Lawmakers drop proposal to change higher education structure
April 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK — After a divisive hour-long debate, Senate lawmakers shot down a proposal this morning to allow voters to decide if they want to replace the State Board of Higher Education. Continue Reading
BISMARCK (AP) An oil field geologist, a tribal college administrator and a retired school principal were chosen Friday as finalists for one of two short-term openings on North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education.
The new leader of North Dakota’s University System wants to become the voice of higher education in the state. Hamid “Ham” Shirvani, who officially begins July 1, attended the State Board of Higher Education’s two-day retreat this week, where leaders discussed how they want to move forward as they transition to a new chancellor.
As a man who once endured three losing seasons as a Big Ten football coach at Wisconsin, Don Morton knows a few things about pressure. So he figures he can handle whatever the state Board of Higher Education throws at him.
It’s been a rocky road lately for the State Board of Higher Education, as two members say stress and a tough workload contributed to their decisions to step down, and the board president worries about the ability to find qualified candidates in the future.
The issue before the North Dakota Supreme Court “involves more than choosing between the Legislature and the State Board of Higher Education and its powers to keep or retire the ‘Fighting Sioux’ name,” defenders of the nickname argue in a brief filed with the court late Tuesday. 
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