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$3M awarded in Career Academy Incentive Fund grants to expand workforce training

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today awarded three $1 million competitive grants through the new Career Academy Incentive Fund. The grants are designed to help schools prepare more high school students …

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Thousands of students didn’t return to Iowa universities for spring semester

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Thousands of students who enrolled in Iowa’s public universities in the fall did not return for the spring semester, according to new campus census numbers made public Tuesday. The University of Iowa’s spring …

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Tippie, Grinnell form liberal arts-finance partnership for master’s program

The University of Iowa and Grinnell College have formed a new partnership that will streamline the process for Grinnell students to be admitted to the Master of Science in Finance program in the university’s Tippie …

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UI Health receives $8 million grant to bring mobile simulator training to rural areas

A new $8 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust will help the University of Iowa educate health care providers and first responders in rural parts of the state on …

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A Closer Look: Anthony Ferguson

As West Des Moines Community Schools enter the second semester of the 2020-21 school year, Anthony Ferguson is leading efforts toward greater equity. 

 

Ferguson joined the district last fall as the first executive director …

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Broadband bills begin making their way through Iowa Legislature; votes scheduled on child care measures

A bill that addresses Gov. Kim Reynolds’ $450 million plan to expand high-speed internet statewide by 2025 was heard by the Senate Commerce Subcommittee this week. Senate Study Bill 1089 would create a broadband grant fund to …

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University of Iowa seeks to block auditor’s bid for details on $1.2B utility deal

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments Feb. 16 from state officials seeking to block an auditor’s subpoena for records on a massive financial transaction involving the University of Iowa and two French …

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Iowa universities getting more federal aid from second stimulus package

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s three public universities are getting between 50% and 60% more federal aid from a second COVID-compelled stimulus package than from the original Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act passed in March. …

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A Closer Look: Ahmed Agyeman

Ahmed Agyeman will always remember the positive experience he had when he first visited the Boone Campus of Des Moines Area Community College. It was 1993, and there weren’t many other people on the campus …

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Iowa community college enrollment drops, tuition swells

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Costs across Iowa’s 15 community colleges are rising, while total enrollment is falling — just like at their public and private higher education peers across the state. A new 2020 Condition of Community …