University of Hawaii

UH Enrollment Drops 3 Percent Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

UH Enrollment Drops 3 Percent

Fewer students means less revenue for the university system.

UH Will Ask The Legislature For Money To Build, Demolish And Consolidate Cory Lum/Civil Beat

UH Will Ask The Legislature For Money To Build, Demolish And Consolidate

A Board of Regents committee on Thursday OK’d a $236.5 million proposal for 2021 as part of a six-year modernization effort.

UH West Oahu Has A New Program In Native Hawaiian Healing

UH West Oahu Has A New Program In Native Hawaiian Healing

Public health students are taught about traditional practices in order to provide more effective health care in Native Hawaiian and other underserved communities.

College Without Expensive Textbooks? How UH Is Making That A Reality Cory Lum/Civil Beat

College Without Expensive Textbooks? How UH Is Making That A Reality

The University of Hawaii is coming up with creative ways to eliminate traditional textbooks.

Two Deans And A Football Coach Are Top Paid Employees At UH UH Athletics

Two Deans And A Football Coach Are Top Paid Employees At UH

Civil Beat’s salary database just added 7,424 statewide employees of the University of Hawaii system. At least 1,639 make six-figure salaries.

UH Regents Delay Vote On Mauna Kea Rules To November Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

UH Regents Delay Vote On Mauna Kea Rules To November

The administrative rules would govern activities on Mauna Kea.

Budget Shortfall Forces Kapiolani Community College To Cut Classes, Jobs Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Budget Shortfall Forces Kapiolani Community College To Cut Classes, Jobs

The college has seen a 25% decline in enrollment over the last decade and plans to eliminate 329 student employee positions in the coming year.

This Is What Scientists Would Be Missing If The TMT Doesn’t Go On Mauna Kea NASA/JPL-Caltech

This Is What Scientists Would Be Missing If The TMT Doesn’t Go On Mauna Kea

Scientists are already jockeying for time slots for ambitious research projects on the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope and another giant telescope being constructed in Chile.

More Hawaii Students Are Leaving The State For College Cory Lum/Civil Beat

More Hawaii Students Are Leaving The State For College

The percentage of Hawaii kids choosing out-of-state schools is significantly higher than the national average.

Fact-Checking Environmental Concerns About The Thirty Meter Telescope Courtesy of the Thirty Meter Telescope

Fact-Checking Environmental Concerns About The Thirty Meter Telescope

TMT officials say the world’s largest telescope will be a zero-waste facility, while the state has determined  it doesn’t pose a risk to the Big Island’s water supply.