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Iowa City Press-Citizen After seven months, 79 applicants and four finalists who have taken turns answering questions in public, the University of Iowa is going to get a new president Friday afternoon.  Barbara Wilson, Daniel Clay, Hari Osofsky and  Wendy Hensel — two career academics and two Ivy League-educated lawyers — emerged as the finalists to replace Bruce Harreld. All hold high-level academic degrees and have built careers as professors, researchers and scholars. But each presents a unique set of experiences for the Board of Regents to consider as it makes the final c...

Wikimedia Commons IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks with IPR eastern Iowa reporter Kate Payne about the finalists in the running to become the next UI president. Four finalists to be the next president of the University of Iowa interviewed over the last couple of weeks in Iowa City. They're applying to replace current UI President Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after a five-year term. The finalists in the order they were interviewed are: Hari Osofsky: the dean of the schools of law and international affairs at Penn State. Barbara Wilson: the second-in-command at the University of I...

Later this week, the Iowa Board of Regents is slated to pick a new president for the University of Iowa. Three of the four finalists are women, all from outside the university. The fourth is a man, Daniel Clay, who's currently dean of the UI College of Education.   In a trial scheduled for December in Polk County (the regents' headquarters), the university will be the defendant in an age and gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a College of Education employee. And though the named defendants are the Iowa Board of Regents, the University of Iowa and the state of Iowa, Clay is the m...

The fourth and last finalist to be the University of Iowa's next president spoke Thursday about the importance of increasing graduation and retention rates as sources of critical new revenue for the institution. Daniel Clay — dean of UI's College of Education, and the only internal presidential candidate — said previous administrations at UI and elsewhere have fallen short by failing to listen to communities' concerns about racism, while he also defended the importance of free speech on campus. Increasing graduation and retention rates was the first of three priorities Clay gave in his...

04/23/21 The fourth finalist for University of Iowa president says he will be a large presence on campus, especially during times of crisis. Dean of the UI’s College of Education, Daniel Clay, held an open forum event Thursday afternoon as part of his two day on campus visit with educators, administrators, students and community leaders. He’s the only internal candidate of the four vying to become the University’s 22 nd President. Clay said he has a head start compared to the other finalists, who will have a lot to learn about the culture and community. With his experience, the Daily Io...