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Utah House rejects substitute to merge applied-technology functions with CEU; sponsors argue efficiencies, opponents warn of lost autonomy
Summary
Representative Bigelow27s first-substitute House Bill 371 to combine applied-technology functions at College of Eastern Utah with broader UCAT functions failed on Feb. 21, 2007, after extended debate about oversight, rural efficiencies and the mission of technical education (32-40).
Representative Bigelow introduced the first substitute to House Bill 371 as a policy measure to combine applied-technology functions at the College of Eastern Utah (CEU) with related applied-technology responsibilities to achieve efficiencies while retaining CEU's applied-technology mission.
Bigelow described the change as a targeted merger to preserve applied-technology education at CEU while reducing duplicate administrative costs: "By combining, we achieve some efficiencies," he said. He and proponents emphasized safeguards in the substitute bill requiring CEU to maintain a strong…
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