Enrollment at Iowa’s public universities is down this summer after a pandemic-plagued fall and spring — dragging Iowa State’s numbers to their lowest level in at least a decade and resurrecting 90s-era University of Iowa summer counts.
Student government leaders want lawmakers to increase state appropriations and reverse the state’s generational disinvestment in Iowa’s public universities.
3.5% increase proposed at the University of Iowa and Iowa State; 1.5% at the University of Northern Iowa
One year ago, Coe College in Cedar Rapids announced it would start recognizing Juneteenth as a campus-wide holiday, a year before the federal government would take the step.
The state on Monday approved millions to compensate or settle eight separate accusations of discrimination and negligence at its public universities — including payments to former University of Iowa police officers who sued for age discrimination.
Iowa’s Board of Regents this week is meeting in person for the first time since the pandemic to, among other things, evaluate and set goals with its university presidents - including
Campuswide mask mandates lifted; vaccines encouraged but not required
Not only have Iowa lawmakers rejected a Board of Regents request to restore the $8 million they cut last summer in response to COVID-19, the Republican-led Senate this week approved a $1 billion education budget that excludes any funding increase at all for Iowa’s public universities.
Unanimously-backed bill bakes into law changes regents made or vow to
With University of Northern Iowa Provost Jim Wohlpart headed west to lead Central Washington University — already delivering video messages to that campus and participating in Zoom introductions with students, faculty, and staff — UNI is in hot pursuit of a successor.
Entering his third decade of coaching the Panthers
Kirkwood Community College expanding access to its vaccination clinic to the general public
As more schools impose the requirement, Iowa promises it won’t
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