Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
UH Enrollment Drops 3 Percent
Fewer students means less revenue for the university system.
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
Public health students are taught about traditional practices in order to provide more effective health care in Native Hawaiian and other underserved communities.
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.
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.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
UH Regents Delay Vote On Mauna Kea Rules To November
The administrative rules would govern activities on Mauna Kea.
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.
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.
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.
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.