Sen. Tom Harkin’s papers from decades in the U.S. Congress will end up at Drake University, not Iowa State University. Harkin and Drake leaders made the announcement official Friday in Des Moines. Drake will create the Tom Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement, a nonpartisan center designed to serve as a hub for [...]

The Luther College board of regents has appointed David Tiede as interim president of the college, effective July 1. Luther President Richard Torgerson will leave his post with the college on June 30. Tiede’s appointment at Luther is for a period of 12 months, or until the permanent position is filled, officials said. Tiede is [...]

Despite a vote of no-confidence by the University of Northern Iowa faculty and criticism from a national academic group, retiring UNI President Ben Allen still believes controversial budget cuts and program closures last spring were the right decisions for the future of the university. Allen on Wednesday said going into those decisions last year, he [...]

A $5 million gift to the University of Iowa from Henry and Patricia Tippie will benefit students in the Tippie College of Business as well as projects in the Athletics Department, UI officials said Monday. The Tippie gift, announced by UI officials Monday, is part of the more than $1 billion the university has raised [...]

Kirkwood Community College students will pay an additional $7 per credit hour next year, a 5.3 percent tuition increase necessary in part, officials said, to provide a financial cushion in the face of expected enrollment decline. The Kirkwood board of trustees on Thursday unanimously approved the 2013-14 tuition rate of $140 per credit hour, an [...]

The intent of Iowa Public Radio to operate consistent with Iowa Public Records and Open Meetings Laws will be written into the organization’s operating agreement when that document is renewed in July, according to state officials. Some questions recently were raised about whether Iowa Public Radio is a government entity that is subject to Open [...]

IOWA CITY – Departing University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication Director David Perlmutter said Tuesday the UI program is in a “fantastic place,” and he believes it will draw a new director who will keep the momentum going. Perlmutter, who has led the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 2009, [...]

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville gets the message out to 100 percent of its students via text message if an emergency happens on its campus. But less than half of the students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University who are signed up to get emergency alerts — and not all are — would [...]

Kirkwood Community College, University of Iowa and Coralville officials are hopeful that the Kirkwood Regional Center at the University of Iowa, slated to open in August 2015, will help improve workforce and economic development throughout the state. During a presentation to the Coralville City Council Tuesday night, Kirkwood Community College President Mick Starcevich briefed city [...]

A state audit recommends improvements to controls over inventory and cash collections at the University of Northern Iowa’s Events Complex Concessions. State Auditor David Vaudt on Tuesday released a report on the special investigation of UNI’s Events Complex Concessions for the period of Oct. 1, 2006 through March 31, 2012. The complex is responsible for [...]