A recent change in leadership atop Iowa’s Board of Regents should address the lack of oversight some have accused it of, according to regent Christine Hensley — who spoke at an inaugural event over the weekend debuting the Legislature’s new Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa.
Also in this week’s roundup of local government news, a Cedar Rapids trails project has received $200K in state grant funding.
“The governor is here, legislators are here, regents are here, but the president and the provost — always the provost — haven’t graced us with their presence tonight,” Christopher Rufo said. “Why is that? What's more important than the beginning of an academic research institution that was commissioned by the Legislature that has the highest aspiration of the university at its core — to unlock the freedom of thinking and to reorient the university toward the highest good?”
With construction underway on a sprawling CyTown district — aspiring to integrate Iowa State University’s athletics and entertainment venues into an innovative year-round destination — ISU has agreed with developers on building plans, a financing structure, and financial projections showing massive gains in the coming decades.
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A fourth charter school — called Horizon Science Academy — is seeking approval from the Iowa State Board of Education next month to open in Cedar Rapids.
Gov. Kim Reynolds is among the nationally-known names slated to speak at this weekend’s inaugural event for the University of Iowa’s Legislature-imposed Center for Intellectual Freedom, according to a schedule provided to The Gazette.
Robert Cramer — a long-time executive with his family’s bridge-construction and land development company and past board member of The Family Leader — on Wednesday was elected president of Iowa’s Board of Regents.
The program aims to put juniors and seniors on a path to earn a Federal Aviation Administration mechanic certification.
The Transportation Department said Monday that it plans to revoke the accreditation of nearly 3,000 schools unless they can comply with training requirements in the next 30 days. Another 4,000 schools are being warned they may face similar action.
With more than three years left of her six-year term, Board of Regents President Sherry Bates on Monday announced she’s resigning from the board Thursday.
More Iowa high school students are graduating with industry recognized credentials as the state homes in on work-based learning.
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