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‘Is this the right thing for the legislature to be doing or not?’
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As the legislature considers changing some University of Hawai‘i policies and moving certain powers to the state, UH’s accreditation group has raised new questions about the university’s autonomy, and System President M.R.C. Greenwood says now is the time to discuss the role of the legislature in the L
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“What are the responsibilities of the Board of Regents and the administration with respect to administering the university, and what is the scope of authority and responsibility and the appropriate role that our legislators should play in determining the structure of the university in how we do our business?” Greenwood asked.
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athletic director Jim Donovan in the wake of the failed f undraiser concert. The report cited several areas of concern, including gaps in lines of administrative authority and in UH policy, that have contributed to the “fragility of the autonomy of the university and its freedom from inappropriate external interference.” Greenwood said that these sorts of warnings from WASC are cause for the university to reevaluate its policies, as the Board of Regents’ Advisory Task Force has begun to do. She said that the key to this effort will be
differentiating administrative positions at UH, while also looking at the proper role of non-university groups, including the state legislature. With regard to recent proposals introduced by State Senate President Donna Mercado-Kim, Greenwood indicated that more discussion is required around a central question.
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Though spurred by last fall’s fallout and State Senate hearings into the “Wonder Blunder” incident, the debate about UH’s autonomy from the state received new life last week, with a letter sent to Greenwood by the president of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC). T he letter, which was based on a special visit by the accreditation body to UH Mānoa in November 2012, raised concerns about possible state government involvement in the decision to remove former
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Greenwood, who is in her fourth year as president of the UH system, described a need to clarify the roles and duties of multiple entities, including the Board of Regents and various system and campus administrators in a recent interview with Ka Leo.
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The Western Association of Schools and Colleges’ letter to the UH System President M.R.C. Greenwood is the second item for the Board of Regents action at their next meeting on Thursday at Leeward Community College beginning at 9 a.m. Ka Leo will be there to bring you the latest updates on kaleo.org.
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