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Laslo Boyd: A strategic first step toward an alliance
Having wriggled out of Senate President Mike Miller’s bear hug of a merger proposal, the University System of Maryland announced with great fanfare last week a strategic alliance between the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, College Park. The announcement came after months of study from which the Board of Regents concluded […]
Bell named new president at UMES
Juliette B. Bell will be the next president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced Wednesday. Bell, who will take over at UMES July 1, has 20 years of experience in higher education and has been the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central […]
Regents approve expanded collaboration between UM College Park, UM Baltimore
ANNAPOLIS – Before William Kirwan left the state in 1998 to become president of the Ohio State University, the former University of Maryland, College Park, president spoke in Annapolis about his vision for universities in Maryland. For the state to realize the full benefit of higher education, there needed to be greater collaboration between its […]
Regents to discuss collaboration of universities
ANNAPOLIS — The University System of Maryland Board of Regents will be voting on a plan for a structured collaboration between the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Maryland, College Park. The meeting will take place in Annapolis on Thursday. In December, the Board of Regents asked University Chancellor William Kirwan to develop […]
Bill would penalize agencies that repeat audit findings
ANNAPOLIS — Legislation that would strip state agencies of a portion of their budget should they have repeat audit findings would add teeth to such legislative audits, the bill’s sponsor said Tuesday. If passed, the state could realize significant savings by 2014, a Department of Legislative Services analysis said. “At a time when our state […]
Repeat audit offenders would lose state money under proposed bill
ANNAPOLIS — Legislation that would strip state agencies of a portion of their budget should they have repeat audit findings would add teeth to such legislative audits, the bill’s sponsor said Tuesday. If passed, the state could realize significant savings by 2014, a Department of Legislative Services analysis said. “At a time when our state […]
Changes in way Md. pays for higher education not far off, delegate says
ANNAPOLIS — If the University System of Maryland moves to a performance-based funding model for its institutions, college presidents warn that the program should not be one-size-fits-all. Changing the system’s funding model likely will not be directly discussed again during this session of the General Assembly, Del. John L. Bohanan Jr., D-St. Mary’s, said after […]
Editorial: Upping the ante for tech transfer
The issue is called technology transfer, and it has not been one of Maryland’s strengths. For all of the state’s success in attracting research dollars to an array of universities and institutions with world-class experts and facilities, it has not matched that success in spinning off commercial ventures from that research to generate jobs and […]
Maryland regents vote against merger of College Park, Baltimore campuses
COLLEGE PARK – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents unanimously voted against recommending a merger of the system’s Baltimore school and its flagship campus here in Prince George’s County on Friday. The panel did, however, outline steps the schools should take to increase collaboration between the institutions. The General Assembly ordered the regents […]
On the Move, 11/23: Halford joins Nevins & Associates
Kristi Halford has been hired as a senior account executive by Nevins & Associates, a marketing and public relations firm in Hunt Valley. Halford assists clients in media relations, social media, event planning, community relations, and industry marketing. She previously was director of marketing at Downtown Partnership of Baltimore for five years. Halford also has […]
More disagreement over proposed UM merger
COLLEGE PARK — Speakers at a public hearing on the proposed merger of two University System of Maryland institutions disagreed over the plan’s implications Friday, with some touting its advantages while others worried aloud about a larger bureaucracy. Many speakers from the Washington, D.C., suburbs and the University of Maryland, College Park, faculty, including former […]
Craig A. Thompson: UMB-UMCP merger – To what are we saying no?
I have been reading the increasing number of articles and columns concerning the proposed integration/merger/strategic alliance between the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore with great interest. I truly enjoyed the perspective of my friend and fellow Daily Record columnist, C. Fraser Smith (“UMB-UMCP Merger — Just Say No,” Oct. […]
