Before approving its state appropriations request in advance of the upcoming Legislative session, Iowa’s Board of Regents on Thursday tacked on another $1 million specifically for “extended mental health resources at our three regent universities.”
As part of Iowa State University’s goal to trim $15 million from its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences by 2025 — in response to waning enrollment, swelling expenses, and other higher education headwinds — the campus last year offered a retirement incentive that has persuaded 17 participants to leave.
Taking a cue from last year’s Legislature, Iowa’s public universities for the upcoming session have made significant “special purpose” funding requests that would focus on rural health care, rural development and teacher recruitment.
Receiving no increase in general education funding from the Legislature in its last session, Iowa’s Board of Regents for the upcoming term has more than halved its ask from last year’s $32 million to $14.8 million.
On U.S. News & World Report’s list of “2024 Best Colleges” – which involved “the most significant methodological change in the rankings’ history” following widespread criticism of its wealth- and prestige-favoring metrics – Iowa’s public universities experienced meaningful movement, both up and down the charts.
Irrigation is slowly but surely gaining ground in Iowa. It comes with some drawbacks to consider
At least four candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination, including former President Donald Trump, will join tens of thousands of college football fans Saturday in Ames, where Iowa State hosts Iowa in a sold out showdown at Jack Trice Stadium.
All three of Iowa’s public universities have larger student bodies this fall than last -- as of their official 10th-day census -- including the University of Northern Iowa, which has been watching its enrollment trend down for more than a decade.
The five current and former Iowa and Iowa State athletes have pleaded guilty to underage betting, which carries only a fine and no jail time.
A current Iowa State wrestler and former football player have been charged with Class D felony identity theft; both men have pleaded not guilty.
As a die-hard Iowa State Cyclone fan of over three decades, I’m accustomed to two things: Frequent heartache, and occasional …
Two and a half years after Iowa State University began a review of its naming of Catt Hall after controversial women’s suffrage-leader Carrie Chapman Catt, a 17-member review committee last week cast an initial — but not unanimous — vote to keep the name on the central campus academic building.
Mirroring the energy-drink tide swelling across the country of late, a University of Iowa health assessment this year indicated undergraduate and graduate consumption of the caffeine-boosted beverages is surging — even past national averages, which also are on the rise.
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