Articles Tagged: Coe College

Having two Rhodes scholars in a single year is a feat for any state, given the program’s U.S. allotment is 32 annually and Ivy League campuses typically snag many -- including 10 in the 2025 crop of scholars.

Last year, a majority of Iowa’s private colleges and universities created an “Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative,” which this fall signed an “Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee” admission agreement with Iowa’s 15 community colleges aimed at simplifying and streamlining the community-to-private college transfer pipeline.

CROpera singers, area instrumentalists performing acclaimed composer’s song cycles

Internal and external forces affecting higher education — from disruptions like COVID to evolving workforce demands, student needs, demographics, and public perceptions — are evident in recent enrollment counts, which are down again this fall for many of Iowa’s private colleges and universities.

The Gazette presents our College Guide for 2024-25.

One project the new system will aid in is modeling a certain region of Mars’ atmosphere, called its ionosphere, in order to create the best glass for spacecraft heading to the planet.

The Cedar Rapids college’s community educational sessions begin Sept. 5.

The Gazette spoke with airport Director Marty Lenss about the airport’s aviation campus and future renovations.

The number of Free Applications for Federal Student Aid filed across Iowa still is well below previous years – including last year, when the state’s FAFSA numbers on May 10 were 16 percent above where they were on that date this year.

On the wings of an ongoing pilot and aviation staffing shortage threatening airlines, aircraft, and the flights they schedule, Coe College is stepping into the flight school fray in collaboration with The Eastern Iowa Airport.

Taking matters into its own hands — following the U.S. Department of Education’s tumultuous and confused rollout of its new FAFSA — Coe College on Tuesday announced a “regent price match” aimed at providing “immediate help to Iowa students entering college for the first time in the fall.”

Now 50 years in the making, the International Banquet has offered a space for students to express themselves. But in celebrating their differences, they realized that they’re more alike than they thought.

Coe College celebrates its 50th year of diversity from around the world through the annual International Banquet, set for April 7.

Beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, Cedar Rapids-based Coe will debut a new Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree — offered through its Physics Department as an “engineering physics” major.

None of the 380 high schools in Iowa are reporting any “completed” FAFSA applications this year simply because they can’t, thanks to rampant delays and what some have called a “smorgasbord of errors” and glitches.