Kevin Richert
Idaho Public Television pushes back against claims of audio ‘sabotage’
Rep. Priscilla Giddings, the co-chair of Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s indoctrination task force, twice complained of audio tampering during Thursday’s meeting at the Statehouse.
CWI administrator takes president’s position in Oregon
Mark Browning, CWI’s vice president for college relations, is likely to take over the presidency at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Ore., sometime this fall.
Analysis: The college entrance exam is falling out of favor
Idaho’s colleges and universities are no longer required to look at entrance exam scores. Does it make sense to require all high school students take these exams, at a taxpayer expense of $1 million a year?
Episode 13: Challenges in the Latino community, in the pandemic and beyond
A state audit has uncovered multiple issues with the English Language Learner program in Wilder — a rural school district with a large Latino student population. (Click here for the June 18 story, from Sami Edge of Idaho EdNews and Nicole Foy of the Idaho Statesman.) Meanwhile, the pandemic has posed unique challenges to Hispanic…
Students came from the across the globe — and stayed in Caldwell
International student enrollment fell precipitously during the pandemic. But the College of Idaho grew its international student community, by supporting students who had to stay in school and couldn’t go home.
State inaction clears path for Big City Coffee lawsuit against Boise State
The tort claim sought damages of more than $10 million, stemming from a short-lived campus coffee shop. The state had 90 days to respond.
Even as the pandemic recedes, students might not return to campus
Is Idaho’s college enrollment decline a blip, caused by the coronavirus, or a sign of a bigger trend? Many of the early numbers for 2021-22 are ominous.
The student experience: adjusting to classes and campus life in a pandemic
For first-year students and for returning college students, the coronavirus was a constant specter, looming over an uncertain school year.
Audio: Talking about this week’s ‘Missing Students’ series
Hear more about this week’s in-depth series on higher education’s enrollment crisis.
Ammon Bundy joins governor’s race
Bundy will seek the Republican nomination. State GOP chairman Tom Luna has disavowed the right-wing activist.