Utah State University Presidential Search Committee announces public listening sessions

The Utah State University Presidential Search Committee is seeking public input to help hire the best possible candidate to lead the institution. To get input from as many USU community members, including those away during the summer and those who work at one of USU’s 30 locations across the state, the search committee is offering multiple ways […]

Utah Board of Higher Education approves institutional strategic reinvestment plans, driving investment in instruction and high-demand programs

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The Utah Board of Higher Education approved strategic reinvestment plans from five degree-granting institutions (Southern Utah University, Utah Tech University, Utah Valley University, Snow College and Salt Lake Community College) within the Utah System of Higher Education, granting three other institutions (the University of Utah, Utah State University and Weber State University) conditional approval, subject […]

Utah State University Presidential Search Committee named

The Utah Board of Higher Education has established a nine-member committee to lead the search for the next president of Utah State University. The committee is charged with identifying exceptional candidates who will advance the university’s unique mission as Utah’s land- and space-grant institution, with a strong emphasis on student-centered education, research and community engagement.  […]

Utah Board of Higher Education approves near decades-low price increases for coming year

Board continues its purposeful and proactive approach to affordability The Utah Board of Higher Education considered tuition and general student fee adjustments requested by Utah’s public colleges and universities on the second day of their two-day meeting on March 28,2025. The Board approved a sub-inflationary 2.23% systemwide weighted average increase among degree-granting institutions for the coming year. All […]

Data Narrative: Student Transfers — Strategy or Frustration

Eighty percent of community college students intend to earn a bachelor’s degree (Crisp and Nunez 2014; Jabbar et al. 2021; Handel and Strempel 2018), but only 37% of these students transfer from their original higher education institution (Kintzer and Wattenbarger 1985; McCormick and Carroll 2003; Shapiro et al. 2018). Only 42% of these students do […]

Utah Board of Higher Education Statement on USU President Cantwell

The Utah Board of Higher Education released the following statement on February 6, 2025, regarding USU President Elizabeth Cantwell: “Utah State University President Elizabeth R. Cantwell has accepted another position as the 12th president of Washington State University (WSU). While the details are still being finalized, we expect that she will wrap up her time at USU in […]

2025 Legislative Update — Week 1

Utah State Capitol

January 21 – January 24, 2025 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee (HEAS) convened its first meeting of the 2025 General Session on Thursday, January 23. The subcommittee heard multiple presentations from the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, including: The subcommittee also heard presentations from the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst regarding the higher […]