Utah Board of Higher Education

Entity: 836
Entity Type: Colleges and Universities

Prior Names

Board of Regents (Utah)

Abstract

First created as the Board of Higher Education in 1969, the name was changed by the legislature to the Board of Regents in 1974. Mission: "The mission of the Board of Regents is to ensure fulfillment of the mission of the Utah System of Higher Education through policy determination, governance, collaboration, and coordination. The mission of the Office of Commissioner of Higher Education is to implement and administer policies and directives of the State Board of Regents and provide staff support to assist the Board and system institutions in fulfilling their respective missions." In 2020, the Legislature changed the name back to Utah Board of Higher Education and consolidated other boards with it.

Biography/History Notes

"General control and supervision of Utah's higher education system is vested with a State Board of Regents.... The main purpose of the Board of Regents is to provide a quality public system of higher education through central direction and master planning. It attempts to avoid unnecessary duplication by providing for (1) the systematic and orderly development of facilities and quality programs, (2) coordination and consolidation, and (3) systematic development of the role or roles of each institution within the system of higher education consistent with the historic heritage and tradition of each institution." (Source: "State and Local Government in Utah," 1992 ed., p. 131.)

"The Board of Regents consists of 16 members with 15 members being appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate and one member appointed from nominations of the student body presidents' council. Other than the student appointee, not more than eight members of the board may be from the same political party." (Source: "State and Local Government in Utah," 1992 ed., p. 131.)

Hierarchy

Board of Higher Education