Tag: New Mexico

Native Americans

Diné College to Hold Groundbreaking for $7.4 Million Shiprock Math and Science Building at New Mexico Campus

Diné College will hold a groundbreaking for a $7.4 million Shiprock Math and Science Building (MSB) at the Shiprock, New Mexico campus on Monday. Construction for the new building will start July 2021, with an expected completion date of March 2022. Funding for the building comes from a General Obligation Bonds passed by New Mexico […]

June 24, 2021

Community Colleges

Five New Mexico Colleges Plan to Establish Joint Service System

After examining their administrative processes, Central New Mexico Community College, Santa Fe Community College, Clovis Community College, Northern New Mexico College and San Juan College collaborated to establish a common platform for student and financial services.

February 15, 2021

New mexico college

U of New Mexico to Offer Free Tuition for Qualifying Freshmen

The University of New Mexico (UNM) will begin offering free tuition and fees for first-year students whose families earn less than $50,000 per year, starting this coming fall, reported KRQE news. The program comes after New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s planned Opportunity Scholarship – which aimed to pay the tuition at public universities for […]

February 28, 2020

Report Puts Spotlight on Educational Opportunities in New Mexico

New Mexico’s educational system and an analysis of the state’s aid for low-income students is the focal point of a newly released report by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CSMI).

October 10, 2019

Virginia R. Hunter

Report: New Mexico Public College Enrollment Dropping Fast

SANTA FE, N.M. – A recent decline in enrollment at New Mexico public colleges outpaced nearly every state in the nation. An association of state higher education agencies says enrollment dropped by nearly 5 percent at New Mexico public colleges for the school year that ended in June 2017. Statistics compiled by State Higher Education […]

April 25, 2018

Mentorship program for Black student athletes at UNM

A University of New Mexico (UNM) mentorship program for Black student athletes is being revamped for the fall semester. ZEAL, which stands for Zest for Excellence in Athletics and Learning, is a mentorship program based in African American Student Services. ZEAL pairs student athletes with mentors from the community and teaches skills like interviewing for […]

April 4, 2017

Immigration Status Serves as Barrier for Some Students

SANTA FE, N.M. ― Some students say they’re losing out despite a New Mexico law that allows them in-state tuition at public colleges or universities and state-funded financial aid regardless of their immigration status. The law has been in effect for 11 years but New Mexico’s public universities and colleges operate independently from one another […]

October 23, 2016

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