University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu
university in Hawaiʻi
The University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu (UHWO; also known as University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu) is a public college in Kapolei, Hawaii, United States. It is part of the University of Hawaiʻi system. It offers baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts and professional studies. UHWO opened in January 1976. In 1981 it was accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission or its predecessor. In 2007, the school added first- and second-year subjects, becoming a four-year college.
In 2019, UHWO was the fastest-growing public baccalaureate college in the US. It has one of the most diverse student populations among four-year public institutions, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. It is the university's newest campus. It was established in part to provide access to higher education in Leeward Oʻahu. UHWO supports the study of Hawaiian language, history and culture.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu” as university in Hawaiʻi. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as university in Hawaiʻi. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1171185. VIAF identifies the subject as 135178272. The Library of Congress control number is no97040747. Authority coordinates are 21.393, -157.982. 3 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 1981, 2007 and 2019.
Later summaries often reconcile disputed chronology or motive more neatly than the contemporary record permits. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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- Event chronology
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Contemporary correspondence, government or organizational records, oral histories and cited historical scholarship.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu primary sources, University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu archive and University research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu”?
- What chronology connects this entry to wider political or social change?
- Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
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This entry incorporates text from “University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.