Iowa higher ed bills would block required DEI instruction, add transparency measures
Iowa's public universities could not require students to take or compel faculty to instruct on DEI or Critical Race Theory ...
Stricter groping penalties, DEI among hundreds of issues Iowa lawmakers are weighing
Iowa lawmakers have been busy in Des Moines as they advance or table hundreds of bills this session.Higher Education ...
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Meet the Asian American lawmaker working to end DEI in Iowa
Pervasiveness of DEI’ means ending it will take work at state, federal, and accreditor levels, Rep. Henry Stone says.
Kim Reynolds issues reminder to Iowa public universities to comply with DEI prohibition
Kim Reynolds sent a notice to each of Iowa's state universities Thursday reminding them to comply with the state's ...
State lawmakers table bill to ban DEI at Iowa community colleges
The lawmaker who introduced a bill to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at Iowa's community colleges pulled the plug on the proposal Wednesday. During the bill's subcommittee hearing, Rep.
Lawmakers scrutinize DEI, transparency issues in series of higher education bills
In the last of several higher education subcommittees Wednesday, Rep. Ross Wilburn, D-Ames, shared a personal story of ...
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Capitol Notebook: Iowa House advances bill capping university tuition increases at 3 percent
Another bill that came out of House Republicans’ new Higher Education Committee, House Study Bill 51 would limit all annual ...
Costco Doubled Down On DEI, Then 19 Attorneys General Warned Them To Stop
Costco has emerged as a hero, choosing to keep their DEI efforts alive. Fans rejoiced! But this week, 19 states AGs sent them ...
Iowa-bound Addison Deal of Mater Dei basketball selected for McDonald’s All-American Game
Mater Dei’s girls basketball program has produced its seventh McDonald’s All-American. Senior point guard Addison Deal was ...
University of Iowa 'school of intellectual freedom' among bevy of GOP bills battling 'woke'
Terry Branstad is putting his thumb on the scale to champion a new "school of intellectual freedom" at the University of Iowa as part of a legislative push for more civics programming at the state's ...