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Funding recommendation includes key priorities for Utah’s colleges and universities
SALT LAKE CITY – The 2013-14 budget recommendation released by Governor Gary Herbert today contains good news for Utah’s institutions of higher education. The Governor’s budget includes the top three priorities for the Utah System of Higher Education, which were requested by the State Board of Regents,...
READ · Dec 12
(Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News) -- For years, Utah's governor has fielded questions from local reporters during an unedited televised monthly press conference. Now it's the Legislature's turn. Salt Lake Community College is launching a new program, "Capitol Voices," on Wednesday featuring Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, and House Speaker Becky Lockhart, R-Provo. Their half-hour exchange with reporters will be televised on...
READ · Oct 26
(Nadine Wimmer, KSL-TV) -- Usually the title "first in the nation" is a positive thing. But more young women in Utah drop out of college than anywhere else in the country. We're right on track with how many start. Now, several groups are trying to help more girls finish their education. Earlier this month, Eighth-grader Tori Castillo went on a date...
READ · Oct 25
(Edward C. Pease and D. Whitney Smith for the Deseret News) -- When Sen. Howard Stephenson complained last winter about Utah college students wasting time and tuition on "degrees to nowhere," he hit a nerve on campuses statewide. Specifically, the Draper Republican's gibe rattled cages in liberal arts colleges and in departments like English, history and the arts, where the...
READ · Oct 25
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