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Title	History of the efforts to coordinate higher education in Utah
Publication Type	dissertation
School or College	College of Education
Department	Educational Leadership & Policy
Author	Hair, Mary Jane Stewart
Date	1974
Description	This historical study identified the efforts made that led to the coordination of higher education in Utah, culminating in the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1969, the creation of the State Board of Higher Education and the appointment of Dr. G. Home r Durham as the first Commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Utah. The reports of Committees that were created by the Legislature with their recommendations for coordination were examined. Information obtained from a review of original documents and of the related literature was utilized in obtaining an overview of the development of administrative policies and philosophies of other states which had coordinated their higher education institutions. Coordination and centralized control of higher education is not a new movement, especially in the state of Utah. The Pioneers, under the leadership of Brigham Young through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, developed control of education very early in Utah. The University of Deseret, now the University of Utah, was founded in 1850. The Utah State University, as the Agricultural College, was founded in 1888. At the Constitutional Convention in 1896, the unification of these two institutions was considered, but failed. Several Bills were introduced in the Utah Legislature attempting to combine the governing boards of institutions two institutions under one board but were never passed. The first attempt at a single board was the Coordinating Board of Higher Education in 1957 that turned out to be more of a study which recommended the establishment of the Coordinating Council of Higher Education which was created by the 1959 Legislature. The Council could exercise leadership, give direction in planning, define the role and program of the institutions, establish criteria for determining budgets, study new methods of instruction for better use of educational facilities, but without the authority to control. The Higher Education Act of 1969 created the State Board of Higher Education and abolished the governing boards for the institutions. It created the Utah System of Higher Education which included; University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State College, Snow College, College of Southern Utah, Dixie College, College of Eastern Utah, and the Utah Technical Colleges at Provo and Salt Lake City. Each institution now has its own Institutional Council.
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Publisher	University of Utah
Dissertation Name	Doctor of Philosophy
Language	eng
Rights Management	© Mary Jane Stewart Hair
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OCR Text	Show 363 Section 2. Purpose of Act--Centralized direction, board to govern higher duca t i on Single It State master plallTIitlg- . is of Utah purpose of this act to afford the people of the efficient and more economical system of high higher education through centralized direction and the a more quality public :1Istr planning providing for avoidance of unnecessary duplication wlthln the system, for the systematic and orderly development of facilities and quality programs, for coordination aIld consolidation, and for systematic of the role or roles of each institu of system higher education consistent with the historical heritage and tradition of each institution. development tion within the power to The purpose of this act is to vest in a single board the govern the state system of higher educatioll and within the boardTs discretion to delegate certain powers to institutional councils. Section State 3. System of Higher Educatioll--Component units designated system of higher education shall consist of the state board higher education, the University of Utah, the Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Weber State Eastern College, the College of Southern Utah,* the College of Utah Technical College Junior Dixie Snow College, College, Utah, The state of Provo, at post high from time Utah Technical College at Salt Lake and such other public school educational institutions as the legislature may to time Section 4. State create. Board power from component education to control of Higher Education--Creation--Transfer institutiol1s--State Utah technical of board for vocational colleges created and constituted a state board of is empowered to sue and be sued and board which higher education, The state board of higher to contract and be contracted with. to as ITthe board,") education (which, hereinafter may be referred and supervision of the fol is vested with the control, management education iIi a manner consistent with lowing institutions of higher the specific powers and the policy and purpose of this act and versi ty Uni The responsibili ties granted to it: State Un i ve r s ity of Utah at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County; at Logan, Cache County; located Agriculture and Applied Science, There is hereby of. Utah? loca,ted College of Southern Utah, 1969. Southern Utah State College effective July 1, *Section to 53-44-1 name changed
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