Iowa State University officials need to do a better job telling Iowans -- taxpayers, business leaders and especially Iowa legislators -- about the value ISU and the state's universities give Iowa, ISU president Wendy Wintersteen said in an IowaWatch interview. Listen to the podcast of that interview
Here, in their own words, are students and faculty Loras College, William Penn University, Simpson College and the University of Northern Iowa, who are concerned about college textbook costs.
Dylan Miller spent $495 on college textbooks at the University of Northern Iowa – $167.50 for a linear algebra textbook – in the spring semester just ending, yet said he might
The University of Iowa has services and programming to help African American and Latino students feel welcome but a lot of those students don’t know about them, students at
Panelists for a May 3, 2018, IowaWatch public forum, Diversity Reality at Iowa: The Truth Behind the Statistics, came from a variety of backgrounds. Here they are.
UPDATE: IowaWatch reporter Maria Curi and KCRG-TV9 reporter Forrest Saunders will moderate the May 3 forum. 5/2/18
IowaWatch will host a public forum in Iowa City to
University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook said a proposed mid-year funding cut for the University of Iowa and Iowa State University but not the University of Northern Iowa reflects each university's distinct mission, not favoritism. This IowaWatch Connection podcast covers that and other topic
As part of the third annual IowaWatch college media project, 10 student journalists at seven Iowa campuses conducted interviews with graduating students to delve into the issue of brain drain in Iowa. The interviews reveal students' post-graduation plans and reasons for either leaving or staying in
