Higher Education

...“food oppression is a difficult concept for many to embrace because of the powerful rhetoric regarding personal choice that is endemic in the United States”....

...support for TMT’s construction is split among Hawaiians/part Hawaiians on Hawaii Island, with 46 percent of those polled in support of the project and 45 percent opposed....

Average debt for 2015 UH Law School graduates who took out loans to pay for their legal education was $54,988....

UH leadership claimed that the money raised through the increase will only be used for projects that modernize student spaces, classrooms and laboratories....

Between low wages and high net prices, no state can claim that the average four-year college is affordable for low-income students....

New locations that are being considered include Baja California in Mexico, the Canary Islands and Chile, as well as locations in India and China....

In April, UH expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships....

...the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified a point of appellate procedure that has been unnecessarily vague -- and therefore dangerous -- for a while....

...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....

...to confidentially report violations of laws, rules, regulations and UH policies....

Recent news making events have detracted from the great strides in the management of Maunakea....

...the late request by the University to remove Judge Amano ... out of a fear that retaining her might be overturned on appeal, invites the Board to subvert its own independent judgment....

"specialty crafted gourmet cookies made on Maui"

... UH time has consistently been oversubscribed on all observatories ....

“He can be instrumental in our efforts to keep the UH Cancer Center NCI-designated"

...to dispel the myth that all Native Hawaiians oppose the project....

"Why not just send it straight to the justices, if they are going to decide it eventually?”

...contested case hearings before the commissions on Water Resource Management, Land Use, Public Utilities, the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority and cases involving conservation districts, to be directly appealed to the Hawai‘i Supreme Court....

...The 2016 National College Education Program Rankings have been released by ToBecomeATeacher.org....

All seven members of BLNR directed retired Hawai‘i island Judge Riki May Amano to proceed as the contested case hearing officer....

College Affordability Diagnosis shows that higher education has gone from expensive to unaffordable for most American families....

...much of the university’s request is not accommodated in either the House or Senate version of the budget....

Suddenly, our findings, conclusions, and recommendations became important reference material for both sides of the debate....

The East-West Center in Hawaii received a $5.9 million earmark....

...favoritism and abuse of trust and power could lead to sexual harassment....

...retired Hawaii island circuit court judge Riki May Amano (Ret.) has been selected as the hearings officer to conduct the Mauna Kea contested case hearing....

...The suspect gained entry by ramming our gates then used his vehicle to ram our outer steel doors multiple times and proceed to beat on our inner doors....

Startclass examined data from the National Center for Education Statistics to find the public schools with the highest tuition increases over the past 10 years....

...open public meetings statewide from March 28 to May 5....

Lassner noted that “The state has had IT facilities challenges for years...."

The national average of people with a graduate degree or professional degree was 11.0 percent while Hawaii’s population fell slightly short with 10.3 percent.....

For fourteen years, Lukela served as an Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Trustee Aide ....

...the Hawaii Legislature is considering a pair of bills based on California’s affirmative-consent standard that would make it nearly impossible for accused University of Hawaii System students to prove they received consent in a sexual encounter....

...We think the Republicans are going to win, so we need to whip the students into a frenzy as we did when Bush was President....

The bills, SB 2127 and HB 1658, say UH has “failed to charge sufficient sublease rent...."

Comedian Tom Shillue, host of Red Eye on Fox News Channel....

...CDC found "widespread regulatory noncompliance" in the university's labs that use biological agents and toxins....

Implementing K–12 programs in computer, engineering or biomedical science....

UH now has 30 days to state its case and submit relevant documents and the NCAA Committee on Infractions will then have 30 days to respond. A final decision is expected by early summer 2016....

Whatʻs In It For Them If TMT Decides To Stay....

...ensure a “fair rate of return” in establishing sublease rent....

"the university could look to what Oyama said as an indication of what he would do once certified."

The former head coach provided false or misleading information during the investigation, allowed his director of operations to participate in coaching activities, and failed to report a possible violation....

"...this award ... signifies the excellent caliber of teaching, research and activities at our Center for Chinese Studies and School of Pacific and Asian Studies,” said Bley-Vroman....

..Keli'i Akina sits down with Clarke Velasco and Sean Mitsui....