DOLLARS TO THE TABLE TO TAKE
% THAT FINANCIAL CONCERN OFF THE
% TABLE, TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT
% STUDENTS.
% PART OF THAT IS WHAT KIND OF
% PROGRAMMING DO WE HAVE, WHAT
% KIND OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS DO WE
% HAVE THAT EXCITES STUDENTS ABOUT
% BEING HERE.
% I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO JUMP
% IN.
% >> I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS PART
% OF THAT THE CULTURE.
% >> PART OF THAT IS THE CULTURE.
% IF YOU LISTEN TO MNOOKIN'S
% WORDS, A CLEAR FOCUS ON WHAT SHE
% IS CALLING FLOURISHING, AND THAT
% IS THAT NOTION THAT WE ALL
% BELONG AT UW MADISON, REGARDLESS
% OF OUR RACE AND ETHNICITIES, TO
% GET THAT SENSE OF FLOURISHING.
% HOW DO WE DOOR THAT?
% HOW DO WE BEGIN TO CHANGE MINDS?
% AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
% THAT HAS EMERGED OVER THE PAST
% 48 HOURS, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
% EMAIL FROM DIFFERENT ACADEMIC
% UNITS ON CAMPUS DOING A BIT OF
% THAT SELF-REFLECTION, SAYING,
% OKAY, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO
% BE DOING WITHIN OUR PARTICULAR
% UNIT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
% CLIMATE, OUR CULTURE IS ONE THAT
% IS WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE OF
% ALL.
% >> HOW MUCH DOES THIS KIND OF
% THING SET ALL OF THAT BACK?
% >> IT'S A DING.
% IT'S A DING.
% WE WILL HAVE TO -- IT'S A STEP
% BACK WASHED.
% WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP
% CHARGING FORWARD AND I THINK
% WE'RE ALL DEDICATED TO DOING
% THAT.%I'VE BEEN A DEAN FOR T
HE LAST
% FOR YEARS, BUT ON CAMPUS FOR 27
% YEARS.
% I'VE SEEN IN MY COLLEAGUES A
% REAL COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION
% TO NOT JUST THAT
% DEXTROMETHODEMOGRAPHICS,IT'S EAE
% OUR NUMBER, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE
% SURE WE'RE CHANGING THAT
% CULTURE.%>> I WANTED TO GET Y
OUR REACTION
% TO THE IDEA THAT THE REPUBLICAN
% LEGISLATURE WOULD LIKE TO
% ELIMINATE CAMPUS DIVERSITY
% OFFICE IN RETURN FOR STATE
% FUNDING.
% >> I THINK THAT'S A HORRIBLE
% IDEA, AND I THINK THIS INCIDENT
% PROVES THE NEED THAT WE NEED TO
% FOCUS ON MAKING SURE OUR
% CAMPUSES ARE OPEN AND WELCOMING
% FOR EVERYBODY AND THAT REQUIRES
% DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE
% IN THESE POSITIONS WHO ARE
% ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
% ARE THE BEST PRACTICES AND
% THAT'S WHAT THESE ROLES CAN
% DELIVER FOR OUR CAMPUS AND