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(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) -- The Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) is awarding $8,000 in college savings certificates in its second annual "Make Your Mark" bookmark design contest during September, designated as College Savings Month in Utah. Meanwhile, the 15-year-old program’s first account holder is seeing his granddaughter off to college this fall. Utah students in kindergarten through 12th...
READ · Sep 07
(Prosperity 2020 blog) -- Investment in higher education has an impact that extends beyond the individual, according to a survey commissioned by Prosperity 2020 and conducted by Dan Jones & Associates. For every member of a household that earns a postsecondary degree or certificate, the likelihood increases that siblings and children will do so, as well. The...
(Tasha Cook, KUER-FM) -- Since 1940, studies showed a pattern of Utah women outperforming their national counterparts in getting college degrees. But in the past fifteen years, that has dramatically changed, leaving Utah in last place for its percentage of women who finish college. KUER's Tasha Cook examines the perceptions and cultural expectations leading to the high drop-out rate.
READ · Aug 30
Utah business leaders shaping the direction of Prosperity 2020 are exploring a number of initiatives to strengthen public education across the state with an emphasis on Utah’s youngest students. That’s according to a recent discussion of the Prosperity 2020 Founders’ Council. Prosperity 2020 is a statewide movement of major business associations to improve public and higher...
READ · Jul 28
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