Higher Education

...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living  (3rd-lowest)....

...The State Department of Transportation announced that Mauna Kea Access Road will be closed and there could be lane and other road closures associated with large equipment movement beginning July 15....

...invited to present a Best Practices session on its apprenticeship program and how it could address employee shortages....

...The assertion that DOCARE utilized an LRAD in association with protests on Maui’s Haleakala several years ago is completely false....

...if you warmers don't pay us, we will blow the top off this scam....

... So that construction of the telescope can begin safely, four unauthorized structures were removed from Mauna Kea earlier this morning by multiple state agencies .... 

...proposed rules as they may infringe upon the constitutional rights of individuals seeking to access Mauna Kea....

...the proposed schedule also includes decreases in resident and non-resident graduate school tuition rates that will increase the university’s competitiveness in attracting graduate students....

...the idea of suing America’s energy industry for climate change-related conduct and harms has been rejected many times, including by the highest court in the land....

... This week Congress will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, sweeping legislation that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the definition of sex throughout federal law .... 

...Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton has recommended to University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner the appointment of Carlos Penaloza as the next chancellor for Leeward Community College. The effective date of the appointment is July 1, 2019....

... The vast majority of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa students, 95 percent, are concerned or very concerned about climate change ....

"...Years needed to afford down payment: 25.68...."

...Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2019 legislative session....

...The University of South Dakota determined that a student group naming its party “Hawaiian Day” did not violate the school’s policy....

...to provide feedback on the latest draft of the proposed administrative rules to govern public and commercial activities on UH-managed lands on Maunakea....

...Wade has been listed as suspended on a public list on the USA Volleyball website since at least last fall....

...The regents will take up the request at their April 18 meeting at Leeward Community College....

...the president of the University of Hawaiʻi now leads the UH Mānoa campus....

"...The Kealoha case is arguably the single largest corruption case in the history of our state...."

...We already have a good stadium.  And this consultant now admits Aloha Stadium is located in the best possible place.  So why tear it down for yet another unnecessary boondoggle?....

...The 'Humanize Palestine' website was deactivated later in 2017, about two weeks after the University of Hawaii Chancellor became aware of a nexus that consisted of University of Hawaii content, Palestinian terrorism and the website....

"...There are 12 federal agencies that award education research grants, and the executive order will leave it to them to decide what schools must do to be in compliance...."  

...support efforts to advocate for, adopt and implement 100 percent smoke- and tobacco-free policies, including limiting the use of e-cigarettes....

...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....

"SB 1474 Senate Draft 2 that proposes an increase in the GET now specifies '__ per cent or $ _____'"

...OHA is pleased....

...Kalbert Young, University of Hawaiʻi vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2019 legislative session to date....

...UH Manoa #1 in Eyes of Chinese Communists....

...The school said that the name could be interpreted as culturally insensitive....

...University of South Dakota law students change party theme after 'Hawaiian Day' deemed 'culturally insensitive'....

...The tuition schedule for the 2019–20 academic year at the University of Hawaiʻi’s 10 campuses will remain as previously approved ....

...Senate Bill 1474 proposes levying a 0.5 percent surcharge on the general excise and use tax in order to provide a “dedicated funding source” for the DOE and the University of Hawaii....

...The University and HGEA refuse to allow her to resign union membership....

...Over the past five years, Hawaii's cumulative increase in higher education funding is more than 30%....

...The proposed Equality Act would add “gender identity” to the Civil Rights Act of 1964....

...Hawaii Ranks 15th....

...Public agencies tend to delay or not perform preventive and predictive maintenance. Lack of preventive maintenance of assets of any type leads to deterioration that only accelerates as the maintenance is put off....

...Ethnomathematics participants gather algae around Coconut Island....

...Hawaii residents now owe $4.1B in student loans, up from $2B in 2008....

...Robert Frank Westerman (Kauaʻi County), Alapaki Nahale-a (Hawaiʻi County) and Kelli K.K. Acopan (Student Regent)....

...Irwin is currently the California State University (CSU) Monterey Bay provost and vice president for academic affairs....

...Regents approved a biennium operating budget request which was submitted to the governor and the Legislature....

...UH Office of Internal Audit evaluates university funds, lease payments and external funds received in support of stewardship, management, education and other activities related to Maunakea....

...From 2010 to 2018, the four-year graduation rates for first-time freshmen increased from 10.3% to 32.3% for Native Hawaiian students, and from 13.8% to 37.7% for Filipino students....

...direct spending by foreign students in Hawaii was $241.5 million for the calendar year 2017.  This estimate includes the total living expenses and institutional tuition and fees....

...“Remind students that one of the central missions of the university, which justifies its existence, is to get at the truth.”....

...Why would any court trust 'exculpatory' evidence submitted by a convicted felon?....

...TMT will move forward with fulfilling the numerous conditions and requirements of the state CDUP prior to the start of any construction....

...a 'provost' and four 'vice-provosts'.....