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Leavitt extols 5 keys to good decision making as WSU’s graduation speaker

(Wendy Leonard, Deseret News) -- Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt said he knew the decision to join the presidential cabinet was the right one for him, because he "had gone through a deliberate process" to make it. "Decisions more than circumstances really shape our lives," he told Friday's graduating class of Weber State University students. Leavitt, who...

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Study shows Utah women less likely to graduate college

(Storee Powell, Cache Valley Daily) -- While most women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe they should attend college, graduating from college is not ranked among their highest priorities, according to the latest findings of a study called the Utah Women and Education Project (UWEP). Raising a family was ranked as the highest priority for future...

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The UWEP continues to promote higher education for young women

(UVU Review) -- More research from the Utah Women and Education Project, UWEP, indicates extracurricular activities, finances and aspirations are significant influences as to whether or not young women attend and graduate from college. Results from the study are presented to the public in the form of easy-to-understand research snapshots intended to inform young women and anyone influential in their...

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Less than half of college students finish in six years

(Michael De Groote, Deseret News)-- The Utah System of Higher Education has seen the future and that future needs a lot more people to graduate. A recent study from Georgetown University highlights a huge gap between where Utah is and where it needs to be — a gap that inspired the Utah State Board of Regents to create...

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