Higher Education

Susan Madsen and Yvette Young from the Utah Women and Leadership Project join us to discuss recent reports on the importance of higher education for women.

In other news, invasive zebra mussel DNA was found in Utah's part of the Colorado River for the first time. And, 11 hikers were rescued from flash flooding in Bryce Canyon National park on Monday.

In other news, enrollment fraud cost Utah's higher education institutions over $800,000 last year. And, six cabins in Iron County were evacuated because of a new fire.

As Utah State University's spring semester comes to an end, university officials have decided to give their emergency notification system an upgrade.

We talk with Sadie Webb, associate director of the College Debates and Discourse Alliance, a program that teaches students and faculty how to honor ideological diversity and foster civil discourse.

Idaho consistently ranks at or near the bottom of states in physicians per capita. A medical education partnership with the University of Utah hopes to change that.

In other news, Brigham Young University sent acceptance letters to nine people by mistake. And, Hogle Zoo euthanized a newborn gorilla this week after it was injured by other gorillas.

Rep. Mike Petersen's proposed bill states that all higher education institutions would be required to make accommodations allowing students to exercise their religious beliefs without penalty.

We check in with Utah State University President Brad Mortensen. We get his reaction to the Utah Legislature’s audit of USU, the university's strategic reinvestment plan, and more.

The audit was ordered over concerns about former USU President Elizabeth Cantwell spending $660,000 of university funds on personal projects and benefits. It was delayed for months, but is now public.