#affirmative action

Big Island senior awarded $10,000 scholarship selected as Hawai‘i student delegate for U.S. Youth Senate Program

Lehua Norris, a 17-year-old senior at Konawaena High School, was elected from among the state’s top student leaders to participate in the annual United States Senate Youth Program.

University of Hawaiʻi president calls Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action ‘beyond disappointing’

University of Hawai’i President David Lassner called the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions “beyond disappointing.”