Iowa’s three public universities will see no increase in general education appropriations from the state in the upcoming budget year — and targeted bumps in special purpose funds — despite the governor’s recommended 2-percent increase.
With an estimated 11,870 students across Iowa’s public universities expected to receive degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies this weekend, the regent system is reporting rising graduation rates.
One day after state senators advanced an education budget bill starving Iowa’s public universities of any general aid increase in the coming year, the Iowa House advanced its own package cutting general education support by the amount each university was spending on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But unlike the Senate version, the House would increase some support for other regent initiatives and for community colleges.
Nearly 90 Jewish faculty, staff, students, and alumni across Iowa’s higher education landscape have issued a collective statement condemning threats to and attacks on their college and university campuses “in the name of the Jewish community.”
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Despite Gov. Kim Reynold’s proposal at the start of this legislative session to increase aid to Iowa’s three public universities and its 15 community colleges, a budget compromise she’s reached with Senate Republicans includes no general education bump for the higher education institutions.
In response to Board of Regents directives and proposed legislation, Iowa State University is transitioning its “Cyclones Civics” initiative into an official center focused on closing civics-related knowledge gaps on things like founding documents, functions of government, principles of American democracy, and “the nature of civil liberties.”
A crowd of angry students and community members armed with signs, chants, and prepared comments convened Wednesday inside the Iowa Board of Regents meeting to oppose its anti-DEI actions and other politically-aligned impositions on the public universities.
The Board of Regents this week is getting ahead of proposed legislation this session by making a handful of policy changes in advance of the bills’ passage — including limiting annual tuition increases for resident in-state students going forward.
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In-state undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University would see a 3-percent tuition increase next fall under a proposal going before the Board of Regents next week.
Days after the University of Iowa confirmed the U.S. Department of State had canceled the visa of at least one graduate student, a campus union is reporting five UI international students now have had visas revoked.
New U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings indicate some of the most dominant and prominent programs across Iowa’s public universities remain strong -- or are at least holding steady.
Of the more than 10,000 University of Iowa faculty and staff who completed a “personal health assessment” in 2024, just over half said they’re “thriving” — while the other nearly half said they’re “struggling.”
The university’s renovated and expanded applied engineering building, which opened Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, will offer cutting-edge lab and learning spaces and hands-on learning opportunities.
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