I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A potential takeover of the private College of Santa Fe by the state of New Mexico cleared another House committee yesterday and will now move to the House floor for a vote.
The vote was 13-4 in the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. The college has $35 million in debt and it faces closure if not bought out by the state. New Mexico Highlands University has taken some steps to take over the College of Santa Fe.
The bill would require more than a simple majority in both the House and Senate, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican.
The acquisition bill also was approved with an emergency clause, which would mean it would go into effect as soon as the governor signs it. The clause, though, requires two-thirds approval from the House and Senate.
SFReeper says students are “optimistic bur realistic.”
SFReeper also said the College of Santa Fe “as it currently exists will cease as of late-May when faculty and staff are let go for good. If Highlands, or another university, takes over that institution will have to rehire staff and faculty and will be forced to scramble over the summer to set up a fall semester.”
