Republican lawmakers and a university president pushed a bill last year that would diminish faculty job protections at two institutions. It failed by a hair, but the State Board of Higher Education has taken up the mantle. Last year, the North Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that threatened tenure protections. It would have allowed the presidents of Dickinson State University and Bismarck State College to fire tenured faculty members without any review from a faculty committee.
(Bismarck, ND) Governor Doug Burgum has announced he has appointed Curtis Biller of Fargo and reappointed Timothy Mihalick of Minot to four-year terms on the North Dakota Board of Higher Education. Biller has served as a principal of Fargo-based Strengths Inc, a human resources consulting firm, since 2004, and also has been a partner in Northern Plains Business Advisors of
(Bismarck, ND) North Dakota State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced Thursday that seven North Dakotans have applied to be considered for two openings on the state Board of Higher Education. The candidates are: Curtis Biller, Fargo, human resources consultant, Strengths Inc.