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At its meeting yesterday, the Board of Regents approved an alternative Regents Admission Index (RAI). The RAI is used by Iowa’s public universities in the admissions review of student applicants. It also serves as a guide for prospective students preparing for admission to Iowa’s public universities. The alternative RAI will...

Students from Iowa’s public universities will spend today at the State Capitol advocating on behalf of the universities.

In response to the recent retirement announcement from UI President Sally Mason, the Board of Regents is moving forward with development of the Presidential Search and Screen Committee to undertake the search process and recommend to the Board its candidates for a new president for the University of Iowa. The Board has selected Jean E. Robillard, M.D., Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Iowa, to chair the search committee. 

The Attorney General of Iowa announced this morning a joint state-federal settlement agreement with Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P).

The Board of Regents announces its public hearings schedule for 2015.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will meet on Tuesday, January 20, at 10:00 a.m. in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 

Sally Mason has announced she will retire on August 1st after serving as president of the University of Iowa for eight years.  Mason will turn 65 in May and says the timing feels right both personally and professionally. 

On behalf the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, I would like to thank Governor Branstad for his continued strong support of public higher education.

The Iowa Board of Regents has selected two consulting firms to assist with implementation of a series of cost saving measures at the three public universities beginning next month. TIER or the Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review identified 12 administrative business cases for potential savings in Human Resources, Finance, IT, and Facilities. 

At its meeting today, the Board of Regents voted unanimously to freeze tuition rates for 2015-2016 for resident undergraduate students. With this vote, the Board will implement a tuition freeze for undergraduate resident students for a third consecutive year.