Higher Education

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?

Indian scientists leading this project, led by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, visited the region and have completed measurements of Atmospheric turbulence....

...but don't worry, UH Administrators are doing everything they can to change this....

Attorney Claims OHA Trustee Robert Lindsey Supports Building The Thirty Meter Telescope Atop Mauna Kea....

...“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...."