The Board of Regents is proposing an increase in tuition and fees at the three state universities. The Board will hold the first reading on a proposal next week that would raise resident tuition 3% for the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. The University...
A bill to establish a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa has cleared the Iowa House and Senate with Republican support. Senator Kerry Gruenhagen of Walcott said the center will be a “hub” so students at Iowa State University, the...
Bills to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education as well as local governments have been debated in the legislature this year, but so far none have become law. Early this morning, a House subcommittee approved a Senate bill that would ban...
A bill that’s cleared the Iowa House would to prohibit the three state universities from requiring students take courses about diversity, equity and inclusion or critical race theory — unless the subject matter is directly related to their majors. Another...
University of Northern Iowa administrators are asking legislators for the seed money for a Center for Civic Education. UNI president Mark Nook says the university’s College of Education and departments of history, philosophy and political science have spent the...
