After hearing from student representatives worried about the rising cost of higher education but aware of eroding state support, Iowa’s Board of Regents without discussion Wednesday approved across-the-system tuition and fee increases – including a 3.5-percent hike for all in-state undergraduates.
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Iowa’ Board of Regents also approved additional deferred compensation plans for her and for Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen. At the University of Northern Iowa, President Mark Nook gets his first raise since 2016.
The district made significant changes to limit the use of physical restraint as a part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Board of Regents today is evaluating the performance of its three university presidents and executive director over the last year — a process that on many occasions historically has resulted in pay raises and increased deferred compensation.
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This year, one grade got more than yearbooks to leave with for the summer. See what adults can learn about their town through a book written by fourth-graders.
The law, which was signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last month, bars books that depict or describe sexual acts. Schools are also required to have a policy that allows someone to request removal of any classroom materials, and they must put their library catalog online and allow parents to review certain instructional materials.
The University of Iowa wants to make part of its research park in Coralville more attractive to prospective companies by cutting out the Board of Regents as owner and allowing developers to either buy parcels or lease land directly — making it more like Iowa State University’s booming research park.
Currently, state law requires students who transfer schools to sit out of varsity sports for 90 days. The Cedar Rapids policy, which has been on the books for years, is more restrictive.
Iowa State University next week hopes to add to its list of 80-plus honorarily-named buildings, centers, and spaces with Board of Regents approval to name its veterinary medicine academic building, “Frederick Douglass Patterson Hall.”
Continuing its construction boom involving more than $1 billion in new and renovated facilities, University of Iowa Health Care next week will seek Board of Regents approval to spend $249 million on a new 263,000-square-foot “Health Sciences Academic Building.”
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