Board of Regents Meeting Preview: November 11-12, 2026 Meeting Preview

The Iowa Board of Regents will meet November 11-12 at the Iowa State 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.  Meeting Background The November meeting typically is the final regularly scheduled,...

At its November meeting, the Board of Regents will receive the Fall 2026 Enrollment Report. Total student enrollment at Iowa’s public universities is 71,520 students, a decrease of 352 students, or 0.5%, from Fall 2025. Undergraduate enrollment grew by 98 students, or 0.2%, to 57,651, the highest total since 2019. ...

The Comprehensive Fiscal Report, on the docket at the November Board of Regents meeting, compares actual revenues and expenditures with Board-approved budgets for FY 2026. It identifies significant variances and includes a five-year history of actual revenues and expenditures for each university. Total FY 2026 revenues for the Regent universities...

This November, the Board of Regents will begin the search for the next president of the University of Northern Iowa. Last month, UNI President Mark Nook announced his intent to retire at the conclusion of the 2026-27 academic year.  As in previous presidential searches, the process will begin with the...