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.
Public celebration slated for Aug. 26 at new University of Iowa jewel.
David McCartney’s route to becoming University of Iowa archivist was circuitous, taking him from Wisconsin, through Anchorage, to Portland and then Maryland in 1994 for a master’s in history and library science.
Another University of Iowa fraternity has been suspended – but this time not by UI officials but by its international headquarters.
Wolfe, who has been clerking for her sister, Rep. Mary Wolfe, D-Clinton, is running for an open seat in House 90 in Iowa City. Most of the district is represented by Rep. Christina Bohannan, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to the U.S. House in the new southeast Iowa district.
University of Iowa freshman, Nathan Polancyak, 18, is the first man on the Iowa Dance Team, a prestigious 21-member squad that performs at sporting events and competes at the College Dance Team National Championship in Orlando.
A University of Iowa internal medicine professor and clinician known for her stunning personal account of reversing multiple sclerosis symptoms has landed $2.5 million to further investigate ways diet might improve the quality of life for those with the autoimmune disease.
Iowa’s public universities in recent years have drifted farther from a target of one supervisor per 15 employees to a narrower ratio of one supervisor per nine or 10 subordinates, according to a new Board of Regents report.
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