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By Vanessa Miller, The Gazette Some students, faculty and staff members at the University of Iowa are concerned about what the Board of Regents’ sweeping “efficiency review” might mean for potential job and program cuts. That sentiment was clear Friday during a public forum on the UI campus to discuss...

By Sara Agnew, Iowa City Press-Citizen Protesters picked Regents town hall: Protesters picketed an Iowa State Board of Regents town hall meeting to discuss broad potential cuts at the UI Friday.  About a dozen protesters holding “Dump Deloitte” signs showed up today at a town hall meeting at the University...

Iowa City, Iowa (AP) — A town hall-style meeting at the University of Iowa will launch a far-reaching review of how the state's three public universities could operate more efficiently. The meeting Friday at Phillips Hall in Iowa City is expected to draw university employees who want more information about...

By: Iowa State Daily Editorial Board Town News For the second straight year, Iowa’s Board of Regents is considering freezing tuition for in-state undergraduate students. Saving such students a few hundred dollars, another halt in tuition costs certainly helps a large portion of those of us in Ames. However, much...

By Sara Agnew, Iowa City Press-Citizen If you go  What: Iowa state Board of Regents’ Efficiency and Transformation Review Town Hall meeting. On hand will be Regents President Bruce Rastetter, Regent Larry McKibben, UI President Sally Mason and a representative from Deloitte Consulting. Mason will open the town hall meeting...

By Bruce Rastetter and Larry McKibben, Des Moines Register If you want to prepare for the future, you should take a good look at the past. A glance to where you have been and what you have done provides insight, perspective and focus — lending confidence and comfort to situations...

By Sara Agnew, Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa City, Iowa — The consultant group hired by the Board of Regents to study efficiency at Iowa’s three state universities is expected to make campus visits starting later this month. The regents in February approved a $2.5 million contract for Deloitte Consulting —...

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Iowa City, Iowa | Iowa regents and consultants launched a major review of operations at the state's three public universities Friday, urging anxious employees to consider rising student debt as they look broadly for ways to cut costs. During a town hall-style meeting in...

By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Des Moines Register Unpopularity of cutting programs Restructuring Iowa’s universities is not an easy task. In 1989, the consulting firm Peat Marwick Main and Co. made numerous recommendations on how to save money at Iowa State University, University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa. The...

By Ryan Foley, Associated Press The Iowa Board of Regents hired a consulting firm Tuesday to identify ways to cut costs at the state’s three public universities. The regents voted 9-0 to hire Deloitte Consulting LLP to conduct a wide-ranging study of Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and...