Education

The Iowa State University police administrative adviser who has stepped in three times now as the campus’ interim equal opportunity director and Title IX coordinator has been named sole finalist to assume the job permanently.

Iowa City Democrat calls the Iowa House proposal ‘ridiculous’ and ‘shameful’

Voters approve ‘crucial’ capital improvements fund for 3 area school districts.

According to a national public-university assessment on what increasingly is referred to in critical terms like “administrative bloat,” Iowa essentially is tied with Hawaii for spending the least on administrators, according to a new Board of Regents report.

Including $28 million it bid in a bankruptcy auction to buy Mercy Iowa City, $8.5 million it covered of the hospital’s “cash-based operating losses,” and $3.4 million it spent resolving Mercy’s unpaid contract obligations, the University of Iowa’s total cost to acquire the 150-year-old community hospital is expected to reach nearly $40 million.

Should the state adopt into law a bill that passed the Iowa House this week aiming to restructure the Board of Regents and its powers while also capping tuition costs and diversity programming, Iowa’s public universities could take a financial hit in the millions.

Reuben, 21, of Cedar Rapids, is a junior in the University of Iowa chemical engineering program, and she’s already had opportunities to create impactful research.

Iowa lawmakers already have missed their target for setting state funding for schools by nearly two weeks.