December 26, 2018
Kate O’Neill named Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department
by Andrew Oxford
Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham tapped Kate O’Neill, the former head of the University of New Mexico’s Taos campus, to head her administration’s Higher Education Department.
Read moreDecember 23, 2018
Al Bowman Retiring as Executive Director of Illinois Board of Higher Education
by Lenore Sobota, Education Reporter for The Pantagraph
Al Bowman, Illinois State University president emeritus, is retiring as executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education at the end of the month.
Read moreDecember 22, 2018
Angie Paccione Named Executive Director of Colorado Department of Higher Education
by Boldly Forward Colorado
Angie Paccione, Department of Higher Education: Former State Representative from Ft. Collins, Angie is an accomplished author and leadership coach who served as Vice Chair on the Committee on Education and Chair of the Subcommittee on Higher Education. She received her Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Studies from CSU.
Read moreDecember 20, 2018
Dennis Olson Jr. Named New SHEEO of Minnesota Higher Education Office
by Brian Bakst
To head the state office of higher education, Walz named Dennis Olson, the executive director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and a former director of Indian Education at the education department. The other finalists were former state Sens. Terri Bonoff and Steve Kelley, both DFLers who represented suburban districts.
Read moreDecember 19, 2018
SHEEO Member eNews: December 2018
by Ben Cannon, Executive Director Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
As we near legislative sessions in many of our states, higher education finance will be a frequent topic of conversation. SHEEO has informed this dialogue for 15 years with our State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report. This report seeks to broaden our understanding of the state higher education finance landscape in an effort to inform effective policy decisions at the state and federal level.
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