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DES MOINES – By skipping their frequent and repeated refrain about historical declines in state support for higher education, the presidents of Iowa's public universities on Monday appealed to millions more people by pointing out all the ways in which their institutions benefit Iowa.
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The President from the University of Iowa, Bruce Harreld, while submitting a budget request to Gov. Kim Reynolds and his staff, highlighted his institution's pursuit of a four-year graduation rate of 60 percent, which would produce 300 more graduates per year in support of the Iowa goal of 2025 to obtain 70 percent of its workforce in some form of education or training beyond high school.
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The President from the University of Northern Iowa, Mark Nook, reported that 90 percent of his student body comes from Iowa, and that 85 percent of that crop remains after graduation, addressing concerns about the brain drain.
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Y Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen pointed to the expanding research campus of her campus, which has 87 companies and research centers, including 12 new sites this year, along with 2,155 employees and 200 interns, which generate million for the economy.
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"In In the last three months, three industry giants expanded or established a presence in the park: Rockwell Collins and Kent Corporation opened new offices, and John Deere began the construction of a new 33,000 square foot design test laboratory, "Wintersteen said. . "That's a great success."
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three universities pointed to big plans, as long as they have the right state support to pursue them.
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Wintersteen, For his part, he said that ISU is in talks with the US Department of Agriculture. UU On the transfer of two of its agencies to Ames. The Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, expressed his desire to move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington by the end of 2019.
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"Like a leading land grant university, we have a strong case to move those agencies to the research park at Iowa State University, "Wintersteen said.
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He said that ISU also plans to work on each undergraduate experience the opportunity to innovate and take courses related to entrepreneurship, highlighting a recent donation of $ 17 million that will make the concept a reality.
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Harreld highlighted efforts to attract and retain the best teachers, reporting that the UI Carver College of Medicine and UI Health Care have hired 49 new teachers since the budget year 2017. That group has generated $ 49.7 million in research funds from the National Institutes of Health.
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Nook said that with more state support, UNI would keep tuition low and make rates more competitive with peers.
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The President of the Regents, Mike Richards, announced this month that the UI and the ISU would increase tuition for resident college students by at least 3 percent for each of the next five years.
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Yes the legislators comply with the request for full credits of the board each year, the tuition increases would remain at that 3%. Otherwise, the board would approve increases equal to the base plus the Projected Higher Education Price Index, which is 2 percent for the current budget year.
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Al Explain their applications for next year, UI and ISU requested $ 7 million in support of general education, all for student financial aid. UNI asked for $ 4 million more.
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Reynolds no He gave no indication of whether he would recommend to lawmakers that they meet those requirements.
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In the Last two sessions, legislators have made severe mid-year cuts in universities, which has reduced general education credits by more than $ 35 million.
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