Last Friday, the Board of Regents unanimously approved a 10-year strategic plan for Utah higher education. The strategic planning process started in the summer of 2014,… Continue Reading 10-year strategic plan for Utah higher ed unanimously approved by Board of Regents
The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) has announced awards for the StepUp READY mini-grant program (up to $75,000). This is the second year of… Continue Reading 2016 StepUp READY Grant Awards Announced
The Utah System of Higher Education’s (USHE) 2016 legislative budget priorities reflect the most pressing needs of USHE institutions, specifically the need to increase market… Continue Reading USHE institutions added 79 new certificate and degree programs in 2015
What is the Regents’ Scholarship? Since its inception in 2008, the legislatively-funded, merit-based Regents’ Scholarship has encouraged high school students to prepare for college by… Continue Reading Regents’ Scholarship deadline is Feb. 1: Learn more about Utah’s merit-based scholarship program
Board of Regents Prioritization of Capital Development Projects Unlike local school districts in K-12 that use property tax for support of facilities, higher education must… Continue Reading USHE building priorities are vital to keep up with student growth
The Utah State Board of Regents approved the Utah System of Higher Education’s (USHE) budget priorities last September during its meeting in preparation for the 2016… Continue Reading USHE’s 2016-2017 Legislative Budget Priorities reflect the most pressing needs of USHE institutions
In the wake of the Great Recession, a common refrain took hold: That of the overeducated barista, unable to find a job in their field,… Continue Reading New studies highlight the underemployment challenges of Utah college graduates
The 2016 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is the application that incoming and current college students fill out to see if they… Continue Reading The 2016 Free Application for Federal Student Aid is now available
The Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) announced December 30th that the number of accounts under its management has passed 300,000, as a growing number of… Continue Reading UESP exceeds 300,000 college savings accounts
The U.S. Senate on December 9 voted 85-12 in favor of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The bill is a rewrite of the Elementary… Continue Reading Every Student Succeeds Act passed by Congress, signed by President