Iowa community college leaders say with additional state funding they could offer some four-year degrees and it would likely increase the number of Iowans who earn a bachelor’s degree without ...

Iowa lawmakers are exploring a proposal to enable the state's community colleges to offer bachelor's degree programs, focusing on high-demand fields and areas with limited access to higher education.

Iowa’s community colleges for 60 years have pursued a mission issued by the Legislature to provide educational opportunities, workforce training and community enrichment through two-year associate ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - As Iowa lawmakers prepare to come together once again for the legislative session, beginning in January, those involved in higher education have turned their ...

Iowa’s community colleges for 60 years have pursued a mission issued by the Legislature to provide educational opportunities, workforce training and community enrichment through two-year associate ...

A lesson from the once popular book “Who Moved My Cheese?” is to not totally resist or go nuts every time conditions change, but rather, to adapt wisely. In the conversations around launching bachelor ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Community Colleges for Iowa has released a report arguing that with certain changes and “careful” planning, bringing bachelor’s degree programs to community ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Representatives of Iowa’s private colleges pushed back Tuesday against the narrative that baccalaureate degrees are sorely needed at community colleges, with ...

Joseph Ugrin is head of the Department of Accounting at the University of Northern Iowa. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of the University of ...