Board of Regents Newsletter: July 2022 Newsletter

The Board of Regents met July 27 at the Iowa State University Alumni Center in Ames. Selected items discussed are outlined below. View the full agenda here. FY 2022-23 Tuition and Fees WATCH The Board approved a 4.25 percent increase to base resident undergraduate tuition at all three universities. In...
The University of Iowa and Iowa State University secured record-breaking external funding totals for FY 2022. The UI total of $867 million outpaces last year's record total by six percent, while ISU's $601.7 million in external funding is a jump of 7.6 percent and marks the first time ISU has...
In a major milestone toward reaching its goals of providing adult and place-bound learners greater access to four-year degrees, the University of Northern Iowa is launching the UNI@IACC (Iowa Community Colleges) initiative. Starting this fall, Iowans with an associate’s degree from any Iowa community college will be able to earn...
Iowa Education for Deaf & Blind (IEDB) earned "powerfully strong" accreditation scores from Cognia Global Commission, a non-profit network of educators dedicated to strengthening schools and the largest education improvement organization in the world. IEDB earned accreditation as a unified educational service agency for the first time. Cognia accreditation is...
Thousands of students begin their quest for a bachelor’s degree each year at one of Iowa’s community colleges before transferring to a four-year institution. The state’s largest community college and largest university launched a new program to make the transfer process even smoother for their shared students. Read more from...