The Board of Regents wasn't unanimous in its decision to request $1 million for student mental health. Regent David Barker suggested that $1 million might be needed elsewhere. “There are mental health issues for noncollege students that are as great or that are greater than for college students,” he said.
Shy of firing university employees who made inflammatory comments following the fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk last week, Iowa’s Board of Regents on Wednesday directed its three public campuses to conduct immediate investigations into any employee accused of violating their social media policy.
All three of Iowa’s public universities this fall are reporting larger freshman classes than last year — with both Iowa State and the University of Iowa boasting their second-largest first-year classes ever after peaking in 2016.
Preparing to receive longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s complete collection of political papers spanning 67 years, the University of Northern Iowa is seeking Board of Regents approval to start planning for a new Chuck and Barbara Grassley Center.
The Board of Regents’ pared-down funding ask comes after lawmakers rejected its $30.3 million request last session and instead offered a $4 million bump, largely supporting legislative priorities and ignoring university appeals.
After announcing earlier this summer plans to close its University of Northern Iowa-based ROTC unit, the U.S. Army has changed course — allowing UNI’s ROTC program to remain in Cedar Falls under a new structure.
Celebrating its new seats, suites, and Teflon-coated fiberglass roof, the University of Northern Iowa’s UNI-Dome on Monday hosted a tour of its recent renovations aimed at appealing to the “next generation” of fans and athletes.
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On the eve of a Board of Regents vote to change its academic freedom and class content policies to satisfy legislative concerns about “indoctrination,” the national Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression — or FIRE — reached out with a plea.
Despite an oppressive heat index nearing 110 degrees, with 73 percent humidity and almost no breeze, Tiger Hawk-clad freshmen and their families over the weekend unloaded truck beds and trunks crammed with duffel bags, laundry baskets, pillows, and microwaves in anticipation of the start of the fall semester.
Although the University of Northern Iowa had wanted to offer in-state tuition to both new and returning students from Iowa’s six border states, only freshmen and new transfer students from those neighboring states will get the lower rates – given the limited available funding to support the initiative this year.
Of nearly 100 emails that — in the span of a week — flooded the Board of Regents following the release of its proposal to ban required courses involving “substantial” DEI or CRT content, just one supported the proposal.
Having heard from dozens of faculty, staff, students and members of the public — not only in Iowa but across the country — Iowa’s Board of Regents is further postponing its vote on a proposed policy to ban “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “critical race theory” requirements for majors, minors, and certificates.
A new Gallup poll out Wednesday circling back to the question of Americans’ confidence in higher education shows a measurable rebound over the last 12 months — with the percent who reported “quite a lot” or a “great deal” of confidence swelling to 42 percent from last year’s 36 percent, the lowest on Gallup record.
Just over a month after suing the University of Northern Iowa for alleged age discrimination, the campus’ former student health director has settled — taking $222,193 to walk away from her job.
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