Higher Education

...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.....

...Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court....

...up 25% since 2012....

...All terms begin July 1, 2018....

...This is not a public hearing and members of the public will not be allowed to testify, argue, or otherwise present to the BLNR....

...He Didnʻt Do It Because Of His Respect For Mauna Kea, But Rather For Something Else....

...University of Hawaii college enrollment has plummeted by 15 percent in just six years, from a high of 60,300 students in 2012 to 51,300 as of 2017....

... How stupid does Peter Apo think we are? ....

"...Our undocumented students are an integral part of our community...."

...Apo violated the State Ethics Code by using OHA resources, and his position with OHA, to advance his private business interests....

...While all eyes are on rail....

...The library recently finished cataloging and digitizing 1,400 boxes of materials it received in 2014. ...

..."Chapter 89, might not allow an appropriation be made during a Special Legislative Session"....

...expedite the return of the 10,000 acres to the State of Hawaiʻi and pursue a new lease or land tenure for the reduced acreage that will support the continued viability of astronomical research....

...UH Manoa anti-GMO prof Hector Valenzuela curiously worked hard to hide part of his emails....

...College Choice Releases 2017 Rankings of the Best Colleges in Four Western States....

....2017’s Best & Worst Community Colleges....

...the center's "planning committee will work to develop practice spaces focused on creating new narratives and new relationships while naming and honoring the ongoing pain and trauma wrought by belief in racial hierarchy, structural racism, and white privilege."....

...Panos Prevedouros joins Jay Fidell on Community Matters to discuss developments in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) plans on Mauna Kea....

...OHA Tricksters Are Hard At Work....

...Telescope: For OHA, it’s all About the Rent Money....

... See how it works when the police are allowed to do their job? ....

...data set ranges from average student debt to unemployment rate among the population aged 25 to 34 to share of students with past-due loan balances....

...the center was established by Congress in 1960 with no congressional hearings and over the State Department’s opposition....

...Hawaii among states with lowest median scores on college admissions test, study finds....

...BLNR Chair Suzanne Case set Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 to hear oral arguments in the Contested Case Hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope....

... report analyzes the impact of international students on Hawaii’s economy ....

...We found that UH and DLNR have partially implemented four of the recommendations. Three recommendations remain open, and one is inapplicable at this time....

"...by keeping your job and your other unearned privileges, you are running a continued debt to marginalized people and you should always be seeking ways to pay us back....” -- UH Manoa Prof Piper Harron