Two weeks after receiving a progress update on its public universities’ efforts to comply with 10 directives to scale back or eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives on campus, the Board of Regents in late November issued an 11th DEI mandate.
More than 4,100 students across Iowa’s three public universities are slated to graduate this weekend in fall ceremonies that, while smaller in size and hype than spring commencement, are no less momentous on a personal, professional, and workforce level.
The University of Northern Iowa in fiscal 2024 contributed $6.3 million from its main campus’ general fund to its Athletics Department — the most in program history — indicative of an evolving college athletics landscape and analogous to budget issues facing similar programs, officials said.
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Iowa’s public universities maintained, or even increased, their first-year undergraduate counts this fall – bucking a national trend of deep losses in 18-year-old freshmen, according to special analysis of that group recently released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Iowa’s public universities in recent months have made progress on complying with a new law restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion-related spending, training, and programming, but some regents and lawmakers say their work isn’t done.
The folk rock duo Indigo Girls have canceled their Friday show on the the University of Northern Iowa campus due to an undisclosed illness, according to UNI’s Gallagher Bluedorn, which is working with the band to reschedule.
Although the University of Northern Iowa administration has reassessed the steps in its $50 million renovation of the UNI Dome renovation, it’s forging ahead with a second phase of the massive project -- this one focused on the fan experience.
Recognizing the role employee ownership can play in the vitality of Iowa communities led to the launch in May of the Iowa Center for Employee Ownership (IA-CEO), aimed to support and promote employee ownership among Iowa businesses. ADVANCE IOWA manages IA-CEO operations.
Internal and external forces affecting higher education — from disruptions like COVID to evolving workforce demands, student needs, demographics, and public perceptions — are evident in recent enrollment counts, which are down again this fall for many of Iowa’s private colleges and universities.
As technology has made the world seem smaller, college campuses have gotten bigger — expanding not just in place but over oceans, mountain ranges and glaciers under the northern lights of Iceland through university-sponsored study abroad programs that have reignited since the pandemic has waned.
Both of Iowa’s public research universities slipped in this year’s national U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, with the University of Iowa sliding five spots to No. 98 and Iowa State University dropping six to No. 121.
Although more “post-mortem” is needed to determine the full impact of the massive delays and widespread confusion that plagued the government’s botched rollout of its revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid last term, admissions directors across Iowa’s public universities last week recounted the ramifications for their campuses, their applicants, and their returning students.
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