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Sunday, July 9, 2023 |
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UH Regents: Elections out of the norm
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 2858 Views :: Higher Education
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... Neil Abercrombie nominated himself for Second Vice Chair of BoR and lost ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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UH 'Disappointed' by Affirmative Action Ruling Against Anti-Asian Discrimination
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 2265 Views :: Higher Education
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... A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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OIP Issues Three New Formal Opinions
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 2733 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Higher Education
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... seeking the names of all students and faculty serving on the UH William S. Richardson School of Law Admissions Committee ....
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023 |
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Abercrombie News: Green Appoints Three UH Regents
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 2508 Views :: Higher Education
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... Former Governor Neil Abercrombie, Attorney Lauren Akitake, and Global Resiliency Hub CEO Alapaki Nahale-a will fill seats for the term beginning July 1, 2023 for five-year appointments, subject to confirmation by the Hawai‘i State Senate ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Craig Angelos recommended for UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 2582 Views :: Higher Education
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... If approved, Angelos would start Monday, June 5, succeeding David Matlin ....
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Friday, April 28, 2023 |
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Chancellor Solemsaas leaving Hawaiʻi Community College
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 3189 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education
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... Solemsaas’ last day on campus is scheduled for June 30, 2023 ....
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Saturday, April 1, 2023 |
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Abercrombie Among Finalists named for 3 seats on UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 2545 Views :: Higher Education
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... Abercrombie said he sent Green a letter Friday requesting consideration for a seat on the board ....
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Friday, March 31, 2023 |
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VA Error Leaves Potentially Thousands Of Student Veterans Without Rent Payments
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 2604 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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... Meanwhile, tens of thousands of servicemembers and dependents stationed in Guam and Hawaii are in danger of seeing their cost of living allowances slashed ....
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Saturday, March 18, 2023 |
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Report backs UH Mānoa athletics response to Senate 'concerns'
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 2725 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... The allegations were raised during a January 7, 2022 public informational briefing by the Hawaiʻi State Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Higher Education ....
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Monday, February 13, 2023 |
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Kim, DelaCruz, Kidani: Regents Should Dump Lassner to Help Boost Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 3:43 AM :: 3639 Views :: Development, Higher Education
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... This is all about Aloha Stadium. Under Lassner UH is shifting to TC Ching. The scamsters want a president who will commit to play UH sports in their new Aloha Stadium. They don't care what happens to the rest of the University ....
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Saturday, January 7, 2023 |
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Optimism About Astronomy on Mauna Kea
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 3321 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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“...A year ago I would have been pessimistic….” …but … Recent developments make John O’Meara “optimistic about astronomy on Mauna Kea whether or not TMT is part of it....”
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Critical Race Theory Programs at UH Med School
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 AM :: 2905 Views :: Higher Education
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... mandatory education in anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion, or some other form of critical race theory-linked program, either through mandatory training or in the curriculum ....
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Sunday, October 30, 2022 |
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Public meetings for proposed tuition increase in 2025, 2026
By News Release @ 3:22 AM :: 2365 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... a 2% increase in resident tuition rates at the three UH universities in AY 2025–26 and a 2% increase in AY 2026–27 ....
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Friday, October 21, 2022 |
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UH enrollment dips
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 2583 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... There are 48,373 students currently enrolled at UH, down from 49,773 students in 2021, a 2.8% decrease ....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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Meet the Honolulu CC & Kapiolani CC chancellor finalists
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 2946 Views :: Higher Education
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... Each finalist was selected by University of Hawaiʻi Vice President for Community Colleges Erika Lacro based on recommendations from the chancellor search advisory committee ....
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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SEC Fines Bank of Hawaii in ‘Pay to Play’ Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 PM :: 3411 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... A Bank of Hawaii officer oversaw major UH investment management contracts after dropping a $1000 contribution into Governor David Ige’s 2018 reelection campaign ....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 |
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UH Strategic Plan draft available for public review and comment
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 2192 Views :: Higher Education
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...The plan will guide Hawaiʻi’s public higher education, 10-campus system for the next six years....
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Monday, September 12, 2022 |
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Ige Names Eight to Mauna Kea Stewardship Authority
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 3973 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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“...I want to thank these individuals for stepping forward. Through this new stewardship model, I believe we can find a way for science and culture to coexist on Mauna Kea in a mutually beneficial way,” said Gov. Ige....
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Saturday, September 10, 2022 |
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Face masks no longer required at UH after Friday, September 16
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 2205 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... The remaining face mask requirements on University of Hawaiʻi campuses and properties will be lifted after Friday, September 16 ....
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Thursday, August 25, 2022 |
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Hawaii Ranks #1 for Student Loan Deadbeats
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 2873 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... No state has a higher percentage of student-loan balances past due or in default ....
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Sunday, August 21, 2022 |
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Union Members May Opt-out of Political Contributions
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 2842 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Labor
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... If you do not wish to contribute to the “candidate endorsement” fund for fiscal year 2022-2023, then you must sign, date, and return an UHPA Allocation Objection Form by September 16, 2022....
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Saturday, August 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 PM :: 2779 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... Hawaii's six community colleges vary in quality ....
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022 |
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Public Hearings re TMT All this Week
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 7:19 PM :: 3761 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun the TMT environmental impact statement process. Right now they are holding public hearings ....
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Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
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HSTA Forced to Stop Enrolling Hawaii Teachers in Illegal For-Profit Education Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 12:45 AM :: 4717 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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... According the a July 18, 2022 letter from the US Department of Education, EGCC was illegally looting Pell Grant money to provide ‘free’ tuition ....
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Thursday, August 4, 2022 |
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Deconstruction of Maunakea telescope set to begin
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 3238 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The deconstruction phase of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) on University of Hawaiʻi-managed lands on the summit of Maunakea is on track to begin before summer ends and be completed by the end of the year ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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UH to Require COVID Masks for Fall Semester
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 2408 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Masking continues to be required indoors in classrooms ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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UH dashboard provides public, officials with Red Hill water crisis data
By News Release @ 7:56 AM :: 2990 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Military
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... The method can be used to flag samples with trace concentrations of dissolved contaminants, as low as 10 parts per billion diesel fuel ....
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 |
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Confucius Institutes Rebrand to Circumvent U.S. Policy, Report Finds
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 5242 Views :: Ethics, World News, First Amendment, Higher Education
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... The University of Hawaii Manoa invited at least two CI staff to remain on campus ....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii’s NASED -- Another sports venue that fails to generate promised revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 3256 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Decades of studies have shown that publicly financed stadiums, even those that include housing and retail projects, do not bring in enough money to offset public investments ....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 |
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National Science Foundation to Launch EIS Process for Mauna Kea Telescope
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 3722 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... We invite you to review this Draft CEP and provide any comments you may have by the end of the day on September 17, 2022 ....
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Friday, July 15, 2022 |
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We are one step closer to TMT!
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 9:57 PM :: 3989 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The National Science Foundation will be starting the environmental review process for TMT on Mauna Kea on Tuesday next week ....
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Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
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UH Regents Evaluate Lassner, identify priorities for coming year
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 2034 Views :: Higher Education
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"... Enrollment decline at other UH campuses is not as steep as the national average ...."
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Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
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Can the State Tax Itself?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2579 Views :: Higher Education, Taxes
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... Tax Department wanted get a piece of the UH research grants ....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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Why Panos Prevedouros Left Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:47 AM :: 4506 Views :: Higher Education, Rail, Cost of Living
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... The former chairman of the University of Hawaii’s civil engineering department says aloha ....
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
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HB2024: UH Outlines Mauna Kea Leases to be Abandoned
By News Release @ 7:41 AM :: 3712 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... HB2024 HD1 SD2 CD1 assumes that UH Real Property Agreements become property owned and controlled by the MKSOA by legislative directive ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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TMT Telescope Abandons Part of Building Permit
By News Release @ 10:38 AM :: 3754 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... DOH received a Notice of Cessation from the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory for its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit ....
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Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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How COVID-19 Models Shaped Hawaii Lockdown Policy
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 2436 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... By 2021, the team relied on the locally tailored model developed by UH Mānoa Professor Monique Chyba ....
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 |
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UH Board of Regents approves updated Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 3534 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... “The University of Hawaiʻi would still be responsible to care for Maunakea under that bill until 2028,” said Lassner, noting that the measure could still be vetoed ....
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 |
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2022 UH Legislative Recap: Key takeaways, budget breakdown
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 2090 Views :: Higher Education
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... state support to increase the seating capacity at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex was NOT included in the budget ....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022 |
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Who has the most Student Debt? -- 16 Hawaii Towns Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 5:40 PM :: 2293 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... 2022’s Cities with the Most & Least Student Debt ....
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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UH to Pause Work on Mauna Kea Master Lease
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 3394 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... HB2024 CD1 makes it clear that the new Authority will be responsible for deciding if there will be more or less astronomy on Maunakea than the nine observatories allowed under the current UH Master Plan ....
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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DLNR: Mauna Kea Bill Dangerous, Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 3297 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... HB2024 CD1 leaves significant gaps that could result in worse management of Mauna Kea’s natural and cultural resources ....
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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UH Survey: Gender Based Violence Hysteria Eases Slightly
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 2574 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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... Gender-based violence and harassment prevalence has decreased since the previous survey across all categories ....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
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OHA Trustees Reject Maunakea Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 AM :: 3424 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... an appraisal must be taken to set the commercial value of the lease and to ensure that the lease rent is set to ensure the highest return to the State and to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022 |
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Full Text: Conference Committee Issues Proposed Draft to Create Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 3756 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... This afternoon, the legislative conference committee on House Bill (HB) 2024, Relating to Mauna Kea, issued a proposed conference draft (CD 1) ....
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Sunday, April 24, 2022 |
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UHERO: Astronomy impact on Hawaiʻi even greater with ‘spillover’ effects
By UHERO @ 5:23 PM :: 2730 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... The extent of astronomy’s economic impact on the state goes well beyond the standard economic measurements when “spillover” effects are included ....
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Sunday, April 10, 2022 |
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UHPA: UH Faculty Approve 14.35% Pay Hike
By News Release @ 6:24 PM :: 3445 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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...Increases salaries by 14.35% compounded over the three years, not including the one-time 1% bonus--99.1% vote to approve....
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Thursday, March 31, 2022 |
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UH Faculty Senate Denounces Sen Donna Mercado Kim
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 3128 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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... Senator Kim pushed the elimination of a tenured faculty member’s position and introduced SB 3269 SD1, a bill that attempted to alter tenure and transfer managerial authority over the university from the Board of Regents to the legislature ....
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Thursday, March 31, 2022 |
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Ige Appoints Five to BoE and Two to BoR
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 2840 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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... The appointments are subject to approval by the Senate ....
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