UH Hilo Chancellor Irwin joins Pacific-wide education council
The Pacific Postsecondary Education Council is a consortium of presidents and chancellors of higher education institutions in the U.S. and U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands who work collaboratively to serve the needs of member institutions as they address regional and postsecondary education issues.
By Susan Enright.
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin joined the Pacific Postsecondary Education Council on March 15 at UH West Oʻahu. It was an opportunity for UH campuses to meet with colleagues from across the Pacific.
The council is a consortium of presidents and chancellors of higher education institutions in the U.S. and U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands who work collaboratively to serve the needs of member institutions as they address regional and postsecondary education issues. Member institutions are from American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of Palau, and Hawaiʻi.
“It was helpful to discuss issues of mutual concern, such as the outmigration of students from our island communities and strategies for student success,” says Chancellor Irwin.
Members of the council, all higher education institutional leaders in the Pacific region, work together to serve the needs of member institutions as they address regional and postsecondary education issues. Some of the topics addressed are inter-institutional collaboration, transfer and articulation, teacher development and information sharing, and capacity building and development.
“A number of our Pacific Island community college partners praised UH Hilo as a good university to work with because we follow the Pohnpei accord which helps their students transfer more smoothly to UH Hilo,” says Chancellor Irwin.
Story by Susan Enright, a public information specialist for the Office of the Chancellor and editor of UH Hilo Stories.
