
Business dean named interim president at Haskell
Mackie Moore, dean of the Haskell Indian Nations University College of Business, has been named as interim president of the university.
Mackie Moore, dean of the Haskell Indian Nations University College of Business, has been named as interim president of the university.
Frank Arpan has resigned from his position as president of Haskell Indian Nations University after about two years in the role.
The Haskell Board of Regents is calling on the federal government to fulfill its legal obligations to Tribal nations and reverse the cuts to staffing.
Numerous employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration.
A series of upcoming meetings will discuss and provide information about proposed federal legislation that would give oversight of Haskell Indian Nations University to the board of regents rather than the Bureau of Indian Education.
Proposed federal legislation would give the Haskell Board of Regents governance over Haskell Indian Nations University, rather than the Bureau of Indian Education.
With the largest enrollment Haskell Indian Nations University has seen in more than a decade, on-campus housing is at capacity and some students have been told to defer to spring.
Members of the Haskell Board of Regents are calling for a full review and a stronger MOU to ensure the board can provide “greater oversight and accountability” after allegations of misconduct at the university were aired during a congressional hearing last week.
Some members of the U.S. Congress during a hearing Tuesday focused on Haskell Indian Nations University’s alleged failures to respond to reports of sexual violence and support student survivors appropriately.
”The release of the BIE’s investigative report on Haskell is a start. But more is needed, including a criminal investigation into the abuses uncovered by the report,” Max McCoy writes in this Kansas Reflector column.
Never miss a story. Sign up for our emails.