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‘Historic’ tuition decrease at private Central College turns heads

Des Moines Register: A “historic” price plummet introduced this week at Central College in Pella could reinvigorate the conversation about the cost of higher education. Central, a liberal arts school, will lower its annual tuition to …

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School district faces $900,000 budget hole after taxing error on Facebook’s data center

Des Moines Register: The Bondurant-Farrar school district is facing an $894,285 loss — about 3.5% of its budget — after the county assessor failed to exempt Facebook’s latest data center building from property taxes. The $52.4 …

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Iowa universities will seek $18 million more from state next year

After Iowa lawmakers fell $6 million shy of funding the Board of Regent’s full appropriations request for the current budget year, the board is again asking for an $18 million increase in general education support …

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Grinnell to add Zipcar service

Grinnell College and Zipcar are bringing the car-sharing network to campus and the rest of town. 

Zipcar is popular among people who don’t want to own a car, but need one for occasional trips. 

Grinnell College sees the …

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ISU Foundation reaches 80% of $1.5B ‘Forever True’ goal

Iowa State University’s multiyear fundraising campaign, “Forever True, For Iowa State,” has raised $1.2 billion, which is 80% of its goal of raising $1.5 billion by 2021. During the 2019 ?scal year, which ended June 30, the …

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Gov. Reynolds, Buena Vista University announce $2.9 million gift to develop new entrepreneurship program

Casey’s General Stores founder and longtime Chairman/CEO Don Lamberti is donating $2.9 million to establish the Donald F. and Charlene K. Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship at Buena Vista University, Gov. Kim Reynolds and BVU …

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Oct. 16: 16th Annual Glanton Dinner

Host: Des Moines University
About: The annual fundraiser for the Glanton Fund is an opportunity for the university to honor individuals who have inspired and opened doors for others. Please join us in celebrating and …

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ISU joins project to address issues faced by female faculty in STEM fields

Iowa State University is working with three other Midwestern universities in a project to help more women find faculty success in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, the university announced. Cinzia Cervato, a Morrill professor …

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DMACC names Scott Schultz new academic dean of SEMSS department

DMACC named Scott Schultz as academic dean in the newly created science, engineering, math and social sciences (SEMSS) program at DMACC. Schultz will be the districtwide chief administrative officer of academic departments over DMACC’s STEM …

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Sept. 4: High Stakes Decision Making

Host: Central Iowa Chapter of SHRM
About: What do you do when the pressure is on and the stakes are high? The solution is to plan and prepare. In this workshop you will learn by …