News Clips | January 16-31, 2025

Utah’s hotly anticipated higher ed budget bill is out. Here’s what it says

For months, Utah’s higher education leaders have prepared for the budget cuts state lawmakers warned about.

These seniors hope school never ends

No tests, no grades, just learning, at the Osher Institute at the University of Utah.

Best Car Insurance in Utah

Why are car insurance prices so different from state to state?

Here’s how many millions of dollars Utah lawmakers seek to cut from higher education

Utah lawmakers to debate immigration, tax cuts, transgender students as 2025 session starts

What are Utahns saying about Trump's series of executive orders?

On President Donald Trump's first day back, he signed nearly 30 executive orders. FOX 13 News spoke with a political science professor about what the process of those orders could look like.

University of Utah spends $6M on controversial consulting firm it hopes will help save money

The state’s flagship school has hired McKinsey & Company to direct on efficiencies. But what about the group’s reputation for layoffs and conflicts of interest?

Here’s the dollar amount each Utah public university could have cut from their budget

The University of Utah will see the largest share of the cut. And Snow College the smallest.

Here’s how many employees from the University of Utah’s diversity offices left after anti-DEI law

A spreadsheet shows for the first time the rate of attrition at the state’s flagship school after HB261 was passed.

Voices: At the U. and USU, general education classes shape Utah’s future leaders

General education classes provide what is likely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to add far-ranging breadth to students’ learning.

This Utah lawmaker was the only one to vote against $60M cuts to higher education

Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights, has been worried that the cuts will lead to reducing or eliminating programs in the liberal arts.

The Classroom Is Not Your Living Room

The vogue for “belonging” misses the point of education.

University of Utah president talks budgets, housing and ‘Sputnik moments’ with lawmakers

President Taylor Randall salutes school’s 175th anniversary—and looks to promising future.

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