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Each year, two programs make it their mission to prepare undergraduate students for admission into graduate school to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees. The McNair Scholars and the Research Opportunity Program (ROP) are currently seeking applicants...

Two new scholarship opportunities created to help alleviate the teacher shortage in New Mexico have taken shape at The University of New Mexico. Both, the Grow Your Own Teacher (GYOT) Act and the Teacher Preparation Affordability (TPA) Act are...

Leadership from The University of New Mexico joined others from around the state at the 2019 NM Higher Education Summit, hosted by CNM.  President Garnett S. Stokes was there along with all the UNM branch campus chancellors. Leadership that have joined...

The University of New Mexico is saying goodbye to two employees whose dedication to the institution, the community and each other have left a permanent mark on Main Campus. Amy Wohlert and Joe Cecchi have given UNM more than four decades of combined...

New Mexico has nearly three dozen higher education institutions, which together absorb about $750 million of this year’s general fund budget and service more than 100,000 students. “With 31 public higher education institutions in our state, can we can we afford to have them all?"

The University of New Mexico (UNM) has announced a new strategic scholarship program, Beca México, which is designed to encourage more students from Mexico to make UNM a first choice for undergraduate and graduate degree study.

UNM-LA is launching a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) course in October which is designed for individuals interested in working as paid care attendants, as well as for family members of patients who need in-home care.  

Each day for the past several days, Senate Finance Chair John Arthur Smith (D-Deming) has reminded his colleagues about just how dire the state’s financial situation has become. Here is his daily dose of woe for Wednesday: The House built a FY 17 state...

Last week, when deflated revenue projections were announced, the prevailing opinion was that leaving Santa Fe with the same amount of money you came in with would be considered a victory. For higher education, 2016 will not be a winning season. House...

The Tuesday morning session, when the New Mexico Department of Higher Education presented its funding wish list, evolved into a wide-ranging, sometimes lively discussion on topics like funding formula stabilization, disagreement over performance measures...