Education

Grants are available to educators for professional development and support student participation in activities and prepare them for post-secondary success.

In addition to its Alpha Delta Phi fraternity — suspended last week after police found 56 blindfolded pledges in a basement with food thrown on them — the University of Iowa is or has investigated three other Greek chapters this fall.

More students using Education Savings Accounts to attend nonpublic schools, choosing charter school new to Cedar Rapids

After losings its vice president for research to Brown University earlier this year, the University of Iowa has named a successor in UI alumnus David C. Schwebel, who’s served as associate vice president for research facilities and infrastructure at the University of Alabama at Birmingham since 2021.

Last year, a majority of Iowa’s private colleges and universities created an “Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative,” which this fall signed an “Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee” admission agreement with Iowa’s 15 community colleges aimed at simplifying and streamlining the community-to-private college transfer pipeline.

Welding, health care apprentices across the region helping meet workforce demand while learning and earning in apprenticeship model.

The University of Iowa on Friday placed a chapter on interim suspension after law enforcement discovered “several dozen pledges blindfolded in the basement.”

Seven years later -- after securing a record-setting $115 million grant to pursue the project, navigating delays through COVID, and losing its leader in professor Kletzing’s unexpected passing -- the groundbreaking $165.7 million mission is nearing launch.