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WHERE WAS I? TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN, ARE YOU PRESENT?
>>> TRUSTEE BOYD, ARE YOU PRESENT?
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[4.A. GreenLight: Bridging Academics and Workforce Presenters: Beatriz Joseph, Pyeper Wilkins]
MEETING WITH A PRESENTATION ON GREENLIGHT BY DR. JOSEPH.DR. JOSEPH AND I ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH GREENLIGHT.
AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MODULES THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO FURTHER MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYERS, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF COVID.
I'LL GO BACK IN TIME JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE START OF OUR WORK WITH GREENLIGHT.
AND THIS REALLY BECAME A THING FOR US.
AND A PROBLEM THAT WE NEEDED TO SOLVE.
WHEN INSTITUTION CLOSED ITS DOORS LIKE WITHIN A DAY IN 2016 AND LEFT HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WITHOUT THEIR RECORDS, AND COLLEGES, OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNABLE TO HELP THEM, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
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HAVE A TRANSCRIPT.AND THAT STARTED OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW DO WE HELP THEM? WE CAN'T GET TO THEIR RECORDS.
AND THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE IN EDUCATION SOMEWHERE.
AND DISCUSSIONS AND OUR WORK AROUND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS, PUTTING THEIR RECORDS IN THEIR OWN HANDS.
AND ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE THOSE RECORDS AS THEY SAW FIT.
SO G AND THAT INITIAL WORK WAS FUNDED COMPLETELY BY EXTERNAL PARTNERS, A NUMBER OF GRANTS.
FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER PARTNERSHIPS FUNDED THAT WORK.
THAT WAS REALLY ALL FOCUSED ON THE LEARNER RECORD, THEIR PROFILE, AND HOW TO SECURE THAT IN BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEN, MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR THE OWNER, THE STUDENT TO MOVE AROUND AS THEY SAW FIT.
SO THE STUDENT ACCESS, WHAT GREENLIGHT GIVES THEM, IS A SECURE ONLINE PORTAL BUILT ON BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY THAT IS UNCHANGEABLE.
IT CANNOT BE CHANGED ONCE THE RECORD IS PUT INTO THE GREENLIGHT PLATFORM.
AND IT CAN BE MATCHED NOW TO OTHER ENTITIES, OTHER COLLEGES, OTHER EMPLOYERS BASED ON WHAT IS IN THIS RECORD.
AND WHAT IT'S BECOME SINCE OUR EARLY DISCUSSION, IS REALLY A MARKETPLACE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE FOR STUDENTS.
AND TO HELP EMPLOYERS CONNECT TO STUDENTS AS WELL.
IT'S DRIVING ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
WE SEE THIS AS REALLY EQUALIZING THE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS TO JOBS, TO INTERNSHIPS, APPRENTICESHIPS, TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS WELL.
THER THROUGH WHICH GREENLIGHT CAN BE USED.
WE'RE USING GREENLIGHT AS SECURE STORAGE AND VERIFICATION OF RECORDS, STUDENT RECORDS.
THEY HAVE PROFILES, THE STUDENT DOES, INSIDE GREENLIGHT, WHERE THEY CAN INCLUDE REFERENCES AND OTHER INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THEIR ACADEMIC RECORD.
AND THE ABILITY TO MATCH A STUDENT, SIMPLIFY THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS, AND MANAGE THEIR COLLEGE ENROLLMENT PROCESS IS ALSO ALREADY COMP GREENLIGHT.
THE OTHER AREAS ARE ALL AVAILABLE.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE YET, AND WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL TODAY TO GO INTO NEW AGREEMENTS WITH GREENLIGHT TO FUND THESE ADDITIONAL MODULES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF JUST THE STUDENT RECORD.
AND DR. JOSEPH IS GOING TO TALK ABOU MARKETPLACE.
ACADEMIC MARKETPLACE IS ONE OF T GREENLIGHT FOR US THAT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
FOR ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT HAS THE ENDORSEMENT, A S.T.E.M.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO THIS PLATFORM IF THE STUDENT RELEASED HIS OR HER RECORDS, AND WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL IN TARGETING PROGRAMS TO THE STUDENT'S INTEREST.
THE OTHER END FROM OUR STUDENTS.
OUR DALLAS COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION, THEY OPPORTUNITY FOR FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS TO SEE THEIR RECORD AND TARGET PARTICULAR SCHOLARSHIPS, PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN A RECEIVING INSTITUTION.
>> THE VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR PIECE IS WHERE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
BUT IT IS THE ABILITY FOR US TO CONNECT EMPLOYERS WITH STUDENTS AND CONNECT STUDENTS BACK TO EMPLOYERS.
THIS PIPELINE FOR DALLAS COUNTY AND BEYOND.
IT'S ALSO EASING THE PROCESS FOR A STUDENT TO FIND A CAREER-CONNECTED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER THAT IS AN INTERNSHIP, AN APPRENTICESHIP, A PART-TIME JOB, FULL-TIME JOB, A CAREER AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS US AS DALLAS COLLEGE TO INVITE EMPLOYERS TO POST JOBS AND DO THEIR OWN VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR JUST LIKE THE NAME SAYS, WHERE GREENLIGHT, THE TECHNOLOGY WILL AUTOMATICALLY MATCH THE JOB OPENING TO STUDENTS WHO MEET THE MINIMUM
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CRITERIA FOR THE JOB OR THE APPRENTICESHIP OR INTERNSHIP.SO IT'S NOT JUST PUSHING A JOB TO A STUDENT.
IT'S A STUDENT SAYING, HEY, I WANT TO BE MATCHED IF THERE'S A MATCH.
AND AN EMPLOYER COMING IN AND PUTTING IN THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE TECHNOLOGY HANDING THE REST OF THAT FOR US.
BUT IT ALSO ON THE BACK END GIVES US A WHOLE LOT OF DATA.
IT GIVES US INSIGHT INTO THE KINDS OF JOBS THAT ARE BEING POSTED BY EMPLOYERS.
HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE APPLYING FOR THOSE.
WHAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN.
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION, WHICH INDUSTRIES PARTICIPATE OVER CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME.
SO YOU KNOW, WE WOULD KNOW PEAK HIRING TIMES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
>> THIS TRACKING OF NONDEGREE INFORMATION, BEING THE PRIOR MODULES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IN GENERAL THEY GATH INFORMATION.
THIS PARTICULAR MODULE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO ENTER ANY NON-CERTIFICATE, NON-CREDITED CERTIFICATION, BADGES, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, LICENSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OUR NURSING STUDENTS THAT NEED TO HAVE THEIR VACCINATION RECORDS AVAILABLE, SO THEY CAN BE PLACED IN PRACTICUMS, IN INTERNSHIPS, ROTATIONS IN CLINICAL SCIENCE.
SO THEY CAN HAVE ALL THAT IN A LOCKER AND JUST GIVE ACCESS TO THE EMPLOYER OR THE SITE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THEIR ROTATION.
SO T DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY, AND IT IS QUITE A COMPLEX PROCESS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, VACCINATION RECORDS, AND OTHER NONCREDIT-TYPE CREDENTIALS THAT WILL HELP THEM, THEN, MATCH TO INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MARKETPLACE.
THERE'S REALLY ANOTHER AVENUE HERE TO HELP STUDENTS WITH JOBS.
AS WE TALK MORE AND MORE ABOUT SOMETIMES THE MOVE FROM THE NEED FOR A DEGREE MAY INDICATE THAT THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR A CERTIFICATE OR A CREDENTIAL.
IT MAY NOT HAVE TO BE AN ENTIRE ASSOCIATE'S AGREE.
BUT AS A STUDENT HAS TAKEN A COURSE THAT HAS A CREDENTIAL EMBEDDED, AND THEY TAKE AN EXAM AND GET THAT CREDENTIAL, GREENLIGHT CAN STORE THAT.
THEN, AN EMPLOYER CAN BE MATCHED TO THAT STUDENT, BECAUSE THE CREDENTIAL IS IN THE SYSTEM.
>> IN TERMS OF FOR EXAMPLE, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT WOULD STUDENTS DO? UPLOAD IT TO THE APP WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE AND CAN EASILY BE SHARED FROM GREENLIGHT? IN THAT WAY?
>> IT COULD BE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM BY WHOEVER IS WRITING THAT LETTER.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD UPLOAD THAT INTO THE STUDENT'S RECORD.
AND THEN, THE STUDENT COULD SHARE IT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR EMPLOYERS AS THEY NEEDED TO.
>> WELL, THAT'S A GREAT FEATURE.
SO THIS IS JUST A CHART THAT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT GREENLIGHT IS NOW.
IT'S REALLY MOVED BEYOND JUST A STUDENT LOCKER AND PORTAL INTO THIS NEXT GENERATION OF THE STUDENT LIFE CYCLE.
IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS THIS OPENS UP FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR EMPLOYERS.
WHER KNOW, TREMENDOUS NEED RIGHT NOW IS ESPECIALLY ON THE VIRTUAL CAREER SIDE FAIR.
YOU KNOW, IN COVID, IT'S HARD.
WE CAN'T HAVE CAREER FAIRS LIKE WE'VE HAD THEM IN THE PAST WHERE EMPLOYERS SHOW UP ON OUR CAMPUSES AND SET UP A TABLE AND TALK TO A STUDENT ABOUT A JOB.
SO T CONTINUE THAT SORT OF WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS NOW FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND ON INTO THE FUTURE.
I THINK THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY HELP THAT WE COULD PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS WOULD JUST BE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED WITH THE USE OF VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR.
>> YEAH, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND, IS THE GREENLIGHT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO HAVE PORTABILITY.
THEIR CREDENTIALS ARE PORTABLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE PAPER COPIES OF ANYTHING.
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THAT IS A FEATURE THAT TRULY PROVIDES EQUITABLE ACCESS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME CAREER PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE.WE PUT JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES IN HERE TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW GREENLIGHT HAS BEEN USED VERY RECENTLY.
WE PUT OUR ENROLL TEXT'S APPLICATION ON GREENLIGHT SO STUDENTS COULD QUICKLY COMPLETE THAT, TIED TO THEIR RECORD, NOT HAVE TO DO IT SEPARATELY.
NOT HAVE TO GO OVER TO ANOTHER WEBSITE OR PRINTOUT A PAPER.
THEY CAN GO DIRECTLY INTO THEIR APP, AND DO THE APPLICATION FOR ENROLL TEXAS.
ENROLL TEXAS IS WHAT USED TO BE CALLED THE COMMON APPLICATION FOR ADMISSIONS?
THAT'S WHAT IS REQUIRED BY ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN TEXAS.
THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY USED GREENLIGHT TO LAUNCH THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.
THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO COVID IN SOME WAYS, SO STUDENTS THAT DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE A.C.T., THE S.A.T., SHOWED THEY WERE COLLEGE-READY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SET UP A TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE ACCOUNT AND ACCESS COURSE WEAR, REMEDIAL COURSE WEAR THAT WOULD HELP THEM BE READY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE LAST FALL OR THIS SPRING.
SO THAT THEY COULD PROVE TO WHEREVER THEY WERE ENROLLING THAT THEY WERE READY TO GO TO COLLEGE.
SO THIS WAS ROLLED OUT ALL OVER THE STATE LAST SUMMER.
AND THIS IS JUST THE LAST EXAMPLE.
SAN ANTONIO LAUNCHED THE INTERNSHIP MANAGER, IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.
IT'S ACTUALLY BUILT ON THE VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR PLATFORM.
WE CAN BRAND THAT HOWEVER WE WANT TO.
AND SAN ANTONIO CALLED IT THE INTERNSHIP MANAGER.
BUT THEY WORKED INSIDE THE PLATFORM TO MATCH STUDENT INTERNSHIPS.
I SPOKE TO THEM JUST TO SEE HOW THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE IT OVER AND OVER.
I SEE US DOING IT, YES, WITH INTE APPRENTICESHIPS, JOBS, TIED TO OUR NEWER RESOURCE CENTER AND CAREER SERVICES.
>> NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION BUT A COMMENT.
IT'S INTERESTING HOW WE'RE MOVING TO A MUCH MORE ROBUST APPLICATION FOR STUDENTS AND PROVIDES SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IN THE PALM OF THEIR HAND.
TO ME THIS IS VERY EXCITING HOW IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED UP TO THIS POINT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THESE FUNCTIONS.
THIS IS A REAL POSITIVE PROCEDURE.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU TRUSTEE FLORES.
THIS IS INNOVATION IN ACTION, RIGHT? YOU START WITH SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE SOLVING A PROBLEM.
AS YOU DEVELOP IT, YOU REALIZE HOW MANY OTHER PROBLEMS YOU COULD SOLVE IF YOU JUST BUILD ON THAT INNOVATION.
THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.
AND TREMENDOUS JUST OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHAT THIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I DON'T HAVE REALLY A QUESTION.
I'M EXTREMELY IMPRESSED AND ENCOURAGED BY WHAT I SEE.
THE TECHNOLOGY IS CERTAINLY A VALUABLE TOOL TO GET THESE ADDITIONAL DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY OPEN AS FAR AS WORKFORCE GOES.
I KNOW I'M THE NEW GUY ON THE BLOCK, SO THERE'S PROBABLY THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ARE THERE IF I KNEW WHERE TO LOOK.
FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE AND TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, IF WE DON'T HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US QUICKLY DEVELOP A POLICY THAT RELATES TO A WAY FOR US TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, WHETHER IT BE OUR PROCESS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR DATA.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE
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COMPENSATED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL STREAMS OF REVENUE.AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING RISK.
I'M NOT SAYING TAKE INVESTMENTS.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SPENDING DOLLARS.
I'M JUST SAYING BEING COMPENSATED FOR WHAT WE DO.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
AND I CAN ONLY SHARE WITH YOU THAT IN THE HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL WORLD, THAT IS THE ACCEPTED PRACTICE.
SOUTHWEST AND SOMEBODY LIKE THAT GOES IN AND HELPS A COMPANY PRODUCE A PRODUCT THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE A REVENUE STREAM, THEN U.T.
SOUTHWESTERN CAN USE THAT FOR FUNDING CHAIRS OR WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE.
I WO BOARD IF WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY LIKE THAT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT INTRODUCING NEW POLICIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
OR IF WE DO, MAYBE BRINGING IT UP TO MORE OF A CURRENT STATUS.
IF I MIGHT COMMENT THERE, TRUSTEE BOYD.
PRESIDENT AND ROB IS WELCOME TO JUMP IN.
IT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.
IT'S NOT HAPPENED WITH THE BOARD.
WE'VE HAD IT WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, LOOKING AT COMPANIES, AREAS WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO INVEST.
AND HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
WE ACTUALLY WITH THE INNOVATION HUB, WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH INCUBATORS IN THE PAST, OTHER WORK, REALIZE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN THIS SPACE.
THIS WE'VE WORKED WITH WITH START-UP OUR WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH OUR EMERGENCY AID, WAS WITH ANOTHER GROUP.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH -- WELL, ACTUALLY, EVEN SOME OF THE WORK WITH THE CREDENTIALS.
CREDENTIALS ENGINE A NONPROFIT START-UP THAT IS OUT THERE.
WE'VE WORKED WITH AUNT BERTHA, A NONPROFIT START-UP.
AND WE WORKED WITH THE PIECES TECH WHICH WAS THE OLD P.P.P.
IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN LACKING AS A STRUCTURE -- AND MANY CASES NOT JUST TIME.
THESE REQUIRE DOLLAR INVESTMENTS UP FRONT IN THE PROCESS AND HOW WE GO ABOUT MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND DETERMINING THE OWNERSHIP.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT THE CHANCELLOR SAID.
THE BOARD HAS A POLICY OR NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE AS ROBUST AS TRUSTEE BOYD WAS DESCRIBING.
SPECIFICALLY WITH GREENLIGHT THIS MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE.
MAINLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE COLLABORATED, AS HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN THE PREP GREENLIGHT.
BUT THEY DEVELOPED THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND SO OFTENTIMES WE THINK IN TERMS OF ROYALTIES AND LICENSE FEES.
IN T BOARD SHOULD EXPLORE THE CURRENT POLICY TO SEE IF IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED IN ANYWAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT THEMSELVES AS WE GO FORWARD.
>> TRUSTEE COMPTON DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
IT SAYS THE START OF OUR WORK WITH GREENLIGHT, IT WAS FUNDED BY EXTERNAL PARTNERS FOCUSED ON NEEDS OF STUDENTS.
IS T INITIALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE ABOUT DOING TRANSCRIPTS FOR OUR STUDENTS?
>> YES, THAT WAS THE INITIAL WORK WAS SOLELY ABOUT THE TRANSCRIPTS.
AND GREENLIGHT, WE WORKED WITH GREENLIGHT.
WE CODEVELOPED THIS ANSWER WITH GREENLIGHT IN THAT EFFORT TO CREATE THAT TRANSCRIPT THAT WOULD LIVE ON THE BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY.
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>> AND TRUSTEE COMPTON TO YOUR QUESTION, THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS FUNDED $500,000 DIRECTLY TO GREENLIGHT TO BUILD THIS UP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS AND THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND COVERED THE COST OF THOSE RECORDS FOR ALL THREE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR DURING THAT PERIOD.
SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT BASICALLY IT WAS NOT FREE FOR THEM TO DO OUR TRANSCRIPTS? THAT WHOLE PIECE, IT WAS JUST FUNDED BY EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
I THINK THAT THEY ESTIMATE THAT WHAT THE COST IS ABOUT $80,000 A YEAR RIGHT NOW THAT THEY PUT IN TO THE WORK FROM THAT THE COMMUNITY'S FOUNDATION IS PAYING THEM.
THEY'RE COVERING THAT COST FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR EACH FOR DISD AND U.N.T.
WE JUST HAVE MORE RECORDS THAN THE OTHER TWO DO.
SO YOU SAID IN THE LAST DISCUSSION -- AND I BELIEVE THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM IS ON HERE THAT I QUESTIONS ABOUT.
YOU SAID THAT (AUDIO INTERFERENCE)
>> FOR THE CHANGE GROUP PIECE?
>> ROB, YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT ON IT.
AND THAT'S STILL IN EFFECT I BELIEVE.
>> I'M NOT SURE I HEARD THE ENTIRETY OF THE QUESTION.
ORIGINALLY, THE AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED A FIVE-YEAR TERM WHICH WE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THE TRANSCRIPT SERVICE.
>> OUR AGREEMENT, THOUGH, DID SAY THAT WE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO I CERTAINLY MET WITH THE COMMUNITY'S FOUNDATION, AS DID MICHAEL HENIHOSA AND BOB MUNG WHEN WE CONTEMPLATED THIS.
>> WHAT IS THE DATE ON THE FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT? OR THE CONTRACTUAL PERIOD.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I BELIEVE PYEPER INDICATED 2018.
THAT SEEMS TO BE CONS RECOLLECTION.
>> SO THAT WOULD MEAN TWO YEARS IN? ON THE FIVE-YEAR?
>> I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY THREE YEARS IN.
>> I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY THREE YEARS IN.
AND AGAIN, I CAN'T REMEMBER, ROB, IF IT WAS JUNE OR JULY OF THAT YEAR, BUT, YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
>> IT WOULD BE -- I AGREE APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS IN IS WHAT I WOULD RECALL, YES.
BECAUSE -- I THINK IT'S IN THAT AGENDA ITEM.
I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING THAT SAID 2019.
BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
THERE'S TWO YEARS LEFT ON THIS CONTRACT, THEN, WE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE TO PICK UP THE COST FOR THE TRANSCRIPT PART?
>> THAT -- WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THAT WOULD BE OUR OPTION AT THAT TIME.
>> AND ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE $80,000 AT THIS POINT?
>> WE'LL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
THAT WE DIDN'T LOCK IN A PRICE AS I RECALL, ROB.
IN FACT, THERE WAS NO DOLLARS MENTIONED IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
>> THEN, CAN YOU SWITCH I BELIEVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE STORAGE, PROFILE AND THEN IT SAYS COLLEGE ENROLLMENT.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THE TRANSCRIPT
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PART, RIGHT?THAT IS THE ENROLL TEXAS APPLICATION THAT THEY PUT ON THE PLATFORM THIS PAST YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
BUT WE ARE PAYING FOR THE STORAGE AND PROFILE PART.
>> THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY OUTSIDE SO FAR.
SO WE HAVE TWO OR THREE MORE YEARS ON THAT CONTRACT.
>> IF I MIGHT, TRUSTE COMPTON ON THIS, ONE WAY TO LOOK AT THIS -- AND PROBABLY OUR LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM HERE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED OUT, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS, WE USE GREENLIGHT AND THE TRANSCRIPT PLATFORM KIND OF AS THE SAME THING.
WELL GREENLIGHT, THAT'S THE COMPANY NAME.
AND NOW THEY HAVE VARIOUS PRODUCTS UNDER THAT.
THE THEY DON'T CALL AT GREENLIGHT AS SUCH.
THIS IS THEIR TRANSCRIPT SHARE PLATFORM.
AND THEN, WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY ADDING TO THIS THE ITEMS LAID OUT HERE, WHICH WOULD BE THE MATCHING PROGRAM AROUND INTERNSHIPS, JOBS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
THE SCHOLARSHIP MATCHING AS WELL AS MATCHING THE TRANSFER.
SO T PRODUCTS IF THEY DEVELOP.
SOME OF THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
SOME OF THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH FOUNDATION AND FOLKS IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THESE WERE DEVELOPED WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS FROM US THAT WE ARE NOW INTERESTED IN ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO UTILIZE.
ON T THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT BOTHER ME ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT THIS IS AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE SECOND TIME THAT WE ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS WHERE IT WAS COMPANIES THAT WERE GIVING US FREE SERVICE, AND THEN, ALL OF THE SUDDEN, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SPEND MONEY.
AND JUST PRETTY MUCH DOING BUSINESS THE MOST -- THE ONE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT IN MY HEAD IS THE BOSTON CONSULTING CONTRACT.
AS I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE WORK PRODUCT.
WHAT I HAD A PROBLEM IS THAT HERE COMES A COMPANY THAT OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THIS FREE STUFF FOR YOU.
AND THEN, THE NEXT THING WE KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTS FOR THESE COMPANIES, WHERE THEY HAVE A ONE-UP ON OTHER COMPANIES.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WORK THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY PRO BONO.
AND ISSUE ABOUT THIS COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT HAS BOTHERED ME ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF.
IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT AND WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING.
BUT HOW THEY GOT TO THIS SPACE WHERE ALL OF THE SUDDEN WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR DIFFERENT MONEY.
TO M TO DO SOMETHING IS THAT IF YOU GOT A PRODUCT FOR SALE, AND YOU THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR US THEN, JUST COME FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND WE'LL PAY YOU FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, DON'T COME AND TELL ME YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME FOR FREE.
AND THEN, FOR WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME NOW, IT WAS NOT FREE IN THE BEGINNING.
WHERE WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT IT WAS FREE.
IT WAS JUST BEING PAID FOR BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
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HAPPENED, I DON'T KNOW.BUT THAT'S BEEN MY WHOLE PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE THING FROM DAY ONE.
AND THAT'S WHY I BECAME SO CONCERNED ABOUT IT, IS BECAUSE OKAY.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE PAYING FOR THIS FOR FREE.
NOW, HERE COMES THIS COMPANY WITH PROPRIETARY PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, AND THEY WANT ADDITIONAL MONEY OUT OF US FOR IT.
PLUS -- AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMPANY IN TEXAS THAT WOULD DO THIS OR NOT.
BUT IN TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, THEN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PONY UP SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY.
BUT AND INCLUSION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE THAT THEY LOOK AT IN TERMS OF OUR COMPETITIVE PROCESSES.
WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE CONSULTANTS.
AND I'VE NEVER KNOWN A COLLEGE THAT HAS AS MANY CONSULTANTS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, ALL OF THEM, THESE ARE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPETING FOR THIS BUSINESS.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GRAVE DISSERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR SOME OF THIS BUSINESS.
>> THOSE ARE GOOD POINTS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMPANIES WOULD BE IN THAT SPACE TO COMPETE, BECAUSE THIS IS INNOVATIVE, RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGY.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT D.E.I.
COMMITTEE AND LOOKING INTO THAT CERTAIN AREA.
>> OH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THIS.
IS THIS ONLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR STUDENTS? WHAT ABOUT OTHER STATES?
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSCRIPT, I HAVE TALKED TO -- WELL, ONE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONE TO VIRTUALLY STUDENTS HAVE SHARED THEM WITH VIRTUALLY EVERY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
I HAPPEN TO JUST RECENTLY BE IN A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, DRAKE UNIVERSITY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS I CHECKED, THE STUDENTS HAVE SENT THEM.
THE ANSWER IS THIS WORKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
YOU CAN BE A RECEIVER WITHOUT IT.
AND GREAT THINGS THAT STUDENTS CAN SHARE THEIR TRANSCRIPTS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THEY DO AT EVERY OUR INSTITUTION.
BECA TEXAS-BASED COMPANY, THEY HAVE FOCUSED THEIR ATTENTION ON TEXAS INSTITUTIONS, WHICH IS WHY THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND OTHERS.
AND HONESTLY, I'M NOT IN THEIR BUSINESS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO DAY-TO-DAY.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING IN OTHER STATES.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SERVICES THAT IS BEING PROPOSED? IS THAT STRICTLY --
>> AGAIN, I'M ONLY AWARE OF TEXAS INSTITUTIONS UTILIZING THOSE.
IF THEY'RE WORKING ELSEWHERE, AGAIN, I WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
I SU PIECE, THEY'RE WORKING ELSEWHERE.
ONLY BECAUSE THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MICHAEL AND SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION THAT I'M AWARE OF.
BUT THAT -- BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF WHO THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH ON THAT.
SO WE DON'T -- BASED ON WHAT THIS IS, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'RE BEING CHARGED COMPETITIVE
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PRICES? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPARE THE PRICE OR ANYTHING WITH?>> THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER COMPARISON BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ALL OF THE STUDENT RECORDS LIVE IN THIS.
AND THESE OTHER NEW PIECES OF THE GREENLIGHT PLATFORM DEPEND UPON THAT STUDENT DATA.
AND THE STUDENT RECORD THAT LIVES INSIDE THE PLATFORM.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER WAY FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO TAKE AND DO THIS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET THE STUDENT TRANSCRIPT FROM THE STUDENT LOCKER THAT LIVES IN GREENLIGHT.
SO TO SOME EXTENT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THESE COULD BE ALL -- PRICING? BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PER-STUDENT FEE OR $10 PER HUNDRED STUDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> ROB, COULD YOU SPEAK TO -- I THINK THERE MAY BE A CHARGE PER STUDENT ON ONE ASPECT.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE CONTRACTS IN FRONT OF ME.
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD SHED TOO MUCH LIGHT ON IT.
THE I KNOW IT WAS NEGOTIATED PRICE FOR THE ADDITIONAL MODULES.
I THINK TIM MARSHALL WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMPARATIVES THEY USED.
I KNOW THERE WAS A FORMULA TO ARRIVE AT A MUTUALLY-AGREEABLE PRICE FOR THE SERVICES SOUGHT.
I CAN'T ARTICULATE TO WHAT THAT WAS.
TO Y THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL -- TIM IS JUMPING ON AND HE CAN ENLIGHTEN US.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH GREENLIGHT WAS A SOLE SOURCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL THERE ARE COMPETITORS DOING THESE OTHER THINGS.
I DEFER TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW BETTER ABOUT THAT.
TIM PROBABLY HAS INSIGHT ON THAT.
>> OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM WAS BASED ON TECHNOLOGY THAT HAD NOT BEEN USED IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
IT HAD ONLY BEEN USED FOR BITCOIN AND SOME OTHER BANKING ENVIRONMENTS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER IF OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT WERE EXPLORING THE USE OF IT.
AND WE MANAGED THROUGH LEARNING WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, U.T., STANFORD, U.T.F.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR PROVIDERS.
WE HIRED ONE OTHER BLOCK CHAIN IN HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP.
THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MOVE THE NUMBER OF RECORDS WE WERE TALKING.
THEY ONLY WANTED TO MOVE A DIPLOMA.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE STUDENT RECORD.
YOU WOULD JUST SEE THE DIPLOMA.
WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO DO A STUDENT RECORD ON THE BLOCK CHAIN THAT PROVIDED FULL TRANSCRIPT.
NOW WE WEREN'T RACING WITH ANYBODY.
OUR MIND SET WAS THAT IF SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO OUR DATA, WE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS AT THE SAME RISKY POINT THAT I.T.T.
TECH HAD THEIR STUDENTS WHERE THEY COUL TRANSCRIPTS.
THEIR COMPANY IS LOCATED IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THEIR BUSINESS, IS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SOME OF THESE FUNCTIONS ARE BEING USED IN THE DISD -- THE I.S.D.
ENVIRONMENT, WHERE THE T.E.A., TEXAS EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO USE THEIR PLATFORM FOR EVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE STATE.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE TURNING THIS ON FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT ONLY JUST IN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT ANY TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT IS LOOKING FOR A CLASS TO TAKE OR PROGRAM TO TAKE, AND WE CAN DIRECTLY MARKET TO THEM THROUGH THE SCHO INTERNSHIPS PART.
THER NEGOTIATIONS OF GREENLIGHT ALL ALONG.
WE TYPICALLY, WHEN WE DO SOFTWARE LICENSING THAT USES A STUDENT RECORD, THEY BASE THAT RECORD COST ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEASURE OF YOUR STUDENT ENVIRONMENT.
IT DETERMINES YOUR FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT.
SO THEY TAKE STUDENTS GOING FULL-TIME AND STUDENTS GOING PART-TIME AND RUN IT THROUGH AN ALGORITHM AND SAY THIS IS YOUR FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT NUMBER.
OURS BUT IT USUALLY STAYS AT 50 THOUSAND TO 60 THOUSAND.
A LONG-TERM OF MEASURES ARE AT $1 PER STUDENT PER YEAR.
THE CHANCELLOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
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IT'S LIKE MICROSOFT.YOU DON'T BUY ALL OF MICROSOFT AT ONCE.
YOU BUY SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AS YOU NEED THEM.
BUT MICROSOFT ONLY OFFERED MSDOS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE MICROSOFT OFFICE, PLANNING OR DU JUOR, A CLOUD STRUCTURE.
AS THE PRODUCTS MATURED, PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.
WE'VE BOUGHT MULTIPLE MICROSOFT PRODUCTS ON DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.
WE DID A PRODUCT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BID FOR OUR APPRENTICESHIPS.
GREENLIGHT HAD TO BID FOR A PROPOSAL.
IT WAS VERY HIGH BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER DONE APPRENTICESHIPS BEFORE.
WE S THAT HAS DONE APPRENTICESHIPS.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING EVERY BIT OF BUSINESS WE'RE OFFERING.
THIS TIED TO OUR STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS, THAT'S THE VALUABLE PIECE, THESE FUNCTIONS COINCIDE VERY WELL AND WERE DEVELOPED FAR ALONG THE PATH AFTER THEY CREATED OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS ENGAGED IN SIGNED IN JULY OF 2018.
SO I'M VERY CLOSE TO THIS FROM THE TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE BUT ALSO FROM THE -- WHEN THEY PROPOSAL SOMETHING, WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT IT.
I THINK SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE OVER EIGHT MONTHS OLD.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY FIT THE STRUCTURE AND THE FUNCTION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
CHECKING ON THIS ONE, SO WHOSE RECORD IS THIS? IS THIS GREENLIGHT'S RECORD? IS IT THE STUDENT'S RECORD? IS IT DALLAS COLLEGE'S RECORD? WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY OF RECORD?
FEDERAL LAW SAYS THAT THE INSTITUTION OWNS THE RECORD.
WHAT WE DO IS CREATE THE PLATFORM WHEREBY WE ALLOW THE STUDENT TO SHARE THEIR RECORD.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT ULTIMATELY THE COLLEGE IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT RECORD.
THE THE INSTITUTION EARNED THAT RECORD AND PAID FOR THAT RECORD.
AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE POSITION TO USE THAT RECORD.
BUT THAT IS STILL FULLY UNDER OUR CONTROL.
>> SO THE STUDENT HAS NO CONTROL OF THIS RECORD?
THEY HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER IT.
>> BUT IF A STUDENT WANTS IT REMOVED?
>> THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
AND SO AT THE POINT THEN IF THEY FIND A PLATFORM THAT WORKED BETTER FOR THEM, THEY CAN'T REMOVE IT FROM OUR AUSPICES, CORRECT?
>> WELL, ULTIMATELY, THE COLLEGE IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CAN AGREE TO SHARE THE RECORD.
THE STUDENT CANNOT DO THAT BY FEDERAL LAW.
SO IT'S THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE LAW.
WHAT STUDENT CLICKS THE APP TO SHARE, THEY'RE GETTING PERMISSION TO DO IT.
PRESIDENT BUT THE STUDENT DOES HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER FEDERAL LAW TO NOT HAVE THEIR RECORD SHARED.
AND SO THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHARE ANYTHING IF THEY DON'T WANT TO.
AND IN FACT, DON'T ALLOW US IN SOME CASES TO REPORT THEIR RECORD.
BUT IT'S UP TO THE INSTITUTION TO MAIN TAN THE DATA FOR THAT RECORD, THE INTEGRITY OF THAT RECORD SO THAT IT IS IN FACT PROTECTED AND PROVIDED WHEN THE STUDENT WANTS THAT RECORD.
AND SO THAT'S TECHNICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH GREENLIGHT IS WE'VE CREATED A TECHNOLOGY WAY THAT CREATES A RECORD THAT CAN'T BE CHANGED OR ALTERED BY ANYBODY.
AND THAT AND BOTH THE SENDER AND RECEIVER ABSOLUTELY ARE ASSURED THIS IS AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
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SO IF ANYONE CAN ADD TO A FILE, SAY THE RECOMMENDATION LETTER?
THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THAT'S ALSO ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS WRITING THE LETTER CAN PUT THAT INTO THE FILE.
THE STUDENT, THEN, WOULD HAVE NO ABILITY.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE TO SHARE THAT LETTER OR NOT SHARE THAT RECORD.
THEY CANNOT CHANGE OR ALTER THAT RECORD.
AND ONCE UPLOADED, NEITHER CAN THE AUTHOR OF THAT LETTER.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO WRITE A NEW LETTER TO REPLACE IT.
SO AT THIS POINT, MY QUESTIONS AGAIN ARE AGAIN SECURITY.
THIS TO ME LOOKS LIKE AN ABSOLUTELY SECURITY NIGHTMARE WITH US IN THE MIDDLE AS THE PERSON, THE ENTITY THAT WILL KEEP IT SAFE FROM BEING [INAUDIBLE] THINGS BEING ADDED THAT AREN'T PERHAPS LEGITIMATE.
THE KIND OF LIABILITY DO WE HAVE IF INDEED IT TURNS OUT THAT SOMEBODY GIVES AUTHORIZATION AND IT GETS -- SOMEBODY GETS IN, NOT CARE INFORMATION IS LEFT ON A POST-IT NOTE ON A LIBRARY SHELF.
TO ME, THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE WAITING TO HAPPEN.
>> WELL, TIM, WHY DON'T YOU COMMENT ON THE SECURITY ASPECTS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF WHY WE WENT THIS ROUTE.
>> SO THE BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE -- YOU MAY NOT KNOW, IN BANKS, THE TRANSACTIONS IN MONEYS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AROUND THE WORLD, IT'S CALLED BITCOIN.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT IT USES 256-KEY ALGORITHM THAT ENCRYPTS THE DATA AT THE POINT OF CREATION TO THE POINT OF DISTRIBUTION.
SO IT'S A MUCH -- IT'S A C.I.A.
IT ALLOWS US FOR ANYBODY WHO RECEIVES THE DOCUMENT, IT CANNOT BE CHANGED.
IT'S SECURITY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT IS BEING DONE.
CONTRACTS ARE BEING WRITTEN IN BLOCK CHAIN.
REAL ESTATE LICENSES, THE TRANSFER OF GOODS BETWEEN COUNTRIES, THIS IS THE TRUSTED PROTOCOL THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
BUT IT'S JUST NOW MAKING ITS WAY TO OTHER RECORDS.
AGAI OCCURRED WITH REGARDS TO A BLOCK CHAIN BREACH.
BUT EVERY SOFTWARE, EVERY PIECE OF -- EVERY TIME WE DELIVER INFORMATION TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, WHETHER IT'S IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTING OUR FACULTY AND STAFF, WHETHER IT'S SENDING INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL STUDENT DATA CLEARINGHOUSE, IS DONE IN A SECURE FASHION MANDATED BY SPECIFIC FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATES.
THIS ONE, AGAIN, IS AN APPLICATION THAT EXCEEDS THOSE BY A HIGH FACTOR.
I MEAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY A BLESSING FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE TO PROVIDE STUDENT INFORMATION AT A DISTANCE ANY TIME, ANY PLACE.
>> I DID NOT SEE THE BLOCK CHAIN WAS MENTIONED.
I MUST HAVE BREEZED PAST THAT.
>> IF I MIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS IF RECORDS ARE ADDED THAT DON'T BELONG THAT LOTS OF TIMES WHEN THINGS ARE DOWNLOADED IF IT TRUNCATES IT ADDS SOMETHING ELSE.
IF THESE RECORDS ARE NOT ACCURATE, HOW DOES THE STUDENT FIX THAT?
>> SO THE RECORDS AS THEY ARE ENTERED INTO THE CHAIN HAVE A SPECIFIC KEY THAT IS CREATED AT THE TIME THE RECORD WAS ENTERED IN.
AND IT'S BASED ON RECORD SIZE AND ELEMENTS.
THE BLOCK CHAIN STORES THAT ALONG WITH THE DATA.
AND WHENEVER THAT DATA IS TRANSFERRED, IF THE DATA IS CHANGED, IT RUNS A CHECK AGAINST THAT KEY.
AND IF THAT KEY IS NOT -- IF THAT DATA IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED, IT'S -- THE RECEIVER GETS A NOTICE THAT THIS IS NOT A VALID PIECE OF INFORMATION.
AT THAT POINT, THE STUDENT WILL RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEY CAN CALL UP OUR REGISTRAR TO FIND OUT WHY THEIR RECORD IS NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.
WE'V THOUSAND TRANSCRIPTS, AND THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED ONCE.
SO SOME STUDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR GRADES ON THEIR TRANSCRIPT.
BUT THEIR TRANSCRIPT SHOWS THE OFFICIAL DATE THAT THAT IS WITHIN OUR SYSTEMS WITHOUT FAIL.
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SO IF SOMETHING LIKE A NAME CHANGE OR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAKE IT RECORD KEEPING EXCITING, THAT IS HANDLED WITHOUT A PROBLEM?
IF THE STUDENT MAKES A NAME CHANGE AND THEY DON'T TELL US, THEIR TRANSCRIPT IS GOING TO BE STILL IN THEIR ORIGINAL NAME.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CHANGE IN OUR SYSTEM IF THEY WANT TO SHOW THEIR EMPLOYER THAT JANE SMITH IS NOW JANE DOE.
BUT THAT'S -- YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
SO WE WORK WITH STUDENTS ALL THE TIME THAT GO THROUGH NAME CHANGES, ADDRESS CHANGES.
YOU HAVE TO - TRANSCRIPT FROM MY ORIGINAL INSTITUTION, I STILL HAVE TO UPDATE MY ADDRESS.
THAT INFORMATION IS ALWAYS -- AND THAT'S WHY THE CHANCELLOR MENTIONED THIS IS STILL UNDER OUR CONTROL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP BY LAW THAT STUDENT RECORD OF ATTENDANCE AND GRADE.
TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN, WERE YOU THROUGH WITH YOURS?
SO I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR SEEKING OUT A SOLUTION THAT THANKFULLY HAS NOT YET HAPPENED TO US GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INSTITUTION, I.T.T.
TECHNICAL CLOSING FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT AND LEAVING STUDENTS IN THE LURCH.
STUDENTS, SOME COMING TO DALLAS COLLEGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
I CA FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT.
I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR SEEKING OUT SOLUTIONS, NOT ONLY SOLUTIONS BUT CUTTING-EDGE, VERY INNOVATIVE.
I WOULD SAY EVEN THOUGH THE PRIZE IN TERMS OF THE EXPANDED SERVICES IS WHAT IT IS, IF I UNDERSTOOD DIRECTLY, THIS IS FOR UP TO CURRENTLY FOR 57 THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT WE DIVIDE THE AMOUNT BY 57, 000.
SO THAT SEEMS ECONOMICICAL TO ME.
THIS REACH STUDENTS BEYOND DALLAS COLLEGE IF THEY WANT TO ENROLL IN OUR CERTIFICATE COURSES, ASSOCIATE'S, ET CETERA IN AN ONLINE MANNER THOSE THAT ARE OUT OF DALLAS COUNTY, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? ANYWAY, WE HAVE A REACH ANYWHERE IN THIS TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF COURSES, CAREER PATHWAYS, ET CETERA?
>> DR. JOSEPH, DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO THAT
>> YES, TRUSTEE FLORES, IF THE STUDENT HAS A RECORD IN GREENLIGHT, ABSOLUTELY.
WE CAN SEARCH AND SEE WHAT INTERESTS THEY HAVE EXPRESSED AND WE CAN TARGET OUR PROGRAMS TO THEIR NEEDS AND PREFERENCES.
>> SO NOT NECESSARILY SOMEBODY OPTING IN AND THEN GETTING ONLINE COURSES, THAT WOULD BE THE REGULAR WAY, BUT NOT THROUGH THIS GREENLIGHT APPLICATION.
WELL COMMEND STAFF FOR INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK AND WOE IS US AND HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS TO US, AND LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO REALLY HELP STUDENTS TO SERVE STUDENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AND REALLY THE TAXPAYER.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE AN EDUCATED STUDENT RETURNING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE GOING TO EARN A HIGHER SALARY.
AND THUS, BE ABLE TO BUY MORE GOODS AND SERVICES, WHICH ARE TAXED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND SERVE THE TAXPAYER WELL.
WE'RE 40 MINUTES BEHIND SCHEDULE.
HOW ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES OF DISCUSSION ON THE GREENLIGHT BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
I SEE TRUSTEE COMPTON HAD HER HAND UP AND TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN AND WE'LL GO TO YOU TRUSTEE BOYD.
>> I THINK IT WAS A PREVIOUS SLIDE.
IT SAID SOMETHING EIGHTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE CAREER SELECTION OR WHATEVER.
IS THIS UNLESS YOU ENROLL WITH US, DO YOU ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THIS IF YOU'RE DISD STUDENT?
>> DISD WAS ONE OF THE EARLY PARTNERS.
BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW INVOLVED AND IN THE MIX.
LOCALLY, I KNOW THAT GARLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST LAUNCHED THIS YESTERDAY.
AND SO THEY NOW HAVE ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS IN THIS AS WELL.
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CAN'T SPEAK TO OTHERS AROUND THE STATE.BUT I DO KNOW LOCALLY WE HAVE DALLAS AND GARLAND.
>> WELL, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT -- AND I RAISED THIS ISSUE LAST MONTH.
AND I DID SEND OUT THE BOARD MEMBERS A MEMO FROM ME ABOUT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY.
BECAUSE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
IF WE'RE NOT COVERING CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE'RE MISSING STUDENTS.
AND WE'RE ONLY INVESTING IN A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION OF DALLAS COUNTY.
THAT GIVES ME GREAT CONCERN, BECAUSE OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION.
BECA OF THE SLIDES THAT YOU SHOW THAT EIGHTH GRADE UP, THAT YOU HAD ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN FRONT OF ME TO KNOW WHICH ONES ARE IN GREENLIGHT AT THIS POINT.
SO I EXPECT THERE WILL BE A WHOLE LOT OF ADDITIONS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO DALLAS AND GARLAND THAT I KNOW FOR SURE ARE ALL IN.
WELL, I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN.
AND THE FACT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE STUDENT COMES FROM, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS, BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS OF DALLAS COUNTY.
TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> IT GOES BACK AGAIN THE PEOPLE, THE STUDENTS THAT WE KEEP THE RECORDS FOR, DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR RECORDS? OR FEDERAL LAW SAID IT'S NOT REALLY THEM WE'RE TAKING CARE OF.
IT'S THAT WE HAVE THE -- WE OWN THEIR RECORDS? OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS THEIR RECORDS? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE -- WHO OWNS WHAT RECORDS?
>> I'LL SEE IF I CAN ANSWER THAT, TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN.
THE CHANCELLOR OR TIM MENTIONED, THE STUDENT OWNS THE RECORD.
WE'RE MERELY A STEWARD, A VESSEL.
THE RECORDS THAT WE CONTROL, WE CONTROL.
THEIR RECORDS THAT PERTAIN TO OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS A PERMISSION-BASED SYSTEM AS ANY SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO BE WHERE IT REQUIRES THE SHARING OF INFORMATION FROM EDUCATION RECORDS OF STUDENTS.
SAME IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT COMES TO US FROM THE DALLAS I.S.D.
WHICH IS ALSO USING THE GREENLIGHT PLATFORM, THERE ARE DISD RECORDS NOT OWNED BY DISD THAT ARE OWNED BY THE STUDENT THAT PERTAIN TO THEIR EXPERIENCE AT THE DISD THAT ARE PART OF THE GREENLIGHT RECORDS RELEVANT TO THE STUDENT.
THE STUDENT CONSENTS TO THE SHARING OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE RECORDS.
GIVES PERMISSION FOR THEM WHEN THE STUDENT WISHES TO HAVE THOSE RECORDS SHARED.
AND IT'S ALL PART OF THIS CONSENT PERMISSION-BASED SYSTEM THAT GREENLIGHT DEVELOPED THAT WE ARE HAVING THEM ACTUALLY PERFORM FOR US A FUNCTION WE COULD NOT PERFORM OURSELVES BUT OTHERWISE WOULD IF WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
SO THE FEDERAL LAW THAT THE CHANCELLOR REFERENCED, HE STATED IT CORRECTLY.
WE'RE OBLIGATED TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFORMATION.
SO AGAIN, STUDENTS OWN THE INFORMATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE GREENLIGHT PLATFORM.
WHICH IS IT GIVES THE STUDENT CONTROL OVER WHO THEY WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH.
BE IT FOR PURPOSES OF A SCHOLARSHIP OR JOB OR INTERNSHIP OR FOR PURSUING A AGREE AT A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION.
IT GIVES THE STUDENT THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE SYSTEM.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE EMBRACED IT SO HERE.
>> I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT EARLIER.
>> YES, I ALSO WANT TO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE FLORES'S COMM PRODUCTIVITY OF THE STAFF.
I KNOW THAT SO MANY TIMES IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE SIDE OF THE WORLD, THERE ARE GENIUSES OUT THERE DEVELOPING IN THE BACK ROOM PRODUCTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND
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TRY TO SELL TO US.I LI FIND PARTNERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.
AND TELL THEM THESE ARE OUR NEEDS.
DON'T DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SELL ME WHEN IT MAY NOT BE THE 40-50% OF MY NEED.
SO I AGAIN WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE STAFF TO CONTINUE THE AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE.
AND WHEN YOU DO F PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOOD AS LONG AS BOTH SIDES ARE CONTRIBUTING THEIR PART.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND I WILL AGREE SAY FIND A WAY FOR US TO SHARE IN THEIR SUCCESS.
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AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE BOARD MEETINGS TODAY ON THE AGREEMENT.AND NOW, WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE ATHLETIC UPDATE THAT
[4.B. Athletics Update Presenter: Beatriz Joseph]
DR. JOSEPH WILL GIVE US.I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE SPRING SEASON FOR ATHLETICS.
AS Y OPPORTUNITY TO CONFER WITH COACHES, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, CRITICAL RESPONSE OFFICE, HEALTH EXPERTS, PARENTS, STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO HAVE A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL SPRING 2021 ATHLETIC SEASON.
WE FURTHER ENHANCED OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO INCLUDE TEMPERATURE CHECKS ON GAME DAY, SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES IN TRANSPORTATION.
ROB AND HIS TEAM DEVELOPED A WAIVER ACKNOWLEDGING THE RISKS OF COVID-19 OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE TO SIGN TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPRING SPORTS.
I HA COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, SO WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A SAFE SPRING SEASON.
OKAY SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH OVER 500 STUDENT ATHLETES, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND COACHES, WHO TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR INPUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE COULD MAKE THE SPRING SEASON A SAFER SEASON.
WE S INVOLVED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW HOW WE WERE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE SEASON.
ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND, WE HAD SESSIONS FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES SO THEY COULD GET ASSISTANCE FROM ADVISERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF CLASSES THAT THEY NEEDED.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE 54 STUDENT-ATHLETES TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR SCHEDULES.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE NJCAA TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TAKING 12 CREDIT HOURS ON THE CAMPUS, WHERE THEIR TEAM IS HOUSED.
AND ARE MOVING FROM VOLUNTEER COACHES TO PART-TIME COACHES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RELIABILITY, ESPECIALLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH H.R.
TO PROCESS THESE PART-TIME STAFF COACHES THAT ARE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES DURING THIS SPRING SEASON.
WHAT IS NEXT? I AM WORKING WITH DEVELOP A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IS AWARE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND WE ARE ALL AWARE OF ANY NEEDS THAT MIGHT ARISE AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES.
ALL STUDENT ATHLETES WILL BE ASSIGNED -- THAT WILL HELP THEM AND ADVISE THEM THAT THEY'RE TAKING THE RIGHT COURSES.
IN T TRANSFER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR STUDENT ATHLETES COME TO US WITH THE INTENT OF TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION, WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY THEIR SPORT.
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WANT TO BE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVERSED TRANSFER.NOW, TRANSFER? STUDENTS FINISH WITH US, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T COMPLETE A CREDENTIAL.
AND THEY TRANSFER TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION.
WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY CAN TRANSFER BACK SOME OF THE CREDITS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN IN THE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION, TRANSFER THEM BACK TO DALLAS COLLEGE AND COMPLETE A CREDENTIAL.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, I'M WILLING TO ANSWER THEM.
>> YES, IF I MIGHT ASK ABOUT THE 12 HOURS PER ONE CAMPUS FOR A SPORT.
THAT IS A REQUIREMENT? IN I THOUGHT GOING TO (AUDIO INTERFERENCE)
>> NJCAA RULES DICTATE THE 12 HOURS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MANAGE THAT, WE'LL BE TAKING CARE OF THE ENROLLMENT AS T INSTITUTION THAT HAS SPORTS.
ATHLETES ARE REGISTERED AS A BLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEN THEY MEET THE NJCAA REQUIREMENTS.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT WITH US GOING TO ONE COLLEGE, THEN THAT, IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS.
THAT WOULD BE ONE COLLEGE, CORRECT?
>> SO THE NJCAA RULES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIELD TEAMS FOR EACH CAMPUS, THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE COURSES FROM THAT CAMPUS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE IN THIS THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN EACH LOCATION.
SO THERE'S ACCESS FOR STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR INTEREST IN WHAT SPORT THEY WANT TO PLAY.
BUT ALSO WE WOULDN'T BE FIELDING ONLY ONE VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
WE'RE FIELDING SIX VOLLEYBALL TEAMS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> WELL, AGAIN, IF WE'RE ONE COLLEGE, THE LOCATION AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL?
>> THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE COURSE IS ATTACHED TO.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT THAT IS AT BROOKHAVEN, NEEDS TO TAKE COURSES 12 HOURS IN THE COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE BROOKHAVEN CAMPUS.
>> SO SPORTS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE ONE COLLEGE RULE?
>> I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER TRUSTEES WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
THAN DR. JOSEPH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AGENDA, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM
[A. Committee Notes]
WAS COMMITTEE NOTES FOR DECEMBER 15TH, EDUCATION WORKFORCE COMMITTEE MEETING.WITH THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND WE'LL TAKE A TEN-MINUTE BREAK TO TRY TO MAKE UP SOME TIME.
COMMITTEE WILL START AGAIN AT 3:25.
>> IT'S 3:14 WHEN THE COMMITTEE ADJOURNED FOR NOTE TAKING PURPOSES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.