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Several sitting legislators said they believe Babcock is unlikely to be confirmed by the Legislature when it meets next spring. 

Legislators raised concerns about Marcum’s role in the state’s redistricting board and her defense of the governor’s steep budget cuts to the university in 2019.

UA faculty have only received a 1% raise over the past 5 years.

For more than a decade, Teuber was the president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and one of the most powerful executives in Alaska.

In a prepared statement, the Coast Guard said the debris it spotted Tuesday was “consistent with” debris from Teuber’s helicopter, though it did not confirm that that was the case.

The state’s public university system is eliminating dozens of degree and certificate programs from theater to chemistry to creative writing.

Leadership at Ketchikan’s University of Alaska Southeast campus on Monday asked the Ketchikan Gateway Borough to oppose a proposed campus merger. Priscilla Schulte leads the Ketchikan UAS campus. She says the proposed cost-cutting move to merge UAS with University of Alaska campuses in Anchorage or Fairbanks won’t serve students in Southeast Alaska. “There’s quite a…

For years, UA has grappled with reduced state funding and lost tuition dollars as enrollment declines. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. It cut into the finances of the already-strained university system.

The vote overturns a declaration that allowed for the expedited elimination of academic programs and layoffs of tenured faculty.

An agreement between Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the University of Alaska Board of Regents will see a $25 million cut in funding for this budget year. The next two years would see cuts of $25 million and $20 million.