The administration announced the action as President Joe Biden considers broader student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans. As a candidate, Biden said he supports forgiving $10,000 in student loans for all borrowers. He later indicated that such action should come through Congress, but the White House has said he is considering whether to pursue it through executive action.
Chen is one of only 161 high school seniors in the U.S. receiving the recognition for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.
This fundraising program allows schools to earn money by saving Hy-Vee receipts. For every $200 saved, $1 is earned – 50 percent as a monetary donation and 50 percent in Hy-Vee gift cards.
Continuing what has become annual University of Iowa Health Care cost increases, the Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a 6 percent rate hike — which officials said could have been higher given current economic conditions.
Although social media has proved beneficial in many ways, Iowa’s public universities are facing a surge in mental health needs – like other campuses nationally following the COVID-19 pandemic – and they’re looking at social media as contributing to the problem.
Over the next 30 years, Iowa State University is planning to renew or replace 2.3 million square feet of buildings on its Ames campus and build 700,000 square feet of new construction, according to a facilities master plan presented to its governing Board of Regents on Wednesday.
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Students gain skills of communication, leadership and critical thinking and can even earn college scholarships.
The Johnson County Empowerment/Early Childhood Iowa Area Board is accepting applications for School Ready Scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year. The School Ready Scholarship program can assist parents in paying for a quality preschool experience for their child. Scholarships are available for children who will be 3, 4, or 5 years of age by Sept. 15.
Contributions to the American Association for Cancer Research have seen a sharp decline in recent years — dropping 57 percent from $65.9 million in 2019 to $28.3 million in 2021 — and organizers of the Iowa City-based Courage Ride say such trends make their annual event all the more imperative.
Systems are not in place on the University of Northern Iowa campus to ensure compliance with the 32-year-old federal Clery Act – which governs higher education crime reporting and security mandates – leaving the Cedar Falls-based university at risk of hundreds of thousands in fines and safety breaches, according to an internal audit.
Connor Fitzgerald and Dominic Patrick won first place for their innovative project for Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge, incorporating sustainability with solar panels and a greenhouse.
Long-time owners Heather and Jeff Norman retiring after providing nature-based preschool to Iowa City students where they can explore the outdoors, care for the animals and learn to garden.
Over the next 24 years, if nothing changes, Kirkwood Community College is on track to spend nearly $40 million maintaining its 97,094-square-foot Iowa City campus – which has a current classroom-use rate under 40 percent and saw a 75-percent enrollment decline between 2016 and 2021.
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