Education

Just as the Board of Regents’ five-year strategic plan nears its end, higher education across the nation and in Iowa finds itself experiencing widespread disruption and primed for a fresh – re-imagined – start.

Regents give no indication that mask mandate policy will change

A king and queen will not be crowned at Linn-Mar High School’s homecoming this year or in the future as the school pivots to a more inclusive way to recognize seniors.

As president of Iowa’s largest teacher’s union, Mike Beranek, 61, has been at the tip of the spear in advocating for safe school settings, fair working conditions and compensation for his 34,000 members and adequate state funding to meet the needs of nearly 500,000 students educated in a system that traditionally has been highly regarded nationwide.

Soap dispensers, signs, lunch trays and garbage cans are going missing from schools across the country as students follow a TikTok trend that encourages thefts or “devious licks.”

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – heading into the fall and winter months with COVID still spreading – is preparing for another surge, albeit different from the one that stressed the campus last year.

Iowa State University’s vision for a new $50 million Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Building is coming into focus after alums C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. McEwen Therkildsen recently committed $42 million toward the project, ISU officials announced Wednesday.

87 percent of voters say ‘yes’ to improvements