Education

New elementary schools, additions to existing schools and continued renovations at Iowa City High are just a few on a long list of projects the Iowa City Community School District hopes to complete if residents vote “yes” to renewing two existing tax levies next month.

Kirkwood Community College on Monday announced it has landed more than $2.5 million in federal support to help disadvantaged students earn a degree.

Noreen Bush, ‘a leader of leaders,’ was nominated for the award by her peers

Like campuses nationwide thinking creatively about financial-aid offerings aimed at attracting, retaining and supporting more students in the face of higher education headwinds, Cornell College has unveiled a new “debt reduction pledge” to pay as much as half a student’s federal loan debt.

Federal and state officials and health providers say that vaccinating children is likely to be an even more challenging process than it has been for adults and teens.

Lawyers for Gov. Kim Reynolds filed notice of an appeal with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which could reverse the order or keep it in place.

Instead of conducting the depositions during the Hawkeyes’ upcoming bye week Oct. 19 and 20 — to “continue day-to-day until completed” — the two coaches are scheduled to be deposed after the end of the football season, in January.

Donna Parsons – who spent 33 years at the UI before her untimely passing, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and then a doctorate before joining the staff as a lecturer on popular music and culture – saw her large lectures gain legendary status, filling up in hours and forming wait lists.