It comes as no surprise that enrollment for the last academic year and this summer at Iowa State has not reached the same numbers it has in pr…
With the newly enacted Iowa law House File 802, state-funded schools may no longer teach mandatory training or classes that involve a list of …
Summer is a prime time for many universities to start their construction projects in order for students to enjoy the new infrastructure during…
An Iowa State research group and its partners have been awarded an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation along with the US Dep…
On Thursday, the Iowa Board of Regents met for the first reading of the proposed tuition and fees increase for the 2021-22 academic year at ea…
A new college-only space on Facebook called Facebook Campus is now eligible for Iowa State students to join as it continues to roll out to sch…
The Iowa Board of Regents will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday to hold a first reading of proposed 2021-22 tuition and fee rates according to the meeting notice from the Board of Regents. The meeting happens annually, although last year, the Board froze all tuition and fee increases due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Getting a college degree is one of the most economically stressful and time-consuming undertakings any person can pursue. Often, students can fall on hard times in the midst of their college career and find themselves in need of financial assistance in order to continue. Despite attempts to alleviate some of this financial burden through student loans and scholarships, many students still struggle to keep up.
Since elementary school, people are taught that humans first came to North America across the Bering Land Bridge during the last ice age. New findings stemming from Iowa State researcher Andrew Somerville, among others, could suggest otherwise.
House File 802 bans mandatory diversity training in state workplaces along with banning elements of critical race theory in the classroom. The legislation lists 10 “specifically defined concepts” that cannot be included in teaching lessons or mandated diversity training.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill prohibiting specific "divisive" concepts from diversity training and school curriculum, such as America and Iowa being systemically racist.
On Wednesday at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting, the Free Speech Committee addressed reviews and updates for free speech components on the major Iowa public campuses. Regent Greta Rouse gave the opening remarks before discussing the proposed agenda items, and she recognized the importance of free speech in university atmospheres.
The Jun. 1 through 3 Board of Regents meeting and its committee teams met Wednesday in the Levitt Center at the University of Iowa to discuss each group’s agenda items. The academic affairs committee was the second committee to speak, and Iowa State’s new program requests were discussed at that time.
The Board of Regents' June 1 through 3 meeting commenced with the reelection of Pro Tem Sherry Bates and closed session performance evaluations of the institutional heads and executive director.
In an increasingly globalized world, many young people find themselves trapped in a rut of a world view. Growing up in communities lacking in diversity of wealth and ethnicity has left adolescents ill-equipped for the complexities of the real world. Because of this, Iowa State requires students to complete a few credits worth of diversity-related courses before graduation.
As COVID-19 cases have started to lessen in Ames and Iowa, the Ames Public Library has moved to reopen to its pre-COVID schedule.
