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A first peek at proposed tuition increases for Iowa’s public universities made public Monday indicates resident undergraduate students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University could pay 3 percent more next fall, while University of Northern Iowa in-state undergrads could pay 2 percent more.
Back in mid-March more than a month before the Iowa Legislature passed a bill imposing on Iowa’s public universities sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion restrictions that go beyond directives from their governing Board of Regents Republican lawmakers sought a DEI update from the campuses.
A growing percent of students across Iowa’s public universities feel comfortable expressing their opinions on and off campus, in and out of class, and even on social media according to a second free speech survey Iowa’s Board of Regents administered earlier this year, just over two years after ordering its first following a string of campus incidents that drew intense criticism from Republican lawmakers.