higher education

2025 Bills

HB 265: Eliminating Higher Ed Inefficiencies

This bill requires public colleges and universities to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of each of their academic programs.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 28th Jan 2025

Personal Freedom

A Win for Free Speech at Utah Universities

While private universities have the right to impose limits on the free speech opportunities of their students, government-funded universities must allow students to exercise their rights to speech without any intervention unless there is actual harassment or legitimate danger to public safety.

Michael Melendez
| 2nd Apr 2021

2021 Bills

HB 159: Free Speech on Campus Does Not Equal Harassment

This bill would restrict a university's ability to adopt overly broad or vague harassment codes that could be used to punish constitutionally protected speech.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 15th Jan 2021

2021 Bills

HB 139: Government Employees Can Skip College

This bill would require government agencies to no longer require a college degree as a condition of employment.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 13th Jan 2021

Education Empowerment

The Future of Education

As Utah and other states begin to re-open and recover from the COVID-19 crisis, we have an opportunity to reflect on some of the potentially positive outcomes of the massive disruption on education. This is a field that has historically been slow to adapt to innovative improvements. Many have begun to rethink what education will look like once the crisis resolves.

Michael Melendez
| 20th May 2020

2019 Bills

HB 158: Free Speech on Campus Does Not Equal Harassment

This bill would restrict a university's ability to adopt overly broad or vague harassment codes that could be used to punish constitutionally protected speech.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 11th Mar 2019

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