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NMSU does have a responsibility to make itself as transparent as possible in a number of areas. However, especially with the state facing its current budget crisis, moving to make information regarding all donors available to the public could have dire consequences. Continue Reading
New Mexico State University ran a transparent search for its new president. But there’s an especially disappointing provision in the contract given to new President Barbara Couture that has me worried the university may be taking two steps back for the one big step it took forward. Continue Reading
The Board of Regents introduced new President Barbara Couture on Thursday at a morning meeting in Las Cruces. She hit the ground running, making a quick trip to Santa Fe to meet with legislative staffers and the governor, then buzzing back to Las Cruces for a reception at the home of Regent Laura Conniff. Continue Reading
The New Mexico State University regents meet at 10 a.m. today to name the school’s new president. The meeting will be webcast live. Continue Reading
A finalist for the job of president of New Mexico State University – one who had received attention because of a scandal at the institution where he currently works – has withdrawn his name from consideration for the school’s top job. Continue Reading
Making a political choice for NMSU president would be as fundamentally flawed as the Aggies playing Ohio State. Only professionals who have worked closely with agriculture and engineering for their entire professional lives are really qualified to lead a land-grant institution. Continue Reading
This is the Land of Pay to Play after all. The scandals two of five finalists have faced in their home states are concerning. As the Albuquerque Journal put it, “Barring good explanations, the Board of Regents is down to three viable candidates to lead the state’s second-largest institution of higher learning.” Continue Reading
UPDATED: The New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved a list of five finalists for the job of president earlier this afternoon. Continue Reading
The New Mexico State University Board of Regents is scheduled to hear from its presidential search committee this afternoon, and the meeting could lead to a public announcement of finalists for NMSU’s top job. Continue Reading
NMSU’s Waded Cruzado was named the next president of Montana State University late this afternoon. She’s expected to start the new job around Jan. 1. Continue Reading
New Mexico State University Executive Vice President and Provost Waded Cruzado has been offered the job of president at Montana State University, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle is reporting. Continue Reading
New Mexico State University Executive Vice President and Provost Waded Cruzado visited the the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) today to interview for that school’s president job. She’s also a finalist for the president job at Montana State University. Continue Reading
In an interview in Las Cruces, a key U.S. senator in the health-care reform debate reaffirmed her opposition to including a public option in a reform bill. But Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she thinks the Senate can get 60 votes in support of a bill that will accomplish the president’s goals without a public option. Continue Reading
Immigration reform is on the back burner for now, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said during a speech at NMSU on Wednesday. In the meantime, she said, efforts to step up border enforcement and interrupt the flow of drugs, weapons and cash across the border are “zooming along.” Continue Reading
Former Sen. Pete Domenici says he sees a trend toward greater government involvement in people’s lives as a serious problem that is understandably leading to many of the emotional outbursts coloring the debate. But he also believes bipartisanship and respect are necessary to address the debt and other problems. Continue Reading