Even without the perch of a presidency, the 82-year-old remains heavily influential in conversations surrounding higher ed's future, especially seeking to stabilize college athletics.
Programs that routinely fail to provide students with a positive ROI—or return on investment—would lose access to federal student loans and, in certain cases, Pell Grants, according to the Department of Education.
Ensign College is shifting all of its bachelor’s degrees to three-year programs, making it the first school to apply the model across every major. The goal is to help students save money and enter the workforce sooner with employer-focused training.
Utah’s public college presidents and state leaders signed a resolution pledging to keep higher education affordable, accessible and focused on student outcomes. The move underscores a unified approach to preparing students for meaningful lives and careers.
Nearly two-thirds of registered voters say a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to an NBC News report. Yet in Utah, residents are earning higher-education credentials in record numbers.
Harvard, Yale and seven other private universities huddled earlier this month to explore ‘bold action’ to foster more ‘free expression’ on U.S campuses.
Utah trails only Hawaii in carrying the nation’s lowest student debt, ranking 50th on WalletHub’s list, as lawmakers push accelerated degree programs to drive costs down even further.
More and more, males are sidestepping college, according to the Higher Education Male Achievement Collaborative. Men now account for just two out of five college degrees earned in the United States, fewer than the share women received in 1972.
College enrollments last year were lower than they were 12 years earlier in 2011, the first sustained drop in American history—and low birth rates suggest the pool of future college students may fall rather than increase.
"I hope that we’ll see, where appropriate, some adjustments and corrections and some willingness to be self-critical, which higher ed has not really been known for," Daniels says in a Q&A.
