Issue #6: Higher Education

• June 21, 2006: Trends in Educational Attainment: U.S. Catching Up to Utah
• June 11, 2004: Utah's Higher Education Graduates

Higher Education ranks as issue number six. The ability of graduates to find jobs and tuition costs for students tied as the issues of greatest concern. These were followed by the quality of education and funding for higher education. Last on the list were enrollment caps.

 
Higher Education Research by Utah Foundation
With education (both K-12 and college-level) a perennial issue of concern in Utah, Utah Foundation has conducted a few research projects on higher education in the past several years.  Utah Foundation will also release a Research Brief on this issue this year, as part of the Utah Priorities project. Subscribe to our email list, using the form on the left side of this page, to ensure you receive this and other reports and briefs on the top ten issues.

Dec 2002: Utah's Regional Competitiveness For Non-Resident Higher Education Students
Dec 2001: Setting the Price of Higher Education in Utah