Do Less With Less. This Is the New Normal - with Pat Pitney, Former President, University of Alaska

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Pat Pitney, Former President, University of Alaska

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• How do you lead a system spanning more than 1,000 miles with campuses past the Arctic Circle when 2 students in Bethel need the same education as students in Fairbanks?
• Why did walking into a Hunger Games survivalist mentality with a third of state funding lost require doing less with less instead of more with less?
• What makes meeting students at their point of need whether that's a pilot's license or a PhD in aerospace engineering the key to relevance?

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