Tag: higher education
Cornell College receives $500,000 STEM grant
Cornell College, located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to fund new STEM equipment and...
Kirkwood, Hawkeye community colleges form truck driving partnership
Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids and Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo are partnering to send Kirkwood CDL-A students to Hawkeye’s campus to receive...
Coe College receives Prison Learning Initiative grant
Coe College in Cedar Rapids has received an Associated Colleges of the Midwest grant to support a new Prison Learning Initiative (PLI), according to...
Iowa’s public university system ranks third nationally in student ROI
Iowa has been ranked the third best state to be a college student, according to a new study ranking the value of state public...
National ACT score average sinks to 30-year low
The national ACT score average for the high school class of 2022 was 19.8, the lowest average score in more than three decades, according...
Kirkwood Community College closes two underused centers
Pointing to a shifting educational landscape in eastern Iowa, Kirkwood Community College is closing Tippie-Mansfield Center in Belle Plaine and the Cedar County Center...
Wintersteen discusses Iowa State’s COVID-19 response, fall plans
The exterior of the new $84 million Student Innovation Center at Iowa State. The facility's grand opening was originally set for April 17, but...
UI-ISU collaboration speeds COVID-19 testing at state lab
Staff work inside the State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville in a file photo. The lab is now operating three shifts to meet COVID-19 testing...