With Utah College Application Week, high school seniors get help applying to college during the school day
Throughout November, 116 Utah high schools are partnering with the Utah System of Higher Education to launch Utah College Application Week (UCAW) events. Utah College Application Week gives every high school senior in partner schools the opportunity to complete a college application during the school day, with help from their school counselors, teachers and/or volunteers. […]
FAFSA completion in Utah increases for second year in a row
About 35.5% of Utah high school seniors completed the 2018-2019 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) from October 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, reflecting a 0.9% increase over the previous year, according to the Form Your Future FAFSA Tracker. Utah has made excellent progress in improving FAFSA completion for high school seniors over […]
Utah’s public colleges and universities enroll nearly 4,000 additional students for the 2018-19 school year
Utah’s public colleges and universities are seeing another increase in student enrollment this fall semester. The first “snapshot” of student enrollments for the 2018-19 school year (fall semester, third week) shows the number of students at the state’s public colleges and universities increased by 3,915 students, for a net increase of 2.17 percent over Fall […]
Board of Regents approves budget and prioritizes USHE 2019-20 capital facilities requests
The Utah State Board of Regents approved the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) budget request and prioritized the USHE capital facilities requests during its meeting on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the University of Utah in preparation for the 2019 Legislative Session. Each year, the Regents re-evaluate the capital facilities needs of its institutions. […]
Utah’s higher ed leaders support Opinion Question 1
On September 19, 2018, the Commissioner of Higher Education, Dave Buhler, and presidents of the colleges and universities in the Utah System of Higher Education signed a letter expressing support for Opinion Question 1, which will be on the ballot this fall. The letter reads as follows: “As the leaders of Utah’s public colleges and […]
Regents approve plan to place a college access advisor in every high school in Utah
The Utah Board of Regents has approved a statewide proposal at its meeting on Friday, September 21, 2018, that will put a permanent, full-time college access advisor in every high school in Utah. The near-peer college access advisor will help students register for and complete college entrance exams, submit college applications, apply for scholarships and financial aid, and connect […]
Celebrating a decade of college success training for Utah K-12 administrators and counselors
Ten years ago the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) hosted its first statewide conference for school administrators and counselors. Around 170 counselors attended that conference. Since then, the annual conference has quadrupled in size, with over 660 attendees at this year’s 10th annual USHE Conference for School Counselors and Administrators, including elementary, junior high, […]
my529 reaches $13 billion in assets under management
Utah’s 529 educational savings plan, fifth largest in the nation, experiencing rapid growth my529, Utah’s official college savings plan, has surpassed $13 billion in assets under management, less than a year after reaching the $12 billion mark. The latest milestone for Utah’s educational savings plan indicates that families value investing for higher education. A 2018 […]
Snow College presidential search committee announces public meetings
The Snow College presidential search committee will host two public meetings to obtain input from members of the campus community and the general public about what the committee should look for in a future president. Public input from these meetings will help the committee shape a position announcement, the primary advertisement for the position used […]
Half of 2017 Utah high school grads took at least one Concurrent Enrollment class
The Commissioner’s Office recently released the Concurrent Enrollment Annual Report for the 2016-17 academic year. Concurrent Enrollment (CE) provides an opportunity for prepared Utah high school junior and senior students – freshmen and sophomores by exception – to take college courses and earn both high school credit for graduation and college credit corresponding to the first year at a […]
