This is a turbulent time for higher education, both nationally and here in Iowa. Students, families and state leaders have questions about value, relevance and trust. More than 1.2 million
Leaders of local private colleges are raising concerns about potential changes to a state grant program as Iowa lawmakers prepare to convene for the 2024 legislative session.
Iowa has seen state support erode for public universities. Officials with Iowa’s private colleges fear, based on conversations with some Republican lawmakers, that their liberal-arts students could be the next