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Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Office also closing at U. Northern Iowa.

Franklin worked at FBS programs such as Virginia Tech and Nebraska prior to her arrival at Drake in 2012.

The University of Northern Iowa announced its new athletics director Monday.

Back in mid-March — more than a month before the Iowa Legislature passed a bill imposing on Iowa’s public universities sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion restrictions that go beyond directives from their governing Board of Regents — Republican lawmakers sought a DEI update from the campuses.

In response to 10 directives the Board of Regents handed down in the fall to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion spending and programming across its public universities, presidents of all three campuses on Thursday shared significant changes underway – including the permanent closure of Iowa State University’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office.

Daryl Kruse did not note the rentals on his latest conflict of interest disclosure form and dismissed the portrayal as an irresponsible property owner when reached by telephone.

State university presidents spoke about implementing Board of Regents' DEI directives after a bill codifying them passed out of subcommittee.

Building on its existing collection of pre-U.S. Senate political papers from Chuck Grassley, the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday announced the long-serving senator will make another gift leaving UNI with a complete collection of papers from his entire career spanning 60-plus years.

Speaker of the Iowa House Pat Grassley has served in the Legislature nearly 18 years and has never — over that span — seen it undertake a broad review of “how we deliver higher education.”

“Eighteen years is a long time without having really done that,” Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley said of plans for a higher ed review in the upcoming session