Higher Education

The report found that the 2013 graduates who borrowed to attend Richardson carry an average debt load of $70,263....

Rudy was internationally known and respected for his war and peace modeling....

Several recent news stories highlight the troubling irony of so-called free speech zones....

Finding the best candidates far outweighs the Regents excuses for why they are only left with two candidates....

The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is implementing an interim policy on speech and assembly while the university explores permanent changes to the policy....

Since fiscal year 1997, the East-West Center has received 11 earmarks totaling $109.7 million....

The report indicates improvements by public school students at every step of the college-readiness pipeline....

The 2014 Congressional Pig Book Summary gives a snapshot of each appropriations bill and details the juiciest projects culled from the complete Pig Book....

...students had been exiled to a “free speech zone” in a remote area of the campus....

UH Interim President David Lassner and Retired Lt. General Francis Wiercinski....

...according to the Feds, Apple's 'random audit' story is bunk....

...$6M of added work due to unidentified utilities, design changes and added work scope....

A student ordered by administrators to stop handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has filed a lawsuit today in federal court....

The reception afforded Gore baffled David Kreutzer, who writes about related misconceptions and myths....

In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity....

...The new (to the State) application is expected to save money, improve security, and enhance sustainability (everybody else has been doing this for years, but hey) ....

...highlighting education proposals, spending, and reforms....

For more than a decade, the college has made it into the top 50 to 100 teacher preparation schools....

The Richardson Law School was ranked in 100th place among 146 law schools... Richardson was tied for 80th last year ....

March 19 and 20 in the UH Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom....

Income Share Agreements are better tools for student financing than traditional student loans....

"...and we are very pleased to have Brian Minaai return to his full duties...."

The issue of free speech on campus has gained attention in Hawaii recently, following a controversy over the right of students to distribute copies of the Constitution on the campus of UH Hilo....

Abercrombie today announced the nominations of Jeffrey S. Portnoy, Dr. Lee Putnam, Michelle Asprer Tagorda and Stanford B.C. Yuen to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents....

SB2131 covers veterans' college tuition at the UH’s colleges and universities up to the in-state tuition amount...

For the third year in a row....

The Candidate Advisory Council (CAC) for the Board of Regents of the University of  Hawai’i has presented a list of candidates to Governor Neil Abercrombie to fill three City & County of Honolulu seats and one Student seat....

UHPA has taken a two-pronged approach to preserve faculty rights. In December 2013, the union filed a prohibited practice charge....

Hawaii P-­‐20 Council established a goal for 55 percent of Hawaii’s working age adults to have a two-­‐ or four-­‐year college degree by the year 2025....

House Bill No. 1200, House Draft 2, is not needed to comply with the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other flaws in the bill do not warrant its enactment....

...approved fees were charged for services before the services existed....

“I want my students to be effective public policy makers,” Lingle said....

...the earning differential between college and high school graduates fell 11 percent for men and 19.7 percent for women....

Over the last weeks there has been considerable public discourse about the Center.  Rather than looking backwards, we would like to share the specific steps we are now taking....

In lieu of paying tuition or fees, students would enter contracts to pay back the university a certain percentage of their income after graduation....

The FAA this week that the University of Alaska is one of several educational institutions selected to test drones, and Hawaii and Oregon are included in the university’s plan ....

News Release from University of Hawaiʻi Dec 18, 2013 (With explanatory notes added to enhance accuracy.)....

U.S. government that it is taking steps to improve the collection of health data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders....

...the Black Knights from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point played the University of Hawaii Warriors, Saturday, Nov. 30....

He assumes one of the board’s Honolulu seats, an interim position until confirmed by the state Senate....

A UH systemwide task force to work on improving services for student veterans has been formed and held its organizational meeting on Friday, November 22....

• DATE: Friday, December 20, 2013
• TIME: 9:00 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 309 State Capitol

...rally in protest of the $250 million loss of state funds in 5 years which has resulted in tuition increases.... 

Abercrombie today announced the release of $83.9 million for capital improvement projects at University of Hawaii campuses....

• Peter S. Adler
• Jeffrey S. Portnoy
• Stanford B. C. Yuen

...anonymous 'Informal Advisory Opinions' which clearly refer to questions raised over the practice of giving UH Regents free athletic tickets....

Schoolland discusses the importance of economics education as a way to understand how the world works....

The three firms will be invited to make presentations to the committee within the next two weeks....