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Higher Ed Utah
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Tenure ban bill returns, but research schools would be exempt
(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) — A Provo lawmaker who believes the tenure system has outlived its usefulness in higher education is pushing new legislation to ban lifetime employment protection for college professors. If HB322 becomes law, Utah would become the first state to ban an institution that has been a part of campus life [...]
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Benson makes capitol effort
(McKenzie Romero, SUU news) — SUU President Michael T. Benson has begun his efforts in the 2012 legislative session, and spoke Thursday on behalf of this year’s priorities for SUU. Benson addressed the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee Thursday. His remarks were directed toward the academic progress SUU has made in recent years, which he said [...]
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Students Design Virtual ID Badge to Combat Online Hackers
(University of Utah) – A student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile device. The team, calling itself EMRID Technologies, developed a product that could be used in place of other common electronic ID badges [...]
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Flying J donates to USU’s business school
(Kevin Opsahl, Herald Journal) — Half of a $3.5 million donation from an Ogden-based company will help students at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business complete college and obtain jobs after graduation. Both USU and the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah will receive $1.75 million, FJ Management [...]
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College students rally for higher ed funding
(Robert Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune) — About 150 college students and business and civic leaders from across the state lobbied legislators Friday to invest in Utah’s public universities. “Students here today can tell you the challenge we face: Enrollment growth hasn’t been funded since 2002, tuition costs have exploded and student loan debt is off [...]
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