Courtney Tanner

1 week ago | fox13now.com | Courtney Tanner

LOGAN, Utah — After Utah State University has made significant changes to how it responds to sexual misconduct — particularly in taking action to address the “sexually hostile culture” in its football program — the school is starting to see the end to some of the federal monitoring it has been under for the past five years. The Logan school announced this week that it received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice that partially terminated some of the ongoing federal oversight.

2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Courtney Tanner

It's been one of the driving criticisms of the state-imposed budget cuts: The metrics that Utah's public colleges have been instructed to use when determining which programs to discontinue to save money are vague. State leaders have directed that they want "inefficient" and low enrollment majors to be phased out. They've called for degrees leading to lower-paying jobs to get the ax. And the law they wrote says schools should factor in graduation rates, job placements and enrollment.

2 weeks ago | fox13now.com | Courtney Tanner

SALT LAKE CITY — At least 17 international students and recent graduates at the University of Utah have had their visas revoked — receiving letters from President Donald Trump’s administration instructing them to immediately “self-deport.”The state’s flagship school disclosed the number for the first time Tuesday, confirming the revocations started early last week and continued through the weekend, spurring confusion and fear.

2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Courtney Tanner

At least 17 international students and recent graduates at the University of Utah have had their visas revoked - receiving letters from President Donald Trump's administration instructing them to immediately "self-deport."The state's flagship school disclosed the number for the first time Tuesday, confirming the revocations started early last week and continued through the weekend, spurring confusion and fear.

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Courtney Tanner

Two months. That's how long Utah's public colleges and universities officially have to submit the first draft of their plans for slashing millions from their budgets. "The timeline is frantic," said Salt Lake Community College President Greg Peterson. While the reductions have been talked about for months, the final details and approval of HB265 from the Utah Legislature didn't come until the final days of the session in early March. Gov. Spencer Cox then signed the measure into law last week.