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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
September 22, 2000 |
Contact: David Iha, secretary to the board, 808 956-5151, diha@hawaii.edu Cheryl Ernst, University and Community Relations, 808 956-5941, ernst@hawaii.edu
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| Regents split UH president/UHM chancellor position |
-New master's degree, communication technology center
The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents today created the position of chancellor for the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, reversing a 15-year organization plan under which the UH president also served as chancellor of the system's largest campus. In other action affecting Manoa, the regents approved a new master's degree in human resource management and established the Hawai'i Center for Advanced Communication.
The Manoa chancellorship and UH presidency was combined in 1985 in response to concerns about excessive red tape and administrative bureaucracy. A subsequent review by Ernest L. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, found the combined structure created concerns about fairness and recommended further review. Citing increasing demands on both roles, former UH President Albert J. Simone recommended separating the two positions. Within the last year and a half, the UHM Faculty Senate and UHM Council of Deans and Directors endorsed the separation, and UH Hilo's College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate and UH Community Colleges Faculty Senate have concurred. The UH administration will recommend a plan for an interim Manoa administration at a future regents meeting; the interim administration will serve until the next UH president is appointed and forwards a formal reorganization plan. (See related release on the UH presidential search.)
Contact: Harold Masumoto, 956-9905
The master of human resource management in the UHM College of Business Administration was approved effective spring semester, with the first students expected to enroll for next fall. Developed at the urging of the business community and with the support of a professional advisory committee, the new master's program will operate on a self-supporting basis using existing college resources. The program is modeled on CBA's popular executive MBA program. Like the EMBA, the new program will offer courses at nights and on weekends to accommodate work schedules and will be carried to neighbor islands via the Hawai'i Interactive Television System. CBA is the only business school in Hawai'i professionally accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business.
Contact: Dean David McClain, 956-7331
The Hawai'i Center for Advanced Communications will reside within the College of Engineering at UH Manoa. It builds on the Department of Electrical Engineering's faculty expertise in communication-related technology, including circuit design, microwave and millimeter-wave devices, communication systems and network design and analysis. The center will focus on research in broadband and wireless communication, development of next-generation communication technology and promotion of the high technology communication industry in Hawai'i. The center received $1 million in support from the state legislature during the past session and will seek additional support from industry and federal grants.
Contact: Professor Anthony Kuh, 956-7527
