Organization:Utah System of Higher Education

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Utah System of Higher Education
UBHE USHE Seal Black 2020.png
Seal of the Utah Board of Higher Education
TypePublic university system
EstablishedMarch 21, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-21)
CommissionerDave R. Woolstenhulme
Students223,829 students (Fall 2021)[1]
Location
Salt Lake City
,
Utah
,
United States
Campus16 campuses
Websiteushe.edu
A logo for the Utah System of Higher Education, the public university system of the state of Utah, United States

The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) is the public university system of the state of Utah. It includes each of the state's sixteen public institutions of higher education, including its eight technical colleges.

History

On March 21, 1969, the Utah State Legislature passed the Utah Higher Education Act of 1969, establishing the Utah System of Higher Education and its governing body, the State Board of Higher Education, to govern Utah's (at the time) nine institutions of higher learning, as well as administer the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.[2][3]

In 1977, an amendment was passed to rename the board to the Utah State Board of Regents, as well as increase its membership to sixteen, with provisions for appointing of a student member. Subsequently, a 1981 amendment further increased this number to seventeen, with the seventeenth member being the Lieutenant Governor of Utah.[4]

Today, the board consists of eighteen Utah citizens, all of whom are appointed by the Governor of Utah. Two of those members are Student Board members, one from a degree-granting public institution of higher education and the other from a technical college. Each board member is appointed to six-year staggered term, with the exception of the student board members, who are appointed to one-year terms.[5]

In 2020, the Utah System of Technical Colleges was subsumed into the USHE, with the Utah State Board of Regents being renamed to the Utah Board of Higher Education.[6]

Colleges and universities

Utah System of Higher Education is located in Utah
SLCC
SLCC
Snow College
Snow College
BTECH
BTECH
Davis Tech
Davis Tech
Dixie Tech
Dixie Tech
MTECH
MTECH
OTECH
OTECH
Southwest Tech
Southwest Tech
Tooele Tech
Tooele Tech
Utah System of Higher Education locations.
Black pog.svg Black: Colleges and universities; 7px Red: Community colleges; Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Technical colleges.

Public colleges and universities

Campus Location Founded Enrollment Endowment Athletics
Affiliation Nickname
Southern Utah University Cedar City 1897 11,224 $29.9 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC
Thunderbirds
         
University of Utah Salt Lake City 1850 32,818 $1.07 billion (2020) NCAA Div I
Pac-12
Utes
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Utah State University Logan 1888 27,426 $427.4 million (2020) NCAA Div I
Mountain West
Aggies
         
Utah Tech University St. George 1911 11,193 $16.3 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC
Trailblazers
         
Utah Valley University Orem 1941 41,728 $39.8 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC
Wolverines
         
Weber State University Ogden 1889 26,681 $155.2 million (2020) NCAA Div I
Big Sky
Wildcats
         

Community colleges

  • Salt Lake Community College — Salt Lake City
  • Snow College — Ephraim

Technical colleges

  • Bridgerland Technical College — Logan
  • Davis Technical College — Kaysville
  • Dixie Technical College — St. George
  • Mountainland Technical College — Lehi
  • Ogden–Weber Technical College — Ogden
  • Southwest Technical College — Cedar City
  • Tooele Technical College — Tooele
  • Uintah Basin Technical College — Roosevelt

References

  1. "Institutional Data Resources: Headcount". https://ushe.edu/institutional-data-resources-headcount/. 
  2. "The State System of Higher Education". Policy No. 102 of 23 January 1997. https://www.usu.edu/policies/102/. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 
  3. Newell, Jackson; Ueyama, Takeyuki. "Higher Education in Utah". Utah History Encyclopedia. Utah Education Network. https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/EDUCATION_HIGHER.shtml. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 
  4. "Utah State Board of Higher Education, Role Of". Policy No. 1-1 of 7 December 1983. https://www.weber.edu/ppm/Policies/1-1_Regents.html. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 
  5. "About the Board". https://ushe.edu/board/about-the-board/. 
  6. "Resolution of Appreciation: Board of Regents". Resolution No. TAB K of 15 May 2020. USHE Board of Regents. https://ushe.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/agendas/20200515/TAB%20K_5-15-2020.pdf. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 

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