Education

Vatterott College in Des Moines has added two new programs in the heating and air conditioning field.

Vatterott now offers a degree in heating, air conditioning and refrigeration service (HACR), and a HACR with management associate …

Iowa education, business and civic leaders will meet next Tuesday to discuss the framework for Gov. Terry Branstad’s new STEM Initiative, focused on increasing the availability of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to rural …

Iowa State University yesterday named Jonathan Wickert as the university’s next senior vice president and provost. Wickert is currently dean of the College of Engineering at Iowa State, a position he has held since 2009. …

Six communities across Iowa were selected as the first locations to implement Gov. Terry Branstad’s new initiative to better prepare students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Branstad said STEM jobs are among the …

Tomorrow night, Tim Haughton, an Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University, will speak about the European Union’s solidarity and vulnerability.

The event will be held at …

The World Food Prize Foundation is hosting an event today for high school students and teachers who are interested in science, agriculture, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. The event, called the Iowa Youth Institute, is …

Des Moines Area Community College will offer 75 scholarships to Des Moines high school students through a program called Gateway to College.

The scholarships are available for students ages 16 to 20 who live in …

Aspire Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the nonprofit Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp., will begin providing customer service for federal loan borrowers.

The U.S. Department of Education is transferring a portfolio of 200,000 …

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued an updated Enforcement Guidance on employer use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as …

The Iowa State University College of Engineering has named Caroline Hayes chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Hayes will also hold the positions of professor of mechanical engineering and Lynn Gleason Professor of Interdisciplinary …