Collected by: New Mexico State Library

Archived since: Aug, 2023

Description:

In 2005, NMHED was established as a cabinet agency in the executive branch as “a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions formerly administered and exercised by the commission on higher education. The Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Cabinet Secretary is the administrative head of the department and serves as the State Higher Education Executive Officer (SHEEO) and is responsible to the Governor for operating the department and administering and enforcing the laws with which the secretary or the department is charged.

Subject:   Government