Higher Education

There was one dissenting vote on the recommendation from the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. The higher ed budget reinvestments were mandated by the Legislature.

College students are about to flood back to BYU, the University of Utah and other Beehive State schools. Meaning, it’s a ripe time for scammers to act.

The Trump administration has already cut almost $30 million in research grants to the University of Utah. Another $110 million annually could be on the line.

The A stall permit will cost $1024.56, and a U semester permit will cost $213.36 for fiscal year 2026.

The addition of the two southern Utah schools will give the conference 11 full members following Sacramento State’s departure for the Big West in all sports except football.

The state’s largest universities, the University of Utah and Utah Valley University, plan to streamline their offerings by cutting low-enrollment programs and strengthening student “durable skills.”

Utah Tech University President Shane Smeed replaces Richard “Biff” Williams who resigned under a cloud of faculty mistrust and allegations.

While the restructuring prioritized Salt Lake Community College’s technical training and health sciences programs, leadership argues that the arts and humanities are still an important part of the school.

Researchers in southwest Utah use the annual event to gather data about the elusive desert iguanas. It illustrates how community science could help a rare species survive.

Salt Lake Community College has one of the largest in-person prison education programs in the nation. Incarcerated students can also get technical certificates, a high school diploma and female inmates can also get a bachelor’s degree.

More than 320,000 people in Utah have federal student loans. On May 5, the U.S. Department of Education will start collecting loans from defaulters and is expected to garnish wages this summer.

State lawmakers are requiring Utah Tech University reallocate over $2.55 million in its budget, which means cutting certain programs. Every public college and university in the state has been tasked with a similar challenge.