Twenty years ago, most undergraduate credit hours at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa were taught by tenured or tenure-track faculty -- topping 55 percent at UI, 56 percent at ISU, and 72 percent at UNI.
The Cedar Rapids school board on Monday will discuss a recommendation to move to an intermediate school model that would serve fifth and sixth grades as the district aims to reduce its budget by more than $10 million annually.
Guaranteeing four years of flat tuition for incoming freshmen across Iowa’s public universities might offer more financial predictability and stability for students and families, but it could do the opposite for the institutions, according to a recent study.
Families in the Marion Homeschool Assistance Program share choosing their own curriculum, flexibility in their schedule and family time are why they do it
The cause of death of Jacob Redington was not immediately evident, and the state medical examiner’s preliminary report to local authorities indicated more investigation was needed, according to Mount Vernon Police Cheif Jason Blinks.
Leaders of Iowa’s K-12 public schools are navigating an increasingly complex job, guiding districts through unprecedented changes such as broader school choice, politicization of schools, heightened public scrutiny and continued pandemic recovery.
Newly “inquisitive and curious“ Cedar Rapids school board and school and community leaders champion Superintendent Tawana Grover as the district embarks on plan to reduce the budget by $10 million.
More than one out of six K-12 students in Iowa are attending school outside of their neighborhood public school, including enrolling into another public school, a charter school or an accredited non-public school.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday named one of the advisory council members leading a new University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom to serve as a regent on the board that governs all three of Iowa’s public universities.
Amid pending litigation, displaced collections and a public fight to maintain the Iowa City arm of the State Historical Society, officials on Friday announced a new collaboration to maintain public access to the historical collections at the University of Iowa.
Although well below the numbers that cross the commencement stage every spring, more than 4,100 students at one of Iowa’s public universities have applied to graduate this winter — with ceremonies and celebrations planned throughout the weekend.
As Cornell College students reel from recent news of cuts to academic programs and positions, the college’s president said he understands their feelings while also knowing that Cornell, like the liberal arts education that fuels it, must evolve.
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