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The Independence Of North Dakota’s University System Must Be Ended
This week news broke about North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani and State Board of Higher Education President Duiane Espegard attempting to order President Robert Kelley at the...
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SBHE President Decries “Misinformation” About IT Building Scandal In Email To...
A legislative source passes along this op/ed emailed out to members of the ND House this afternoon from State Board of Higher Eduation President Duaine Espegard. “Please find my response to the...
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ND Legislature Considering Vote Of No Confidence In Chancellor Shirvani
There has been tension between the North Dakota legislature and the university system since the 2011 session, and last week things came to a head last week over changes the State Board of Higher...
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Legislator Offers Amendment Buying Out North Dakota Higher Ed Chancellor...
Yesterday we broke the news here on Say Anything that legislators were considering some sort of a “vote of no confidence” in North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani which might take...
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The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum In The North Dakota University System
Today comes news that another North Dakota University System Chancellor is about to be pushed out of office after a revolt by university presidents. Leading the charge in this push is North Dakota...
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Let’s Choose A Third Way In The Battle Between The Chancellor And The...
“The board needs to take immediate decisive action to reverse recent policy changes and appoint a chancellor who has a solid proven record of effective trusted and respected leadership,” writes state...
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Hamid Shirvani Isn’t The Only Higher Ed Administrator With A “Golden...
There’s been much griping of late about the nearly million-dollar “golden parachute” buy out embattled Chancellor Hamid Shirvani received earlier this week. “I’m writing with what some consider the...
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Chancellor Shirvani Blasts Minot State, UND And NDSU President In Evaluations
Chancellor Hamid Shirvani may be on his way out the door, but per his contract buy out agreement he’s still in-office until the middle of July, and he had some choice words for some of the university...
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In The North Dakota University System, The Presidents Are The Problem
Yesterday SAB broke the news about outgoing Chancellor Hamid Shirvani raking several of North Dakota’s university presidents over the coals in his first, and last, evaluation of them (Shirvani will...
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UND’s Vice Presidents Circling The Wagons Around Kelley
After outgoing Chancellor Hamid Shirvani ripped UND President Robert Kelley (and a couple of others) in an assessment, a who’s-who of the university’s bloated administration is circling the wagons...
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Guest Post: Higher Ed Board Should Resign Along With Chancellor Shirvani
With the late breaking news this afternoon that the North Dakota Board of Higher Education has voted unanimously to buy-out Chancellor Hamid Shirvani’s contract, less than a year after hiring him,...
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University Of North Dakota Says They’re Shrinking Enrollment With Tougher...
“The number of incoming freshmen decreased by 449 from last year for a total of 1,908 this fall,” reports the Grand Forks Herald of the University of North Dakota’s fall semester enrollment. That has...
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UND’s Student Government Squares Off With President Over Tuition Hikes, Use...
Earlier this year Hamid Shirvani, the controversial chancellor of the North Dakota University System who was ultimately pushed out, wrote scathing evaluations of some university presidents. One of them...
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Now That Shirvani’s Gone, It’s Return To Business As Usual For North Dakota’s...
Earlier this year controversial chancellor Hamid Shirvani agreed to a buyout of his contract. Shirvani faced a revolt from within the North Dakota University System – with particular hostility from the...
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University Presidents Given Majority On Committee To Define State Board’s...
Many critics of higher education, including this one, believe that one of the fundamental problems with North Dakota’s university system is that the system is ungovernable. University presidents – with...
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UND President Pounces On “Siouxper Drunk” Controversy To Distract From Other...
Earlier today University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley released the video above, along with incoming UND Student Body President Tanner Franklin, condemning yet again the “Siouxper Drunk”...
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UND President Has Nothing To Show For Month Off Studying Tenure Issue
What if a university president took a month off to study an aspect of university administration but then had nothing to show for it? Wouldn’t that make it seem as though the president in question…kind...
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Bill Filed Extending Moratorium On Replacing Fighting Sioux Nickname
It’s been reported previously that Rep. Scott Louser, a Republican from Minot, would be filing a bill to extend the state’s moratorium on a new nickname at the University of North Dakota. Today Rep....
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UND President Offers Weak Argument Against Maintaining Nickname Moratorium
Today Rep. Scott Louser’s bill to continue the moratorium on a new nickname for the University of North Dakota was heard in committee. The bill is HB1155 and would extend the now-expired moratorium on...
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SBHE Candidate Steps Down After SAB Post
Yesterday I wrote about SBHE member Kevin Melicher embarrassing himself during testimony before a Senate committee. The guy was clueless about some of the scandals which happened at Dickinson State...
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