The West Virginia Legislature adopted and Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation establishing West Virginia’s first statewide dual enrollment program to allow more students to take college courses […]
Tag: higher education
Adjuncts are the gig workers of higher education
by Hank Kalet Today’s word is “adjunctification.” Adjunctification is the process by which the gig economy is imposed on America’s colleges and universities and turns formerly tenured […]
Higher ed tuition needs to come down
by Jay Ambrose Whither America? I don’t know and I hate discouraging news but how do you avoid it because, even when you look at higher education, […]
Why are so many state jobs vacant? They don’t pay
With all this talk of surpluses, tax cuts and where money should go, we’d like to draw attention to another of West Virginia’s chronically underfunded services: state […]
A research initiative to stem gun violence
by Darryll J. Pines and Gregory Washington We see so many remarkable families whose loved ones have been silenced by bullets stand before crowds and cameras and, […]
Pierpont BOG discusses move of veterinary tech program, doesn’t discuss merger with Fairmont State or dead Senate bill
FAIRMONT – The Pierpont Community and Technical College held its first meeting since the end of the end of the legislative session on Tuesday evening. The meeting […]
House Education revamps Pierpont-FSU bill to transfer Pierpont’s aviation maintenance program to FSU, leave Pierpont independent
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee wrapped up its deliberations on the Senate bill to make Pierpont Community and Technical College a division of Fairmont State University […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 5
Good: HB 4355 — to require the governing board of a higher education institution to publish a list of required textbooks, and whether they are open resource […]
House OKs bill to prepare shovel-ready sites for new businesses, and HEPC funding formula bill
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed an economic development bill Wednesday that has been a priority for legislative and economic development leaders. The House also passed […]
Senate Finance reworks and OKs bill to create new higher education funding formula
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved a reworked version of the bill announced before the session to create a new higher education funding […]
