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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Why there’s a school bus driver shortage

We’ve all seen the banner signs hung off the side of a parked school bus advertising that a district is hiring drivers. The request for drivers doesn’t just occur before the start of a school …

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Derry named chair of DMACC paralegal program

Karin Derry of Johnston has been selected as the new chair of the DMACC Paralegal Program located at the Urban Campus in Des Moines. With a background in human resources management, Derry also has a law …

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ISU dedicates new Student Innovation Center

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen and Gov. Kim Reynolds were among those on hand last week to celebrate the opening of ISU’s new Student Innovation Center. Photo provided by ISU

Iowa State University celebrated the …

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Innovative Place: Iowa State University Computation + Construction Lab

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Pappajohns donate $10 million to higher education

Cedar Rapids Gazette: John and Mary Pappajohn of Des Moines announced a $10 million gift commitment to continue entrepreneurship education and programming through the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers at the University of Iowa, University of …

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UI to become first Power Five school to add women’s wrestling program

Des Moines Register: The University of Iowa is adding a women’s wrestling program to its athletics department, the Register has learned. The Hawkeyes will be the first Division I Power Five school to offer women’s wrestling. …

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More Iowa men are skipping college

Axios Des Moines: Iowa men have historically enrolled in college at lower rates than women, but the education gap is widening, state data shows. The number of male Iowa high school graduates who immediately enrolled in …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Strategy of paying OT is only contributing to the labor shortage

We continue to read about the labor shortage facing employers as the economy continues its climb out of the pandemic, but that recovery is becoming more challenging as companies try to figure out how to …

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‘A clear throughline for students’ — and other takeaways from the Future Ready Iowa summit

Attendees at Thursday’s Future Ready Iowa conference got a refreshing personal reminder of the impact that STEM education can have for Iowa students from Langston Saint, a ninth grader from Sioux City.

Saint, who reminded …

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Fiore departs from Mercy College; Leahy named interim president

The Mercy College of Health Sciences board of directors announced it has appointed Thomas Leahy as the private Catholic college’s interim president, following the recent departure of Doug Fiore, who was inaugurated as the college’s third president …