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Genesis Youth Foundation, West Des Moines Community Schools partner

The Genesis Youth Foundation and West Des Moines Community Schools will partner to offer a new after-school program at Indian Hills Junior High School for culturally and linguistically diverse students. The partnership is supported by …

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Mercy College fall enrollment again tops record

For a fourth consecutive semester, Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines has enrolled a record number of new students. For this fall semester, 320 new students have enrolled, a 26% increase from last …

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Dhawans’ gift establishes undergraduate research fund at Central College

Central College announced that Tej Dhawan and his wife, Karen Dhawan, both 1991 graduates of the college, have established the Franks-Mahmood Fund for Undergraduate Research. Dhawan, chief data officer with Principal Financial Group and a …

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ISU Startup Factory cohort receives $200,000 commercialization grant

Parametric Studio Inc., a cohort company at the Iowa State University Startup Factory, has received a $200,000 federal grant to commercialize its innovative STEM augmented reality software app for young students. The company has developed …

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Grinnell College lands $1 million Mellon grant

Grinnell College has received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to highlight the public importance of humanities, the humanistic social sciences and the arts. Edward Cohn, associate professor of history, and …

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Regents project 3% to 5.3% tuition hike next fall

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Using a model that Iowa’s Board of Regents unveiled last year to help families plan for the rising cost of education, undergraduate students who are residents of Iowa attending Iowa State University and …

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Student loan repayment benefits gain traction

Iowa organizations that are looking for an edge in recruiting and retaining employees may want to consider a relatively new benefit option — student loan repayment programs. 

An estimated 4% of U.S. employers currently offer …

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State adopts career and tech ed standards

The Iowa State Board of Education recently adopted new career and technical education standards for programs that enroll middle and high school students. The programs encompass agriculture, food and natural resources; applied sciences, technology, engineering and manufacturing; business, …

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Black, Hispanic students continue to lag behind peers academically, new state test results show

Black, Hispanic and low-income Iowa students continue to lag behind their peers academically, results from statewide exams released today by the Iowa Department of Education show.

Specifically, in the 2018-19 school year, half or more …

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ISU’s enrollment declines third straight year

Fewer students are attending Iowa State University this fall than did a year ago, according to enrollment data released by the Ames institution.

A total of 33,391 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled at the …