College promise programs have spread throughout the nation as a way for individual institutions and states to expand access to higher education for students with… Continue Reading Trends in Higher Education: College Promise Programs
According to an analysis by the Chronicle of Higher Education of U.S. Department of Education data on 2017 graduation rates, the University of Utah made… Continue Reading How is USHE working to help increase graduation rates?
The cost of textbooks has risen at more than four times the rate of inflation in the past decade, and the use of access codes… Continue Reading Trending in Higher Ed: Open Educational Resources
Communities around the world are set to celebrate and advocate for Earth Day on April 22. Utah System of Higher Education institutions and their communities… Continue Reading USHE institutions lecture on sustainability and practice it too
The Utah System of Higher Education released a report reviewing the performance of students who took a Concurrent Enrollment math course(s) during 2016-17, who then… Continue Reading Qualified Concurrent Enrollment instructors’ level of education credential has no significant impact on student success
The Utah System of Higher Education hosted the third annual Access and Completion Retreat on Friday, April 12, where representatives from each public higher education… Continue Reading 3rd annual USHE Access and Completion Retreat examines how to support post-traditional students in higher education
Despite the American economic outlook having improved considerably, nationally, state funding for higher education has only halfway recovered in the ten years since the Great… Continue Reading Report: In Utah, higher ed total revenue per FTE reaches pre-Recession levels
Across the nation, online course options in higher education have expanded greatly in recent years. Offerings range from fully online programs to hybrid courses which… Continue Reading Trending in higher ed: Major online growth
The Utah System of Higher Education is pleased to announce Carrie Mayne, former Chief Economist and Director of Workforce Research and Analysis at Utah’s Department of… Continue Reading Carrie Mayne named Associate Commissioner for Workforce and Institutional Research
Postsecondary education governance structures were adopted in order to best serve each state’s higher education institutions, and for that reason, no two are exactly the… Continue Reading How postsecondary education is governed in Utah