SALT LAKE CITY-Monday evening, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert confirmed several appointsments to the newly-formed Utah Board of Higher Education.
This restructured governance of higher education, outlined in SB111-Higher Education Amendments, combines the Utah System of Higher Education and the Utah System of Technical Colleges to create a unified system with one board.
This will be the Utah Board of Higher Education. Its purpose is to more effectively support students with higher education accessibility, affordability and the acceleration of graduation rates.
This new governance structure takes effect July 1. It is expected that Herbert will swear in the following members during the inaugural meeting of this board July 10:
-Jesselie Anderson
-Mike Angus
-Jera Bailey
-Nina Barnes
-Stacey Bettridge
-Lisa-Michele Church
-Wilford Clyde
-Sanchita Datta
-Alan Hall
-Patricia Jones
-Crystal Maggelet
-Arthur Newell
-Shawn Newell
-Aaron Osmond
-Harris Simmons
-Scott Theurer
The unified Utah System of Higher Education will be comprised of 16 public institutions. These include eight technical colleges, two community colleges, four regional universities and two research universities.
The new Utah Board of Higher Education will focus on setting top priorities in the areas of workforce, affordability, access, completion, transfer, rural development, educational strategies and more.
Furthermore, the board will set a statewide vision and develop a strategic plan including goals and performance metrics, establishing the institutions’ missions and roles and delegating appropriate responsibilities and authorities to each institution’s respective board of trustees and presidents.
This is to ensure the system is efficient, effective and sufficiently able to deliver world-class instruction and research.
