FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> Anne: YOU BET.
HAVE GREAT DAY.
>> Zac: REBECCA BLANK GAVE
PARTING REMARKS THIS WEEK.
SPEAKING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF
WORKING WITH THE STATE'S
REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
LEGISLATURE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE
CONSTRAINED AND REGULATED
UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE MUCH MORE A STATE AGENCY
THAN AN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY.
AND THAT DOES CREATE ISSUES AT
TIMES FOR ALL OF US.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THE STATE HAS A
STRONG INTEREST IN SOME OF THAT.
BUT, PARTICULARLY, AS THE
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR TOP
RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IT HAS
BECOME EVEN MORE INTENSE.
IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME OF
THE FREEDOMS TO ACT IN THE WAYS
THAT OUR PEERS ACT.
THE NEED TO GO THROUGH THREE
SENATE COMMITTEES AND FIVE VOTES
IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN
ORDER TO GET APPROVAL TO GET
SOMETHING DONE.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> Zac: IN FULL DISCLOSURE, PBS