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Friday, November 22, 2013
Informational Briefing to Consider UH Budget
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 4068 Views :: Higher Education
  • DATE: Friday, December 20, 2013
  • TIME: 9:00 a.m.
  • PLACE: Conference Room 309 State Capitol
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Student Rally to Protest UH Funding Cuts, Tuition Hikes
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 4524 Views :: Higher Education

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

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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Mitsunaga's Abercrombie Releases $83.9M for UH Maintenance Projects
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 4154 Views :: Higher Education

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

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Thursday, November 14, 2013
CAC Presents Nominees for Board of Regents
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 4455 Views :: Higher Education
  • Peter S. Adler
  • Jeffrey S. Portnoy
  • Stanford B. C. Yuen
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Free Tickets: Ethics Commission Rebukes UH Regents
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 4884 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

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

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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Ken Schoolland Talks to Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 5719 Views :: Economy, Higher Education

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

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Searching for the Searcher: UH Regents to Interview Presidential Search Firms
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 4595 Views :: Higher Education

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

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Legislative Briefing to Examine UH Research Corp
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 3297 Views :: Higher Education
  • DATE: Thursday, October 31, 2013
  • TIME: 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Hawaii Student Veterans Make Case for In-State Tuition
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 11261 Views :: Higher Education, Military

...student veteran leaders representing chapters of Hawaiʻi Alliance of Student Veterans (HASV) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa and Leeward Community College, testified in front of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in an effort to spark dialogue over the idea of amending tuition waiver regulations....

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Monday, September 30, 2013
Nominations invited for UH Task Force in support of student veterans
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5470 Views :: Higher Education, Military

Nominations and self-nominations for task force members should be sent by email to president@Hawaii.edu....

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Friday, September 27, 2013
Hawaii SAT Scores Remain Stagnant
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 6310 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
“While some might see stagnant scores as no news, we at the College Board consider it a call to action,” said College Board President David Coleman
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Education: GEAR-UP Hawaii to be Focus of Briefing
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5347 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:30AM Waipahu High School Library
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
UH leads initiative to build state’s multilingual workforce
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 4728 Views :: Higher Education

The ultimate goal is identifying Hawaiʻi’s language needs and creating a robust, multilingual workforce to handle those needs....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
HPU is Named Hawaii's "Military Friendly" University
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 5727 Views :: Higher Education, Military

Hawai‘i Pacific University is once again the state’s only university to appear on the Military Friendly Schools list...

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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Man at center of university procurement scandal back on the job
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:02 AM :: 6223 Views :: Higher Education

Brian Minaai, associate vice president for Capitol Improvements since 2008, has been on paid leave for nearly eight months....

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Thursday, September 12, 2013
HPU Rises in U.S. News & World Report rankings
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 4331 Views :: Higher Education

Hawai‘i Pacific University climbed 10 places in the top Regional Universities in the West in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2014,”....

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
UH Presidential Selection Committee outreach underway
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 4242 Views :: Higher Education

Members of the Presidential Selection Committee are appearing at various community gatherings to solicit input....

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Wounded Warriors: Hawaii football team failing to generate points, revenue
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:31 PM :: 4407 Views :: Higher Education

The athletic department for the University of Hawaii will get a $13 million bailout....

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Monday, September 9, 2013
UH System Enrollment Drops 2.2%
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 5063 Views :: Higher Education

This decrease comes after record-breaking enrollments in each of the last five years. Since 2007, enrollment has grown by 17 percent....

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Friday, September 6, 2013
Liberalism Radicalized: The Sexual Revolution, Multiculturalism, and the Rise of Identity Politics
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:07 PM :: 8887 Views :: Family, Higher Education, Religion

...a more radical form of liberalism emerged in the academy that sowed the seeds for the sexual revolution and multiculturalism....

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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Community college students pledge to Agree to Degree
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4435 Views :: Higher Education

...students promise to attend their classes, get good grades, check their UH email at least once a day, talk to instructors when having difficulty, meet with counselors when having academic or personal issues, and commit to making education a priority....

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Planned Parenthood Uses Tax Dollars From Obamacare to Push Sex Ed on Hawaii Kids
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 PM :: 9227 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
The Hawaii Youth Services Network and the University of Hawaii received almost two million dollars from ... Obamacare—to develop, replicate, and implement “comprehensive sex education” in Hawaii schools....
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Monday, September 2, 2013
Maui TEA Party Backs Hillsdale College Hawaiian Liberty Scholarship Fund
By News Release @ 11:43 AM :: 6231 Views :: Higher Education, TEA Party

$178,250 in matching funds for a scholarship which would provide full tuition for a deserving student from Hawaii....

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Saturday, August 31, 2013
MRC Greenwood Shares 'Final Thoughts'
By News Release @ 4:40 AM :: 4425 Views :: Higher Education

some final thoughts with you as I leave the leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi....

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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Chaminade University: Four Year Guarantee Spurs Record Enrollment
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 4482 Views :: Higher Education

With enrollment at the historic level...university officials are crediting a new four-year guarantee....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
New Student Loan Scheme: $184B Profit for Federal Gov’t
By NCPA @ 11:59 AM :: 3853 Views :: Higher Education

...the government actually stands to make an enormous profit on the president's new federal student loan system -- a boondoggle paid for by hyper-inflated tuition costs and fueled by a government-sponsored predatory-lending program....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Political libraries vs. living memorials
By Rachelle Chang @ 1:30 AM :: 4357 Views :: Higher Education

Instead of a dedicated library, welcoming mainly graduate students and professors, here are some other ways to honor our public leaders....

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Monday, August 26, 2013
UH Seeks Nominees for Five Board of Regents Seats
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 3941 Views :: Higher Education

Recruitment Announcement From UH Regents Candidate Advisory Council....

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Friday, August 23, 2013
Call for nominations for UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 4128 Views :: Higher Education
The application deadline for this seat is September 16, 2013....
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Four Problems with Federal College Scorecards
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:19 PM :: 3431 Views :: Higher Education

Yesterday, President Obama announced his plan....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Ex-University of Hawaii president spends big ‘for kids’
By Malia Zimmerman @ 10:02 PM :: 4390 Views :: Higher Education

Dobelle spent “$8,000 for a four-night stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok; $883 from the upscale clothing store Louis Boston; $10,000 for tickets to shows at Tanglewood; more than $4,000 for limousine rides” and a total of $200,000....

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Thursday, August 15, 2013
UH Responds to Star-Adv: Claims Inouye Center Project 'Not Shrouded in Secrecy'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 8640 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Higher Education, Politicians

"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Obama library bid gets lobbyist donors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 AM :: 8559 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Obama

Hawaii's bid for it got a $5,000 donation from the global law and lobbying firm Skadden Arps....

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Friday, August 2, 2013
Hey UH, lawmakers say watch those hefty salaries
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:53 PM :: 4818 Views :: Higher Education
The UH system pays out more than $50 million in annual administrative salaries....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Interim UH President Scores 'F', Responsible for Data Breaches
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 6655 Views :: Higher Education

Board of Regents has identified Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer David Lassner as Interim President of the university and will vote on the appointment at a special board meeting July 30....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
University of Hawaii regent calls for investigation into tuition hikes
By Malia Zimmerman @ 11:01 PM :: 4247 Views :: Higher Education
Regent Jan Sullivan wants an investigation into whether the record tuition increases can be rolled back or halted altogether....
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
University of Hawaii Pres gets Sweet Deal to Leave Early
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:33 PM :: 4307 Views :: Higher Education

M.R.C. Greenwood will earn a little less than $25,000 a month after she resigns as University of Hawaii president...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
UH Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) Contract Extended
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 5561 Views :: Higher Education, Military

There were no other modifications to the existing $44.7-million contract except for its duration....

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Monday, July 15, 2013
Honolulu: 5th Smartest City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 7740 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

For this list, we looked at six pieces of criteria....

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Friday, July 5, 2013
UH Manoa: False Harassment Claim Can Lead to Eviction
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 6745 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
...students falsely accused could see their lives upended and possibly destroyed....
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Auditor: Continued state regulation of amateur boxing is unnecessary
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 AM :: 6105 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
Feasibility Study of Removing Amateur Boxing From the Jurisdiction of the State Boxing Commission....
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Governor Signs School Readiness Bill, Early Learning Director Quits
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 5115 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

Terry Lock has accepted a position with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 6031 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement

There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
NCTQ Report: UH Education Departments Among Nation's Worst
By Andrew Walden @ 9:52 PM :: 6544 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

the National Council on Teacher Quality 2013 Teacher Prep Review has bad news for Hawaii Universities' Schools of Education....

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
What does a buck get you? A strange deal, ex-Hawaii regent says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:06 PM :: 6391 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education
While $1 a month looks like a good deal for taxpayers...the campus construction has been subjected to 83 change orders that cost $19 million ....
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Friday, June 7, 2013
UH Releases Summary of BoR Presidential Search Meeting
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 2983 Views :: Higher Education
The Board heard a report from its Presidential Selection Task Group....
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
UHPA to NEA: "Thank you for trying to destroy our union"
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 5412 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
You threatened to destroy us (“decertify” is the technical term) when you visited last June if we ceased our relationship with NEA....
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Picking the Next Greenwood: BoR Appoints Task Force to Form Committee
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 4162 Views :: Higher Education
The Board will hold a public, facilitated meeting in early June to consider the process for the selection of the University’s next leader....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
GOP: Investigate Donna Mercado Kim
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 5730 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

...If substantiated, Senator Mercado Kim must be held accountable....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
More Transparency Needed in Higher Education
By NCPA @ 5:11 PM :: 3259 Views :: Higher Education

...inflation-adjusted income for recent college graduates actually declined between 2000 and 2011....

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