The cost saving proposal has drawn major criticism since being introduced by UA President Jim Johnsen last week.
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Ketchikan Assembly pushes back against proposed University of Alaska Southeast merger
Leadership at Ketchikan’s University of Alaska Southeast campus on Monday asked the Ketchikan Gateway Borough to oppose a proposed campus merger. Priscilla Schulte leads the Ketchikan UAS campus. She says the proposed cost-cutting move to merge UAS with University of Alaska campuses in Anchorage or Fairbanks won’t serve students in Southeast Alaska. “There’s quite a…
Alaska Native leaders offer alternatives to proposed university merger
They say the proposed University of Alaska Southeast merger scenarios will not resolve the financial challenges facing the university system.
As the University of Alaska grapples with budget cuts, its leader may leave
The head of Alaska’s public university system is potentially leaving the state to take over the helm of the University of Wisconsin System.
University regents consider controversial merger of UAS as solution to ‘immediate and significant financial headwinds’
For years, UA has grappled with reduced state funding and lost tuition dollars as enrollment declines. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. It cut into the finances of the already-strained university system.
Dunleavy talks about plans for the upcoming school year, announces early PFD payout
State education leaders want to “pandemic proof” the school year.