Higher Education

...Hawaii will be set back for years with the loss of the Thirty Meter Telescope....

...The permit application process in the Canary Islands, in La Palma, continues. The environmental impact assessment of the project has been submitted to the competent authorities and, once the document is accepted, construction permits and other authorizations will be requested....

...the university will be watching conference meetings to see how they fare as agreements are made....

...EnVision Maunakea, a report reflecting the beliefs, views and opinions of about 100 Hawaiʻi Island residents about the future of Maunakea, is now available to the public....

...Hawaii Legislators are moving HB 1489 to give males pretending to be female the right to use schools' non-existent female athletic facilities....

...UH Manoa catches up to UH Hilo....

... the Hawaii Supreme Court is being asked to resolve two fundamental questions in the latest case involving the Thirty Meter Telescope ....

...OHA Testifies in support of SB3090....

...Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa....

...Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton traveled to the summit of Maunakea in early January 2018....

...View Details of all Hawaii Goals, Targets, & Indicators....

...the Feds will monitor UH Mānoa until it completes its obligations under the agreement....

1. Peter S. Hoffmann
2. Duane Kanuha
3. Albert Nahale-a

...Mounting concerns Confucius Institutes limit discussion on issues sensitive to Chinese government....

“...Our identity has been erased, beaten, battered and thrown to the side....”

...Ige Admin testimony shows that OHA rent-seeking is driving up hospital bills, public housing rents, and University of Hawaii tuition for everybody—including native Hawaiians.... 

...a two-day planning session to craft a strategy to encourage thousands of former UH students to return to school....

...since the facility closed on October 19, 2017, new physicians have been trained in hyperbaric techniques. HTC reopened on January 15, 2018....

...if the Ethics Comm takes down all the state and county employees who are doing UH school work on the taxpayers dime, we would probably cut UH enrollment 20%.  I suggest starting with every state and county employee at UH Richardson School of Law....

"...Judiciary Announces Hawaiian Language Interpreter Policy...."

...Classroom 2 at the UH William S. Richardson School of Law from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 18....

...a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige to fill one student seat for a two-year appointment beginning July 1, 2018, subject to confirmation by the state Senate....

...Among the 6 percent of students who reported nonconsensual sexual contact, less than a third said the incidents occured on campus or at a university-associated property....

... Israelis--the one indigenous people whose rights are not upheld by UH Manoa prof .... 

...the William and Mary Law School awards U. Hawaii lawprof David Callies the Brigham-Kanner Prize....

...UH is currently scheduled to present its budget request to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means in the afternoon of January 9, 2018....

...a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige to fill one At-Large seat and one Maui County seat for 5-year appointments, beginning July 1, 2018, subject to confirmation by the Hawaiʻi State Senate....

...UH President David Lassner will receive input from the committee and stakeholders and will then present a recommendation for appointment to the Board of Regents....

...High costs of living stretch Hawaii workers’ paychecks thin and leave them with far less disposable income than residents in other states, making it the worst state for student loan affordability....

...Asian-Americans must score 140 points higher on their SATs than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students, and 450 points higher than black students....

...Native American student group accuses Polynesian dance group of ‘appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture’....

...The rating is tempered by significant expense pressures across the 10-campus system, declining enrollments, and extensive capital needs with a large backlog of deferred maintenance....

...Actually, life is better now than it ever has been.  And the last 25 years have been very prosperous for humanity.  But lets not let reality get in the way of eco-socialism....

HTC has treated civilian divers for decompression sickness or “the bends” in Hawaiʻi since 1983....

...Why Has OHAʻs Mauna Kea Ad Hoc Committee Been Wrapped In So Much Secrecy?....

...Lower energy costs to UH with HECO picking up the transmission tab means higher electric rates for consumers--just as has happened with rooftop solar....

...When asked whether department members “are aware of the endorsement, and if so, whether you approve of it,” only one professor replied, telling Campus Reform that “we are, and I am.”....

...find out what the lawsuit settlement terms will be....

...Kidney failure, blood clots, cardiac arrest, inflammation of the pancreas, leaking intestines....

...OHA’s complaint requests the court to order the state to terminate UH’s general lease for the mountain.... 

...Keli'i Akina And Verlieann Malina-Wright....

...32 communities ranked from smartest to dumbest....

... “next nearest chambers on Guam and the mainland”....

...comparing nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 27 key measures....

...it spent $54 million to buy Honolulu’s iconic Aloha Tower and convert it into an anchor for its downtown campus....

... UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension? ....

Thanks to support from University of Hawaii Press and Kamehameha Schools, the public now has free access to the bestselling book Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust....

...The more technical progress, the less attractive cultural nationalism becomes....

...the Board adopted today the recommendation of retired judge Riki May Amano to approve the application for a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) to build the Thirty-Meter Telescope....

...the most received in a quarter century--But Fall 2017 enrollment at UHM still dropped 2.5% from Fall 2016.....