Revised Budget Revenues Announced The Legislature has $209 million more than expected to spend in budgets as it prepares the 2018-19 budget. This came from… Continue Reading 2018 Legislative Update – Week 5
Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Subcommittee met for its final scheduled hearing this week, focusing on the Board of Regents’ budget Priorities. The committee also… Continue Reading 2018 Legislative Update – Week 3
The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee met twice this week, hearing from five of the eight USHE presidents. Each president advocated the Board of Regents’ unified… Continue Reading 2018 Legislative Update – Week 2
The 45-day 2018 Legislative Session commenced on Monday, January 22, 2018. With over 1,200 legislative bills filled, several are expected to impact Utah’s public colleges… Continue Reading 2018 Legislative Update – Week 1
The University of Utah Presidential Search Committee has recommended three finalists to the State Board of Regents for the position of University of Utah President: Dr. Nicholas P. Jones, Dr. Thomas Katsouleas and Dr. Ruth V. Watkins. Continue Reading Three finalists named in University of Utah presidential search
Search Committee to host two public meetings Nov. 28 The Board of Regents has named a 24-member committee to conduct a national search for the… Continue Reading Utah Valley University Presidential Search Committee members named by the Board of Regents
Utah’s public colleges and universities are seeing another increase in student enrollment this fall semester. The first “snapshot” of student enrollments for the 2017-18 school… Continue Reading Enrollment at Utah’s public colleges and universities up by over 4,000 for second year in a row
A new study by the Office of the Commissioner compares students who take a postsecondary math course via concurrent enrollment with traditionally enrolled college students at… Continue Reading Is concurrent enrollment math less rigorous than traditional college math?
A newly released survey by New America, Varying Degrees: New America’s Annual Survey on Higher Education, surveys 1,600 individuals nationwide to better understand the perceptions… Continue Reading New national survey highlights perceptions of U.S. higher education
As the 2016-2017 academic year comes to an end, new Student Body Presidents have been elected at USHE’s colleges and universities. The Student Body Presidents,… Continue Reading Introducing the 2017-18 Student Body Presidents