What is Competency-based Education? Competency-based Education takes into account prior learning and is based on students’ mastery of knowledge or proficiency, skills, and abilities in… Continue Reading Trending in higher ed: Competency-based Education
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
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
Since 1977, the Governor has appointed a student from an institution in the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) to represent Utah students on the State… Continue Reading 2019-2020 Student Regent applications due March 26
Regents, Utah college presidents, higher education leaders, institutional boards of trustees, college access advisors, and student leaders met with lawmakers on Monday to talk about… Continue Reading College Access Day on the Hill: Regents, presidents, students, higher ed leaders advocate for college access
In 2001, the Utah legislature approved a bill to establish Enhancements to the State Systems of Public and Higher Education (SB61) within the Utah System… Continue Reading Engineering and Computer Technology Initiative has produced nearly 40,000 degrees
Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs presented the subcommittee’s priorities to the Executive Appropriations Committee last week. Final 2019-20 budget revenue… Continue Reading 2019 Legislative Update – Week 4
For the past year, the Board of Regents has been working to set metrics to measure progress towards the Board’s 2025 Strategic Plan, both for… Continue Reading Board of Regents approves updated strategic system metrics