In response to 10 directives the Board of Regents handed down in the fall to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion spending and programming across its public universities, presidents of all three campuses on Thursday shared significant changes underway – including the permanent closure of Iowa State University’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office.
COGS is crying foul on the fees – which have continued to swell since the union negotiated the half-off scholarship years ago. And the union is planning a press conference at noon Wednesday on the UI Pentacrest to collide with the university’s “One Day for Iowa” fundraising event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by the Old Capitol.
Kirkwood Community College will pay its new President Kristie Fisher officially inaugurated this week an annual salary of $350,000 for the budget year that ends June 30, according to her three-year contract.