The Daily Iowan

Nontenured faculty demand fair treatment from UI

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] • April 18, 2018

Nontenured faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences gathered on the Pentacrest and delivered a list of demands to the UI administration on Wednesday. The nontenured faculty are campaigning for union rights and representation.

Iowa regent universities using financial aid to offset rising tuition

Marissa Payne, [email protected] • April 16, 2018

COUNCIL BLUFFS — While facing dwindling support from the state, Iowa’s public universities have made it a priority to boost financial aid to offset the growing cost of financing higher education. In...

Increasing campus housing costs at Iowa regent universities adds to rising cost of attendance

Emily Wangen, [email protected] • April 16, 2018

A hike in residence hall rates adds to the increasing cost of attendance at Iowa’s universities.

UI halts campus construction to cope with midyear budget cuts

April 12, 2018

The UI looks to defer $5.5 million through a construction project moratorium in response to state budget cuts.

UI students express concerns about rising tuition with unstable state support

Marissa Payne, [email protected] • April 12, 2018

As the regents look to make tuition increases predictable, students express concerns about the instability of state funding.

Iowa regents re-elect Richards, Cownie to board’s top positions

Marissa Payne, [email protected] • April 12, 2018

The state Board of Regents will see no change in leadership, with Mike Richards remaining atop the governing board of Iowa’s public universities.

Iowa regent universities look to retain faculty as faculty resignations rise

Emily Wangen, [email protected] • April 12, 2018

After the UI saw an increase in the number of faculty resignations last year, the institution is now reporting a decline in departures, but other regent schools are reporting an increase.

Hill to leave UI, become dean of the College at Washington and Lee University

Marissa Payne, [email protected] • April 6, 2018

After more than a decade as a Hawkeye, Lena Hill will leave the UI to serve as dean of the College at Washington and Lee University in Virginia.

Reynolds tallies legislative wins in Hawkeye territory

Sarah Watson, [email protected] • April 5, 2018

As part of her 99-county tour, Gov. Kim Reynolds fielded school-safety questions and praised mental-health reform and workforce-training expansion.

Will higher education remain accessible as funding becomes less public?

Marissa Payne, [email protected] • April 4, 2018

In light of Iowa’s dwindling state support, legislators and members of the UI community ask: What is higher education’s role in society? How public will it remain if funding sources become more private?

Iowa regents plan to keep tuition hikes under 4 percent

April 3, 2018

After the state Board of Regents had delayed a tuition discussion, the regents unveiled a proposal Tuesday under which students at Iowa’s public universities would see tuition increases under 4 percent. The...

Reynolds approves $10.9 million funding cuts

March 28, 2018

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed 23 bills into law on Wednesday, one of which will cut $10.9 million from the fiscal 2018 budgets of the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. In a press release from...