Technology in the Utah System of Higher Education
Technology plays a major role in higher education today, impacting everything from the delivery of course instruction and student experience in the classroom, to interaction with instructors and peers. Of the 167,317 students enrolled at a Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) institution in Fall 2014, over one in three (35.7%) are participating in some form of technology-delivered instruction. This […]
STEM interest and achievement among Utah’s 2014 high school grads
Last week, ACT published a report titled The Condition of STEM 2014, in which they analyzed data from 2014 high school graduates who took the ACT. In addition to looking at the achievement of College Readiness Benchmarks, ACT also took into account survey data on student interests that accompany the ACT test, to determine student attitudes and achievement […]
Paying for College Nights
Paying for College Regional Nights are drawing to a close for the 2014 season. With 19 regional events and 4 independently-hosted events, UHEAA, a subsidiary of the Utah System of Higher Education, has served 3,537 Utahns. Paying for College Nights are attended by high school students and their families to learn about the various options to pay for […]
2015 Regents’ Scholarship applications now accepted
The Regents’ Scholarship Application for 2015 Utah high school graduates is now available. High school seniors who plan to graduate in 2015 are eligible to apply. The Regents’ Scholarship was established to help junior high and high school students become “college-ready” by high school graduation. The requirements for receiving the scholarship are beyond those required […]
Lt. Governor and Commissioner of Higher Ed help Kearns HS students apply to college
As part of the first week of Utah College Application Week events, Lt. Governor Spencer Cox and Commissioner of Higher Education David Buhler visited Kearns High School the morning of Wednesday, November 12, 2014. They spoke with students applying to college, and helped them understand the importance of their decision to continue their education after high […]
UESP Gift Program: This holiday season, give the gift of education
The Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP), Utah’s official nonprofit college savings plan, launched a new Gift Program, just in time for the holidays. The UESP Gift Program makes it easy for family and friends to contribute to a child’s future qualified higher education expenses. When UESP account owners enroll in the Gift Program under Account […]
Board of Regents to meet Friday, Nov. 14 at UVU
The agenda for the upcoming Board of Regents Meeting is now available. The meeting will be this Friday, November 14, 2014 at Utah Valley University in Orem. There are several agenda items of interest: Performance Funding Performance funding is one of the five 2015-16 Budget Priorities approved by the Board of Regents at its previous meeting. […]
Utah College Application Week kicked off at Timpview High School on Monday with the help of UVU
Utah College Application Week began on Monday, November 10, 2014, at Timpview High School in Provo. Utah Valley University President Matthew Holland, as well as his Chief of Staff Fidel Montero, spoke to high school seniors about the importance of applying to and enrolling in college. The UVU Green Man Group performed several songs, and Willy […]
Fourth-annual “Expect the Great” hosted by SLCC
The fourth-annual “Expect the Great” college and career fair was held on November 8 at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). The free event, hosted by the Office of School Relations at SLCC, attracted more than 200 students from Utah’s colleges and high schools. The event focused on the African and African-American communities, but was open […]
Nine StepUp READY grants awarded to innovative partnerships between K-12 and higher ed
The most effective college readiness efforts come as a result of strong partnerships between higher education and K-12 public education, but can often be difficult to initiate and sustain. In the 2014 Legislative Session, Senator Stephen Urquhart championed efforts to appropriate funds for mini-grants promoting partnerships between higher education and K-12 that are outcome focused, leverage […]
