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Report: 68 percent of Iowa jobs will require postsecondary education by 2025

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced a goal for 70 percent of Iowans to have attained education or training beyond high school by 2025. Currently, 60 percent of Iowans have some…
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Palmer Group needs your help: answer salary question on survey

Palmer Group is working on its 2016 Central Iowa Salary Guide, in collaboration with the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The Salary Guide incorporates salary data from local hiring authorities and candidates. Palmer invites you to …

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Newsmaker Q & A: Bruce Rastetter

Our job at the Business Record is to keep you informed on news, developments and ideas that will help your business pursuits. Often, that leads us to interview key decision-makers.  

Occasionally, the business leader …

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Meyer named Cy’s favorite alum

Greater Des Moines Partnership President Gene Meyer has been named Cy’s favorite alum by the Iowa State University athletics department. He will be recognized on Saturday on the field at Jack Trice Stadium at the …

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STEM council receives independent review

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council has released a 346-page independent evaluation of its programs to support learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.


Highlights: Students who participated in STEM Scale-Up programs scored an average…
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Former UI president Coleman to lead AAU

One of higher education’s most influential organizations has tapped veteran public university president Mary Sue Coleman as its next leader, Inside Higher Ed reported. Coleman will begin leading the Association of American Universities — a group of …

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ISU students to pitch new events for Komen charity

Iowa State University is partnering with Susan G. Komen Iowa this semester to help the nonprofit expand its event portfolio beyond the well-known Race for the Cure held each October.


ISU students taking the event…
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Event Oct. 7: WDM chamber to feature panel of provosts

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce plans a discussion of higher education Oct. 7 featuring the provosts of Iowa’s three state universities and of Des Moines Area Community College. The event starts at 11:30 …

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Report: Least indebted students more often default

Iowa community college students who borrow the least amount of money are the most likely to default, according to a new study released today by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT).


The report, “A Closer…
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Five regents met with UI President Harreld weeks before his hire

At least five members of the Iowa Board of Regents met with Bruce Harreld in the weeks before he was selected as the next president of the University of Iowa, the Des Moines Register reported. Some at …