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Iowa lawmakers advance bill to eliminate tenure

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A bill to end tenure at Iowa’s public universities advanced out of an education subcommittee Tuesday, despite pushback from Board of Regents lobbyists and opposition from economic and industry associations — like those …

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Serve Credit Union partners with Banzai to offer financial literacy education

Serve Credit Union is bringing financial literacy education to more than 800 students and residents in Polk County, through a partnership with Banzai. Students at seven schools and the surrounding community will now have free access …

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School choice, in-person instruction bills advance to Senate floor for debate

Two Republican-led education bills advanced Monday in the Iowa Senate, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. One bill, Senate Study Bill 1064, would require schools to offer full-time, in-person instruction during the ongoing pandemic, while a second, SSB 1065, would financially support …

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Education subcommittee to take up school choice legislation

A major education initiative favored by Gov. Kim Reynolds and majority Republican legislators — expanding school choices for Iowa parents and students — will be considered by an education subcommittee next week, the Cedar Rapids Gazette …

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ISU Startup Factory names new director

Peter Hong has been named the new director of the Iowa State University Startup Factory program. According to a news release from the ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, Hong will begin his new duties on Feb. 1. He succeeds Bill Adamdowski, …

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UI gets more time to study Jupiter with NASA extension

Corridor Business Journal: The University of Iowa will have several more years to study the largest planet in our solar system. The U.S. space agency NASA announced this week it will extend the Juno mission to …

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Bank of America seeks applicants for Student Leaders program

Bank of America announced that its Bank of America Student Leaders program is accepting applications from Central Iowa high school students for the 2021 program through Jan. 29. The program provides workforce skills-building and civic engagement to …

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Iowa State University receives Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education awards

The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship introduced Iowa State University as the winner of the 2021 USASBE Model Program Award, the highest of the organization’s four annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Awards. …

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LCS partners with TalentGro to offer registered apprenticeships at care facilities

Two Iowa senior living communities managed by Des Moines-based LCS Corp. are using a state grant to fund registered apprenticeship programs for training health care and culinary workers. The program is one of 46 across the state that in …

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Retired Marshalltown surgeon donates $2.2M to ISU for climate science endowment

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University has received a $2.2 million gift aimed at advancing climate science education at ISU, the Iowa State University Foundation announced. The gift from Dr. John Graether, …

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