Board News - 2019 Archive

Urbandale, Iowa -- The Board of Regents, State of Iowa today approved the establishment of a $1.165 billion public-private partnership (P3) with the University of Iowa utility system and ENGIE North America and Meridiam. The P3 agreement will help provide the UI with the resources it needs to support its core missions of teaching, research and scholarship.

The Board of Regents approved the addition of computer science to the Regent Admission Index (RAI), recognizing the importance of studying computer science. 

Iowa’s Regent Universities provided $11.8 billion in added income to the state, equal to 6.2 percent of Iowa’s gross state product during FY 2017-18, according to a new economic impact analysis report from Emsi, a leading labor market analytics firm.

The Board of Regents met at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls November 13-14, 2019. Key items reviewed by committees and the Board are outlined below.

The Board of Regents met at the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs September 18-19, 2019. Key items reviewed by committees and the Board are outlined below.

 

FY 2020 budgets were approved and Iowa State's IMSE department took the first step toward a new home during the August 1, 2019 telephonic meeting of the Board of Regents.

The Board of Regents met at the Iowa State University Alumni Center in Ames June 4-6, 2019. Key items reviewed by committees and the Board are outlined below.

Zack Leist, a junior at Iowa State University, has been appointed to the Board of Regents, State of Iowa by Governor Kim Reynolds.

The April meeting featured a farewell to three Regents, new free expression policies, and a review of admission policies at Iowa's public universities, among other topics.

Because the Board of Regents does not have enough information about the state budget, a first reading of 2019-20 tuition rates is not currently on the April 18 Board of Regents meeting agenda. However, as the legislature continues its consideration of state appropriations, it is possible that tuition could be...