I had read in one of the Chancellor’s news updates (2009) that one of your many successes at California State University was your retention initiatives for at-risk students. Who did you consider as at-risk students, and what were some of these initiatives? CSU has about twice as many students as Brooklyn college, so do you think these plans can help increase the retention rate here, or raise the percentage of students who earn a degree within 4 years?

Throughout this semester, our seminar has addressed the different views regarding the duties of a university president. The two sides are managerial leader vs. financial leader. Would you say you spend more time leading the faculty and representing the university, fundraising, or equal parts both? The operating budget for the 2013 fiscal year is 115 million dollars. About how much of that budget did you raise and what did you do to bring that money to the university?

A few months ago, there was controversy regarding the BDS event, and you chose to protect academic freedom and integrity and allow the event to commence, despite calls to cancel it amidst claims of anti-Semitism and hate. As President, do you feel like students and people outside of the university view your decision as the beliefs of the university or your own personal beliefs?