#Hawaii Community College

Enrollment at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is up 6% from the last fall, for a total of 2,792 students, according to the University of Hawaiʻi System.

Susan Kazama, a former UH Maui College librarian, has been recommended to be the next Hawaiʻi Community College chancellor by University of Hawaiʻi Vice President for Community Colleges Erika Lacro to UH President David Lassner. Her effective date of appointment is July 19, 2024.

The University of Hawaiʻi and State of Hawaiʻi have committed $5 million in the 2024-25 Hawaiʻi Promise Scholarship fund to help prospective and current UH Community College students afford and access higher education.

UH Maui is among a list of campuses offering “digital readiness” classes — three-hour courses open to any Hawaiʻi residents 18 years and older who want to improve their digital literacy.

Registration for certification programs now open.

Of the community colleges in Hawaiʻi that were included in the study, Kauaʻi Community College had the best overall ranking at 21. The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College was not included in the rankings list.

Today, the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents approved UH President David Lassner’s proposal to reduce tuition increases for resident undergraduate students for both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.

The $9.68 million check comes as construction begins this year. The planned Palamanui campus of Hawai‘i Community College has been in the planning stages for eight years.

Maui Community College registered 4,078 students, a gain of 769 or 23.2 percent.  MCC reported the greatest enrollment increase behind Windward Community College where enrollment increased 24.3 percent. Statewide, the 55,761 students at the 10-campus University of Hawaii System set an all-time record for spring enrollment. Spring enrollment increased for a third straight year, with […]