Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Working at off-hours and from off-campus locations is “not the new norm,” according to a final University of Iowa “Future of Work” report

More than 14 years after the University of Iowa initiated plans to build a new home for its internationally-acclaimed Nonfiction Writing Program — a window of time that saw three UI presidents, a flood, and a pandemic — the campus in March began work on the $1.6 million project.

Massive losses in international enrollment have decimated the University of Iowa’s need for English as a Second Language services – compelling big cuts.

The federal government has chosen the University of Iowa to be part of a $360 million national consortium to improve flood prediction and water quality tracking across the country. Consortium will involve 14 universities, as well as other partners, and will bring funding stability to the Iowa Flood Center.

Andre Perry, former executive director of the Englert Theatre in Iowa City, will lead Hancher Auditorium into a new era and new business model starting May 16.

A University of Iowa administrator said concerned phone calls about the sign came “bright and early,” but he was able to convince them the sign was only an April Fools’ Day prank.

After three attempts in four years to eliminate through legislative action academic tenure across Iowa’s public universities, lawmakers this year didn’t propose such a measure.

For the first time since the Board of Regents in 2016 scolded Iowa’s public universities for their regular and — at times significant — annual room and board rate hikes, Iowa State University and University of Iowa are proposing residence system rate increases for next year reaching 3 percent.

Time Machine: University of Iowa football player, wrestler, attended the first practice drill for the Hawkeyes every fall for 65 years, starting in 1912.

As competition for domestic and international students surges following pandemic-propelled enrollment losses, U.S. News & World Report’s oft-cited rankings continue to hold weight – including for Iowa’s public universities, which in new 2023 graduate program lists out Tuesday slipped in some areas and made gains in others.

Fewer international students have been enrolling in Iowa’s public universities for years – even before COVID-19 locked down travel and crippled the campus’ global reach – and lawmakers on Monday probed the Board of Regents for an answer to why.

Four of five University of Iowa undergraduates feel they belong on campus, but percentages drop among minority students — with a quarter of multiracial, Asian, and underrepresented undergrads, and 40 percent of transgender or gender-nonconforming students, saying they don’t feel a sense of belonging

Instead of granting the Board of Regents’ ask for an additional $15 million in general education appropriations for the 2023 budget year – bringing the state’s total regents higher-ed allocation to $501 million – the House has suggested keeping gen-ed funding flat while putting $12 million into a new “Iowa Workforce Grant and Incentive Program.”

Facing unsettling headwinds like sliding enrollment, surging costs, and shrinking demand for “general education” courses, Iowa State University’s second-largest college is reporting a current deficit of $11.4 million and expectations that shortfall will swell to $15 million in three years.

The University of Iowa will continue to make an annual allocation of $750,000 to Hancher Auditorium’s facilities and maintenance costs, even though it is in the process of weaning the venue off a $1.5 million contribution by 2024 of general education funding used for salaries and benefits.