Board of Regents Meeting Preview: November 11-13, 2025 Meeting Preview

The Iowa Board of Regents will meet November 11-13 at the Iowa State University 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 This year, the November meeting is expanded to...

The week, the Board of Regents will appoint one of two finalists as the 17th President of Iowa State University. This will mark the conclusion of a months-long process to find the successor to President Wendy Wintersteen, who announced her intent to retire last May. The process began shortly after...

At its November meeting, the Board of Regents will receive a report on how academic programs at Iowa’s public universities align with workforce needs in the state. The report includes recommendations on how programs can fit with high-demand jobs, enrollment and data collection and tracking procedures. President Sherry Bates charged...

At its November meeting, the Board of Regents will receive the Fall 2025 Enrollment Report. This year, total student enrollment at Iowa’s Regent universities increased by 1,378 students, or 2 percent from Fall 2024. Undergraduate enrollment also increased by 1,471 students. Iowa State University enrollment rose by 673 students year-over-year,...