Higher Education

I’m starting to think that eating organic is correlated to conspiracy thinking and some degree of paranoia....

...the stadium is a facility that inherently “pushes the boundaries”....

Many public two- and four-year colleges and universities avoided significant tuition increases for the second year in a row... but not UH....

...Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its 2015 Congressional Pig Book, the 23rd edition of the group’s exposé on pork-barrel spending....

The Barack Obama Foundation announced today that the future Barack Obama Presidential Center will be located on Chicago’s South Side (which is nowhere near Hawaii)....

When I keep hearing a’ole over and over, it really gives me the sense of constant fighting but no semblance of a possible alternatives....

"... Financially Valuable Lands .... "

...when people can resort to this kind of behavior, it really shows that they are not capable of considering the consequences of their actions....

The survey asks participants about how possible OHA stances on the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope affects their views regarding OHA....

...these efforts were unsuccessful largely as a result of federal and state regulators seeking to impose financial penalties and conditions on buyers and teach-out partners....

...OHA has a financial interest in the outcome of the dispute....

...The UH Cancer Center is being administratively incorporated into JABSOM to improve efficiency....

"...Ten years of rent and revenue sharing lost = $500,000,000 .... "

OHA recommends the following or similar guidelines for the valuation of future subleases for telescopes on Mauna Kea, including the TMT....

...a meeting tomorrow (April 24) for representatives from the Governor’s office, the University of Hawaiʻi, the Office of Mauna Kea Management, the Mauna Kea Hui, the Mauna Kea ʻOhana, and OHA to di$cuss the thirty ­meter telescope....

Students for a Free Tibet has launched a global “Say No to China’s Confucius Institutes” campaign....

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has continued to urge Governor Ige and University of Hawaiʻi President Lassner to address the outstanding legal i$$ue$ involved in the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope before the moratorium on construction is lifted....

Whether it's activists on Mauna Kea, the Akaka Bill or the Native Hawaiian roll, questions of law abound....

King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....

Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....

...one campus (Honolulu) classified a 2011 graduate of an Accounting program as employed in the field based upon a food service job she started at Taco Bell in June 2006....

When I hear the slogans used by protests calling to “rise up,” I have a different concept in my mind....

OHA leaders have emphasized the need for all parties to address the unresolved legal matter$ while the TMT construction moratorium remains in place....

...this type of rent-seeking activity is at the root of Hawaii’s high cost of living and lack of economic diversity....

The prior two years we had protests of A’ole GMO and now it’s moved onto the TMT....

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the senate....

...Mauna Kea: OHA Demands $50M Payoff for Mountain....

...to determine how much they bleed during the procedure....

Marc Hubbard, 46, of Cornelius, NC...charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a conspiracy to defraud victims who thought they were investing in concert promotions....

The commission highlighted several areas for special recognition....

I Mua Manoa proposes the following seven (7) steps to address the issue of transparency and to make the budget sustainable....

...to convert the UH Cancer Center to an organized research unit within JABSOM....

"The department’s mission and future goals ... includes funding...."

...This policy specifically addresses sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking....

Gib Arnold has released the following statement in response to the NCAA allegations against his program at UH Manoa....

Ethics Commission exposes UH and HART in one report ....

... Cancer Center Business Model 'Flawed and Incomplete' ....

The report is being made available in accordance with Hawaiʻi’s public records law....

...Totally unrelated story -- Dec 17, 2014: Corruption: Al Hee Indicted on 13 Counts--Could Get 39 Years in Federal Prison (Indictment announced on 2nd anniversary of Dan Inouye's death)....

Teddy Roosevelt said, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” And that is exactly what we are doing....

...to fill one Maui County seat and one City and County of Honolulu seat for 5-year appointments, beginning July 1, 2015....

...what is to prevent community colleges from escalating tuition and fees once the federal government – via taxpayers – begins paying the tab?

The case thus represents a target-rich environment for the petitioners and the court....