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HI HR104
Resolution
Status
3/14/2011
Primary Sponsor
Roy Takumi
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AI Summary
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Request the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to establish a master's degree program in ethnic studies within the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Require the Board of Regents to submit a status report on establishment steps to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the start of the 2012 Regular Session, with a target completion date of fall semester 2013.
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Acknowledge the Ethnic Studies Department's forty-year history beginning in 1970, its upgrade to departmental status in 1995, and its national and international recognition for research on Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians.
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Direct that certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Board of Regents Chairperson, University of Hawaii President, Chancellor, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dean of Social Sciences, and Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department.
Legislative Description
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Last Action
(H) The committees on CUA recommend that the measure be HELD. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Wooley, Hanohano, Jordan, C. Lee, Mizuno, Morikawa; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Pine.
3/31/2011