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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Questions arise around Iowa higher education funding changes - Vanessa Miller, the Gazette
The Iowa Regents board on June 4 — following a presentation and discussion that lasted just over an hour — approved the new funding model, which ties 60 percent of state appropriations to in-state enrollment, 15 percent to progress and attainment, 10 percent to access, 5 percent to sponsored research and 5 percent to graduate and professional student enrollment. The remaining 5 percent is left for the regents to decide. The approved model did include one amendment, as Downer predicted. Instead of tying 5 percent to job placement and continuing education, as originally proposed, it associates that portion with graduate and professional enrollment. If enrollment figures remain unchanged, UI could lose $12.9 million a year, and ISU eventually would become the top-funded university in the state. UNI would see the biggest boost — nearly $24 million — to its overall allocation.
http://thegazette.com/subject/news/questions-arise-around-higher-education-funding-changes-20140907