With the $1 million Iowa lawmakers appropriated in the last session for a new Center for Civic Education at the University of Northern Iowa, the campus has hired a founding director following a national search.
A year after the University of Iowa aired plans for a multi-stage expansion and modernization of its Tippie College of Business, the Henry B. Tippie family has committed another $20 million toward a campaign to make the project happen.
A University of Northern Iowa employee is suing the institution after she was demoted from an assistant vice president position, alleging discrimination against her age that led to her taking a pay cut as well as her title and some duties being handed off to younger coworkers.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, Linn County Supervisors award $28K in historic preservation grants
All three of Iowa’s public university presidents are getting pay raises this year — including a 9-percent bump for University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson, upping her annual base salary from $760,000 to $825,000.
After eight years, Board of Regents Executive Director Mark Braun — who started 17 days before Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen was hired in 2017 — is planning to join her in retiring.
Iowa City schools Superintendent Matt Degner’s next three-year contract was unanimously approved Tuesday by the school board, extending the end of his contract to June 30, 2028.
Hearing by email and public comment criticism of a proposal to bar “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “critical race theory” requirements for university majors, minors, or certificates -- Iowa’s Board of Regents on Wednesday committed to reviewing and changing the proposed new policy.
The Iowa City school board voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve the next round of facilities projects, a $104.6 million investment in the construction of field houses and fine arts additions, and improvements to athletic fields, performance spaces and playgrounds.
The Board of Regents will pay AGB, the firm hired to lead its search for a new president of Iowa State University, a fee equal to 25 percent of the annual base salary of the candidate hired to succeed outgoing President Wendy Wintersteen.
Renderings of the future elementary schools that will replace Hoover and Van Buren reflect the months spent talking to stakeholders about the design.
Following campus outcry and accusations it’s violating state code, the Iowa Board of Regents has delayed until next month its final vote on a new policy to bar “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “critical race theory” requirements for majors, minors, or certificates.
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