After a national search that brought to campus last month a parade of finalists from across the country, Iowa State University this week announced Mississippi State University College of Engineering Dean Jason Keith will serve as its new provost.
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Recently approved education appropriations from the Iowa Legislature include a 2.5% increase in funding for the state’s university system and prohibitions on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices at regent universities. The Senate passed an amendment to SF 2435, Iowa’s education budget bill for the upcoming year April 18. The bill allocates nearly $1 billion.
Iowa State hosted four candidates over the past month, one of whom will take over the role of provost when Provost Jonathan Wickert steps down this summer. Wickert, who will continue to teach at the university after his duties as provost, began at Iowa State as a professor in June 2012. Wickert is Iowa State’s.