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 [...]
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When it comes to education in Iowa, the issue of diversity is quite gray, especially as the state’s public school student population continues to evolve. North Liberty resident Jessi Williams has a first-grader at Penn Elementary School in the Iowa City Community School District who is eligible for reduced-price lunches. That makes her family a [...]
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A plan to spend $261 million paying off state bond debt and making investments in state universities won bipartisan support in a House committee Wednesday. However, the Republican-sponsored House Study Bill 239faces an uncertain future because minority Democrats are concerned it will starve their priorities and plunge the state into deficit next year. Democrats on [...]
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Colleges and universities spend thousands of dollars to protect the personal information they have in their computer networks, and officials say guarding against hacking and intrusion requires constant vigilance. Even with those efforts, the cost of a serious security breach can exceed what the schools pay for IT security personnel staff and network upgrades. Kirkwood [...]
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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 [...]
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Enrollment in for-credit distance education programs at Iowa’s three state universities has increased more than 54 percent in the past five years, and officials say interest in online courses is driving much of that growth. As distance education booms, officials at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa said [...]
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The University of Northern Iowa has received a $2 million grant to create a new center for educational research and development, university officials announced this week. The grant is from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. The new Center for Educational Transformation will help UNI provide statewide and national leadership in educational research and development, [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — Major budget cuts last year at the University of Northern Iowa could have been handled in a better way, leaders of the state Board of Regents said Saturday, but regents now are focused on moving forward, dealing with challenges UNI still faces and building relationships with faculty there. “As I look back [...]
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The University of Northern Iowa topped its campaign goal by nearly $8 million, raising more than $157.8 million for the Cedar Falls school, university officials announced Tuesday. The seven-year Imagine the Impact campaign ended Dec. 31, 2012, a year ahead of schedule, officials said. The largest-ever UNI campaign, Imagine the Impact was launched during challenging [...]
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DES MOINES – Where you are usually depends on where you start. The premise would explain the different views of the national finishes of the state’s NCAA Division I wrestling programs. Disappointment surrounds the University of Iowa’s fourth-place finish, while optimism is more prevalent around Iowa State’s improvement to place 11th and University of Northern [...]
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