To help with college affordability amid the pandemic, Salt Lake Community College elected to eliminate its application fee. Then bots arrived, fraudulently seeking financial aid.
Will Utah’s state-supported colleges and universities face a similar onslaught now that the Utah System of Higher Education has eliminated application fees for all in-state students?
The final of 3 presidential debates is scheduled for Oct. 9 in the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall. The university hosted a vice presidential debate in 2020, which was particularly memorable after a fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s head during the broadcast and remained there for about 2 minutes.
The University of Utah and other public colleges and universities in Utah are feeling the effects of declining confidence in institutions of higher education nationwide.