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(Nancy Van Valkenburg, Standard-Examiner) -- Only 16 percent of Utah public college and university students who enroll full time at in-state, four-year programs actually graduate four years later, a national study of college-completion rates has found. Give the same group another two years, and you'll get an extra 24 graduates per 100 original enrollees. Double the original four years to...
READ · Oct 06
(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) -- Utah high school students have been able to coast into college for years because the state’s open-enrollment universities take any applicant with a diploma. But in the face of weak rates of completed degrees, key educational leaders are wondering whether it’s time to erect modest barriers to give high schoolers an incentive to...
READ · Oct 04
(Geoff Fattah, ksl.com) -- SALT LAKE CITY — State higher education officials have announced a new campaign to encourage children in under-represented populations to consider going to college. The Step Up campaign seeks to overcome barriers to higher education that some youths may face. The campaign also urges parents, educators, mentors and community leaders to encourage...
READ · Sep 26
(David DeMille, The Spectrum) -- Utah Sen. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, is considering a plan that would set academic requirements for graduating high school students in order to earn college admission. While some state schools already have admissions requirements, most — including Dixie State College — have an open enrollment system where anyone is allowed to register for classes. As...
READ · Sep 15
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