(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has passed HB-479, allowing universities to directly pay athletes for their name, image, and likeness–or NIL payments. The bill ensures Utah schools stay competitive and clarifies athletes are not university employees. It bans using state funds for NIL payments, requires audits every five years, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — About 27-thousand students are participating in the state’s latest effort to provide scholarship funding. This week, officials say nearly 16-thousand applications on behalf of those students were submitted for consideration under guidelines for the Utah Fits All Scholarship. The application deadline was Monday. Utah lawmakers […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — With graduation season nearing, Latinos, LGBTQ students, Pacific Islanders and others are considering how to proceed with celebrations marking the end of their undergraduate years at many Utah universities because of HB 261. Utah Commissioner of Higher Education Geoffrey Landward says his office is working […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill being heard in a Utah Senate committee today would end all racial diversity and equity efforts in Utah higher education. The bill from state Senator John Johnston would end all state funding for positions or departments that promote diversity, inclusion and equity at […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Dixie State University is offering its first graduate degree program this fall. The Spectrum newspaper reports the Master of Accountancy program had about 60 applicants. The university is also offering three new bachelor’s degrees in music performance, mechanical engineering and nursing. Dixie State has also hired new […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The ex-president of a technical college in southern Utah who was fired earlier this year has been given her job back. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the board of the Utah System of Technical Colleges voted Thursday to reinstate Kelle Stephens after she was ousted in January […]
Snow College President Gary L. Carlston will soon retire from his position at the school. According to a press announcement, Carlston and his wife, Janet, have led the two-year college since January 2014. The Utah State Board of Regents will appoint a search committee and conduct a nation-wide search […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah’s higher education governing body will make interviews for university presidents public in an effort to make the search processes more transparent. The Herald Journal reports Utah System of Higher Education Communications Director Melanie Heath said Friday the Utah Board of Regents “intends to make open meetings with […]
