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.

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 ...

IOWA CITY — Expanding Iowa’s community college offerings to include four-year bachelor’s degrees could address the state’s growing workforce needs, shrink its “educational deserts” in rural ...

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 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 ...

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 ...