Education

Principal Financial Group, Inc. and the Principal Financial Group Foundation have awarded $450,000 in grants to 28 organizations forcused on providing access to the higher education necessary for today’s work force.  Among the grant recipients: …

A majority of voters in the Johnston school district on Tuesday voted for a $51 million bond referendum to build more schools, but it was not enough to meet the 60 percent supermajority the bond …

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Monday that a Michigan company selling labor law posters to the state of Iowa has agreed to pay Iowa $30,000. Mandatory Poster Agency of Lansing, MI, also agreed to refrain …

More employers are restoring their 401(k) plan matches, Business Insurance reported.

A survey by Charles Schwab Corp. showed that 73 percent of employers provided a 401(k) plan matching contribution, up from 68 percent in 2010 …

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute yesterday announced the members of its 31st Community Leadership Program class.

The class is designed for members to spend nine months increasing their knowledge and awareness about the needs …

Iowa State University’s enrollment this fall reached 31,040 students, the largest in the school’s history. It’s the fourth year of record enrollment and the sixth consecutive year of growth at Iowa State. Overall enrollment is up …

The Iowa Credit Union Foundation announced that it has renamed its annual Family Involvement Board (FIB) Scholarship to the Warren A. Morrow Memorial Scholarship in celebration of Morrow’s life and achievements in the Hispanic community and …

Johnson County, home of Iowa City and the University of Iowa, has been ranked the 20th best county for job growth in the country by CNNMoney.com. Between 2000 and 2011, the county had job growth …

Research firm Quantum Workplace took data on about 1,500 leaders. On a …

With tuition and fees totalling about $21,864 a year, the College of Business at Iowa State University was listed by U.S. News & World Report magazine as one of the least expensive public business schools for out-of-state …