Higher Education

State Republican lawmakers are considering bills that would end tenure for public university faculty in Iowa. On this edition of River to River, the details behind the proposed ban on tenure.

Overall for-credit enrollment in Iowa’s community colleges decreased over the past year, but enrollment among minority students is at a record high.

Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with students, professors and administrators from Iowa colleges and universities about returning to campuses this month.

Iowa Wesleyan University is forming an alliance with Southeastern Community College to boost enrollment for both schools and share certain costs. The announcement comes two years after IWU warned a lack of funds could force it to close within a matter of weeks.

Hundreds of students, parents and alumni are asking Luther College in Decorah to wait to see how the holidays impact COVID-19 numbers before returning to in-person instruction.

It’s been a tough semester for students and faculty at Iowa’s colleges and universities.

The University of Iowa football team played its first game this weekend in a season that had previously been derailed by the coronavirus. Fans crowded into bars to watch, even as the virus continues to rage across the state and hospitals see a surge in patients.

It will be up to individual University of Iowa football players whether they choose to stand for the national anthem, or kneel to protest racial injustice. That's a change for the program, which in past years encouraged players to keep politics out of the game.

The University of Iowa says it will not meet the demands of a group of Black former football players, who have called for the firing of coaches and the awarding of $20 million in damages over alleged racial discrimination.

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