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The Ogden-based university will cut 17 majors, 8 minors and 7 certificates. It joins Utah State University as the first pair of schools to announce major changes following the Legislature’s academic overhaul.

Utah State University is navigating legislative budget cuts, budget reallocations and an overhaul of its general education budget.

The bill that creates a new Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University quickly moved through the Legislature, leaving the school with “a non-ideal timeline” to be involved in it.

Lawmakers have clearly told Utah universities and colleges that they need to decide which of their educational programs get more money and which will get less. If they don’t, they could lose millions.

Sen. John Johnson’s proposed curriculum would be “rooted in the foundational text and traditions of Western civilization.” It would start at USU but could be expanded statewide.

The new name will better fit the institution’s polytechnic vision, according to the university president.

The conservative Sutherland Institute released a report today weighing Utah’s current method for selecting candidates to the state school board against…