Higher Education
Micron makes ‘significant gift’ to College of Western Idaho
The Micron Academic Center is expected to open in 2027.
Under pressure but not ‘in crisis’: ISU president outlines vision amid budget anxiety
Idaho State University President Robert Wagner reassured the campus community Wednesday that the institution remains on solid footing despite state cuts, restructuring and job losses.
Limited dual credit classes aim to draw East Idaho high schoolers to in-demand careers
The College of Eastern Idaho and the Idaho National Laboratory aim to attract students to a free summer program. But seats are limited.
Faster, thinner: Colleges are swiftly trimming a B.A. degree to three years
Needing to fill seats and facing demands for faster routes to jobs, more colleges are shortening degree programs.
Analysis: Boise State, and college athletics, become more of a political football than ever
Idaho’s athletic programs are facing external and internal pressures. Both came up at the Statehouse in the past week.
What a relief! NIC community celebrates end of accreditation woes
The college is back on track, but did the community learn a lesson?
CWI’s bachelor’s degree program is on track to exceed goals
The new four-year program was the source of some tense State Board of Education discussions.
A ‘very compressed’ — and mostly closed — search resumes at Boise State
The State Board of Education hopes to hire a new university president by the start of fall classes.
Shinn calls restructuring a long-term strategy, but says savings are unknown
“We’re at the point now where trimming 1%, 2% out of every department is making every department just a little less ready to serve our students,” Boise State’s interim president told Idaho EdNews Wednesday.
Major restructuring will merge two Boise State schools, and close a college
It’s not immediately clear how many positions will be cut, but one dean has already left the university. Potential cost savings are another unknown.