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Why the Utah System of Higher Education may get redesigned into ‘regions’
When a legislative audit on the efficiency of the Utah System of Higher Education was first introduced to the public in 2024, it prompted cuts and reallocations for academic programs, but it also pointed to a longstanding frustration for higher education leaders — a lack of collaboration between public universities. “We have exceptional institutions of higher education, really amazing leaders, amazing faculty, serving the needs of our regions, yet I watch them all competing against each other. And what I see is a lost opportunity,” Geoffrey Landward, Utah commissioner of higher ...
