<p>Is</a> this the new University of Iowa? | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen</p>
<p>It's nice to know that the university is at its best for improvements and its future. Thought I would post a link to the article on college confidential.</p>
<p>Hi Coolbreeze, thank you for posting this. Definitely looks like something worth watching. Any guesses/projections on what the impacts might be for incoming freshman (programs likely to be cut, impacts on tuition, etc.) over the next few years? Iowa has so many resources and programs, that significant shaving here and there will not be a tremendous negative, but if class sizes were to change dramatically, or entire majors were wiped out, obviously a bigger concern.</p>
<p>Yes, thanks Coolbrezze for the article. </p>
<p>I think the business of funding public universities has become a very complex and very large mess. But I think Iowa is less affected by others like Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. Pop over to their forums and you’ll see endless posts about poor class availability, graduation in 5 years, red tape, etc etc. Iowa is still guaranteeing graduation in 4 years. Now, I’m no expert but from my vantage point this speaks well of Iowa’s situation.</p>
<p>I am still reading news about this myself. Though it seems like the University of Iowa is and have always been making efforts for improvements. Though it appears the Board of Regents have so much of say on what the university can actually do, one reason why all of Iowa state universities have the same index score one only has to meet for admittance.</p>
<p>I agree with you coolbreeze, my impression is that the Iowa university system is very well- managed – one of the reasons it is a first-tier choice for my D. She is also considering a few other flagships that are also well-managed, and do not have the current cuts that Iowa is dealing with based on the report that was referenced in the article above.</p>