Higher Education

...June 13, 2017....

The Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation will honor the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Office of Maunakea Management (OMKM) for its outstanding preservation efforts of Maunakea....

'Maunakea World Park' Advanced by Hawaii Mayor Kim at ILOA Galaxy Forum Kona....

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

On October 31st, 2016, the TIO Board of Directors selected the ‘Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos’ (ORM), in La Palma, on the Canary Islands (Spain) as the alternate site for TMT....

...the potential rate of return for associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and post-graduate degrees....

UH’s probationary period has been reduced from three years to two and will now end in December 2017....

...for 5‐year appointments, beginning July 1, 2017, subject to confirmation by the Hawai‘i State Senate....

With so many bathrooms -- will UH administrators be dispatched to comb the streets of Chinatown for recruits? 

Rather than reopen the search, University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner is recommending that he continue to serve as interim UH Mānoa chancellor for two more years....

...What color is your golden parachute?....

Maunakea Scholars is an innovative program designed to bring Hawaiʻi’s young, aspiring astronomers into the observatory community by competitively allocating observing time on Maunakea’s world-class telescopes....

Do you remember all the ‘concern’ expressed by UH Admin in 2011 when The Obama banned Iraqis?  No?  Me neither....

Please leave feedback through the executive search website....

Generally, the higher the level of education one attains, the more income potential grows and the lower chances of unemployment become....

Rape is a felony.  If you have been raped, call the police—not a University administrator....

Ekins-Coward worked for the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute....

...faculty need to make arrangements with their chair or dean for absence....

Robel was (allegedly) originally identified as a finalist (but not publicly identified) and invited to campus at the same time as finalists John V. White and Sonny Ramaswamy, (who were identified as the only two finalists) but was unable to accept the invitation at that time.  (Whatever that means.)....

“I see Maunakea as a special place that allows us to understand and study our origins....”

RELATED: University of Hawaii: Report Trump Voters to Campus Police....

Wait Until You Hear What This Ad Hoc Committee Can Do In Secret....

...an 84 percent increase from 2010 to 2016....

Feedback on the candidates can be sent through the executive search website....

...one of the 10 best law schools in the country in terms of starting salaries that exceed the debt that law graduates carry....

...(You will be arrested on Trumped-up charges.)....

...“He said it will likely be located in Hawaii or the Canary Islands.’....

...Community members will be trained to act as citizen scientists to 'Snap the Shore, See the Future'....

The TMT International Observatory Board of Governors met last week to discuss the progress of TMT in Hawaii and to consider potential alternate sites....

The finalists will be participating in a final round of interviews on the Mānoa campus, November 14 and 15 and November 21 and 22, respectively....

...remediation rates (retaking high-school-level coursework) among students attending the University of Hawaii System are down 8 points in math and 6 points in English in three years....

...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....

By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....

The community is strongly encouraged to participate in the public hearing process....

...if UH started school at 9 a.m. instead of 7:30, 5,000 cars could be eliminated from the morning rush....

...LIR is designed to provide opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between policymakers and the academic community....

In 2009, Muslims tricked the Hawaii Legislature into celebrating 'Islam Day' on September 24--which is September 11 in the old Julian calendar.  Seven years later, UH Manoa professors are still feeling the thrill ....

...there is hope....

...cost after financial aid....

Hawaii Average Student Debt Per Borrower: $23,574 -- 44th in USA....

“Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-13, the 'Fair Treatment' section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes.”

Nominations are now being accepted for a Hawai‘i County seat (for immediate appointment due to the resignation of Regent Barry Mizuno) and for one (1) At Large seat; one (1) City and County of Honolulu seat; and one (1)  Kaua‘i County seat for five-year terms, beginning July 1, 2017....

... the Eco, the Outsider, and the Old Boy.  Which faction will gain ascendancy?  There's a Golden Parachute in it for the winner ....

Public colleges play a special role in making higher education affordable, but in recent years, soaring tuition is pushing that dream out of reach....

The appointment of Dr. Vuylsteke concludes a year-long search involving several hundred potential candidates....

Do you have acting skills? Can you pretend to be a Tech Entrepreneur?  UH has some money to give you....

The search for the next UH Mānoa chancellor began after Lassner fired Apple to satisfy Carbone--who then quit ....

Flashback 2014:  Did Attack on Carbone's $300K 'Assistant' Precipitate Removal of UHM Chancellor?