The chair of the Iowa House Higher Education Committee is urging public and private universities in the state to release their responses to a national call to action from the U.S. Secretary of Education. Secretary Linda McMahon released “A National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards” Aug. 3. It asks university leadership […]

Members of the Iowa Board of Regents have been invited to CyTown’s groundbreaking at Iowa State University this fall, though the timeline for the development’s completion has been pushed back into 2028. Michael Norton, general counsel and senior advisor to the president at ISU, told board members Wednesday that the projected time for completion of […]

The Iowa Board of Regents Wednesday approved university budgets for the next fiscal year, with board members praising university leaders for their work in cutting costs and reallocating funds. While both the University of Iowa and Iowa State University’s budgets are increasing in fiscal year 2027, by 2.5% and 3.4%, respectively, the University of Northern […]

Iowa’s community colleges told lawmakers this year that portions of Iowa are lacking access to a higher education and one solution to eliminate “education deserts” is to offer bachelor’s degrees at their institutions. Private colleges pushed back against this premise, disagreeing about the perceived need. A state-commissioned study received by the Iowa Department of Education […]