Education

Three years after two University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics nurses and one UIHC physical therapist filed a lawsuit accusing their employer of violating federal and state code in how and when they paid employees, the Board of Regents has agreed to settle the class-action case for $15 million.

Colleges, universities, and trade schools are ramping up nurse-related partnerships, scholarships, internships, and mentorships in hopes of meeting the workforce’s increasingly dire needs.

Some staff nurses overwhelmed by ballooning patient loads and more charts and medications to juggle are relieved to have the extra hands traveling nurses provide. Others harbor contempt for the higher wages travelers make – costing their hospitals millions – even as temporary nurses are less familiar with the facilities, processes, and patients.

All eyes are on Iowa, legendary Hawkeye wrestling coach Dan Gable said Friday during the closing keynote portion of The Gazette’s sixth annual Iowa Ideas conference.

Like the number and percent of American high school graduates taking the ACT – as more colleges and universities make standardized test scores optional in their admission process – the national average ACT composite score is dropping, reaching its lowest point in more than 30 years.

A year after a judge let Hawkeye head football coach Kirk Ferentz and offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz postpone until after the season their sworn depositions in a discrimination lawsuit from former players, the coaches still haven’t sat for them and are still seeking to delay them.

Superintendent Noreen Bush on family medical leave, to resign June 30, 2023.

No student data impacted in summer cybersecurity breach; staff names and Social Security numbers may have been stolen. While the school district has no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of any information, they could not rule out the possibility of an unknown actor gaining access to 5,698 current and former employees data.