Meeting Rundown

The Iowa Board of Regents will meet April 23-24 at the ISU Alumni Center in Ames. Selected agenda items are outlined in brief below. Open session portions of the meeting will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel. View the full agenda here. 

Meeting Background
The April meeting is the first on-campus meeting of the calendar year. This year, the Board will hear a first reading of tuition and fee rates for the forthcoming academic year.

The Board sets tuition rates over the course of two public meetings. During the initial meeting, the Regents hear a first reading of proposed tuition and fee rates. No action is taken during this meeting. The second meeting, held a month or more after the first, sees the Board take action and vote on the proposed tuition and fee rates. This deliberate process, required by Iowa Code, allows students and families to plan for the future and provides ample opportunity for public discussion.

Read more on Tuition and Fees at Iowa’s Public Universities

Academic Affairs
The Academic Affairs committee is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. on April 23. The committee will review numerous program terminations and requests from both the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. In addition, the committee will receive the annual tenure report and requests and receive a report on supporting first-generation students. Further, UNI will present its request to restructure its College of Education and reorganize five departments into four. 

More on UNI’s College of Education Restructure

Property and Facilities
The Property and Facilities Committee will open the meeting on April 23 at 11 a.m. The three universities will present their capital registers, proposing various building and renovation projects. Of note is the University of Iowa Memorial Union project, which was first presented in February, but tabled until this month’s meeting. 

Personnel Appointments
The Board will consider the appointment of Karmen Dillon as Chief Information Officer at UNI. Dillon replaces Marty Mark, who retired in January after 36 years at UNI. 

Iowa Workforce Alignment
Last February, Board of Regents President Sherry Bates directed the Board office and the universities to review academic programs and determine how they fit with Iowa’s workforce needs. Representatives from the Board Office and the university will present an update on this review during the Academic Affairs Committee at 1 p.m. on April 23. 

More on the Iowa Workforce Alignment Review  

Collective Bargaining Agreements
The Governance, Evaluation and Human Resources Committee will receive collective bargaining agreements with the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS), United Faculty and Service Employees International Union bargaining units. The Governance, Evaluation and Human Resources Committee is scheduled to meet April 23 at 11:30 a.m.