Utah s public colleges and universities saw a 2.24% increase this year over last year with a total of 211,954 students enrolled, the Utah System of Higher Education announced Monday.
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Southern Utah University President Scott L Wyatt is stepping down from the Cedar City university to lead online education for the Utah System of Higher Education.
A search for Wyatt’s successor will begin immediately and Utah higher education officials are working to identify an interim president. Wyatt will begin the new position of senior executive director of statewide online education on Aug. 15.
Wyatt was selected president of SUU in 2013. Under his leadership, the university has held tuition flat for the past three years, increased student scholarships, reduced student fees and reduced tuition for online students. During his term, the university launched a $9,000 online bachelor’s of general studies degree program.
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SALT LAKE CITY After Gov. Gary Herbert declared a new state of emergency in early November to battle a rising tide of coronavirus cases, Utah s public colleges and universities were instructed to develop a plan to test all in-person students for the virus at least once a week.
But under a new plan released earlier this week by the Utah System of Higher Education, that requirement is gone. Rather, students will all be tested when the semester begins, and then the institutions will conduct randomized surveillance testing and testing of symptomatic students after that.
The new plan was developed after the state released an updated Public Health Order in mid-December that removed a requirement for college and university students to be tested at least once every 14 days. The testing plan applies to students who live in on-campus housing or are taking at least one class in person this semester.