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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...

Gov. Susana Martinez was on the University of New Mexico campus Wednesday kicking off her Summit on Higher Education. As the event’s keynote speaker, Martinez discussed a variety of issues facing higher education; focusing on the need for a more unified...

Gov. Susana Martinez had lunch with business leaders yesterday, taking the opportunity to sign HB 170, which makes changes to the Higher Education Endowment Act that allow an infusion of cash into the endowment fund once the budget is signed.

After struggling mightily to get out of House Education over a long couple of weeks, the Higher Education Endowment bill, HB 170, has gathered steam and is moving rapidly. 

The New Mexico Senate has confirmed Barbara Damron as the secretary of the Higher Education Department. It was a breeze, starting this morning with a lovefest in the Senate Rules Committee.

They keep calling it is a messy process that leaves no one totally happy. That is how the state budget is built.  This afternoon, House Appropriations approved what will go into the final crafting of the general appropriations act as will be found in HB2.