by Dar Danielson | Jan 13, 2022 | Education, News
The Iowa Board of Regents has voted to remove the ACT and SAT requirements for admission to the state’s public universities. The requirements were temporarily waived in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and Regents Chief Academic Officer Rachel Boon says it gives the...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 5, 2021 | Education, News
The Board of Regents got a detailed look Thursday at the numbers behind what has been a five-year decline in enrollment at the three state universities. Analyst Jason Pontius, says they’ve looked at a lot of numbers. “The big story here honestly is no...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 16, 2021 | Education, News
The Board of Regents today approved a funding request from the state of $638.6 million. The plan would give a seven million dollar increase to Iowa State University, and four million each to the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa. The three state...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 7, 2021 | Health & Medicine, News
The Board of Regents today approved plans for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to build a facility in North Liberty that includes a hospital that local health officials spoke out against. CEO Suresh Gunasekaran told the Regents the hospital is part of a...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 29, 2021 | Education, News
The board that governs the three state universities gave final approval of the proposed tuition and fee increases for the three state universities at their meeting Wednesday in Cedar Falls. Board of Regents president, Mike Richards, says the increase is needed after...