posted on February 4, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Iowa Journal looks at the role of community colleges in the state from education, training and workforce development.
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posted on January 22, 2008 at 11:42 AM
David Pitt of the Associated Press discusses issues facing the first week of the Iowa legislative session with host Todd Mundt, including funding for community colleges and the bottle deposit program.
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posted on January 15, 2008 at 11:03 AM
David Miles, president of the Iowa Board of Regents and board member of the Iowa College Student Aid Commission, and Jim Sumner, senior counselor, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid for Grinnell College discuss the financial issues facing...
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posted on January 15, 2008 at 11:01 AM
One Iowa community is developing a plan to help pay for student's tuition. It's called the Davenport Promise. Supporters of the plan believe it also offers the city a tool to reverse the out-migration of young families to the suburbs. Longer term...
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posted on January 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Full Program: Can Iowans afford college? We explore that matter, including a look at an ambitious community-driven plan to finance higher education for its own residents.
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posted on December 21, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Legend has it a college president once implored his faculty to make the university into something of which the football team could be proud. The logic, if not the principle, is understandable. Athletics may be worth more financially to the...
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posted on December 21, 2007 at 5:28 PM
Michael Gartner, owner of the Iowa Cubs baseball team, and president of the Iowa Board of Regents, and Tom Witosky, a reporter for "The Des Moines Register" discuss the economics of college sports with host Paul Yeager.
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posted on December 18, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Full Program: Stadium build outs, sky boxes, 7-figure coaching salaries, and lucrative TV and endorsement deals have become staples of big time college athletics. So too have recruiting scandals, and scholarships to academically and socially-challenged...
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posted on November 22, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Ann Murr is the director of Drake University’s Adult Literacy Center, one of a number of facilities in the state that help people learn to read. Among the others are Centers in each of Iowa’s community colleges. Alex Hilson is a student at the...
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posted on November 10, 2007 at 4:28 PM
Ideally located in Iowa's windy northwest, Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, is helping the growing workforce needs of the wind energy industry. The college developed one of the first training programs of its kind in the nation....
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posted on October 19, 2007 at 3:31 PM
Democrat, Republican or Independent, nearly every poll of Americans reveals that the cost and availability of health care are big political issues. So too are other matters of family financial security, like pension viability, or mortgage...
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posted on October 5, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Full Program: What role does education play in the development of entrepreneurs? How do we prepare the next generations for a world that demands more creativity, innovation, and personal enterprise? This episode explores what organizations like the Pappajohn...
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posted on November 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM
New Iowa State University wrestling Head Coach Cael Sanderson sits down in a one on one interview with Iowa Public Television's College Wrestling host and former national champion wrestler and coach Jim Gibbons.
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posted on November 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM
New University of Iowa wrestling Head Coach Tom Brands sits down in a one on one interview with Iowa Public Television's College Wrestling host and former national champion wrestler and coach Jim Gibbons.
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