The 2027 U.S. News & World Report rankings put the University of Northern Iowa in the top slot for public regional universities.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — All red brick and white trim and dating from as far back as the 1870s, the buildings that frame a grassy quad on a hill above Vermont’s capital city comprise the quintessential college campus. Behind the scenes, this holdover from the 19th century is where a group of business, college and government leaders is working on the task of reinventing higher education for the 21st. An entirely new college is being planned here to not only change how higher education is delivered, and at what price, but to highlight ways the current business model no longer works — yet is so deeply entrenched that the easiest way to fix it is to begin again from scratch.

The board voted at its June meeting to approve policy manual additions and launch the search for a new executive director.

Dozens of former West Des Moines teachers launched a new grassroots organization, Iowans for Decency, Saturday at the Iowa Capitol.

"When should the torch be passed on or just taken away from an older generation unwilling to ride off into the sunset?"

The House launched a wave of controversial legislation earlier this year that never made it through the Senate. But familiar-looking policy proposals emerged from the board overseeing public universit...

Both chambers of the Iowa Legislature approved legislation to set appropriations to education systems across the state Thursday.

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Rep. Aime Wichtendahl, D-Hiawatha, said the measure was an extension of the 2025 law removing 'gender identity' from Iowa's civil rights code.

The Iowa Board of Regents received findings from firm Consovoy McCarthy on investigations into two UI employees Thursday.

The process of impeaching Iowa State University Student Body President Colby Brandt began during the Student Government’s Wednesday meeting.  Colby Brandt, a senior majoring in agricultural and rural ...

The measure would require libraries to prevent minors from accessing material deemed or presumed "harmful" without parental consent.

The Republican chair of Iowa's House Higher Education Committee has referred three University of Iowa job advertisements to the attorney general for containing "DEI language" — which has been banned b...

Drake University and St. Ambrose University leaders are against bills to establish community college bachelor's degrees and an endowment tax.

A bill passed out of subcommittee Thursday would have the Iowa Board of Regents study the potential benefits of reinstating VEISHEA.

ICE is in Mason City. Breathless reports in Iowa City and West Liberty. Just saw the car in Spencer. Blow the whistles! When will the boot drop on Storm Lake or Denison? Chatter, chatter, …

Rep. Taylor Collins sent a letter to private university leaders urging they align curriculum with proposed general education requirements.

Oaken Pool grew up in central Arkansas, but those closest to him have long known that his soul belongs near the ocean. They called him “Surfer Boy” growing up, but it wasn’t until Pool pursued a study...

Iowa lawmakers moved ahead a bill Wednesday that would changing the membership of the Iowa Board of Regents and its functions.

Representatives from Iowa's private and community colleges differed over a bill to allow community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees.

I thought that the end of 2025 was going to be relatively quiet when I wrote my last piece a couple of weeks ago, but my words to the Chronicle of Higher Education for their 25-year retrospective c…

Dark sky ordinances could lower electricity costs, help out local wildlife and even build an astrotourism market in rural Iowa.