Debra Sanborn

Regents dismiss one of two complaints about university employee DEI videos • Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Board of Regents received findings from firm Consovoy McCarthy on investigations into two UI employees Thursday.

Regents dismiss one of two complaints about university employee DEI videos

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Student body president impeached following involvement with partisan organization The process of impeaching Iowa State University Student Body President Colby Brandt began during the Student Government’s Wednesday meeting.  Colby Brandt, a senior majoring in agricultural and rural ...

Well.

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Good grief.

Always interesting to see the ooo emails from campuses who are off for the day and how it is isolated to certain states.

Troop 6000

It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

Lawmakers call for public libraries to restrict minors' access to 'harmful' materials • Iowa Capital Dispatch The measure would require libraries to prevent minors from accessing material deemed or presumed "harmful" without parental consent.

“Let us refuse to be an Iowa that polices the mind, and instead be a state that empowers the spirit.” — Sam Helmick, president of the American Library Association

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Lawmaker refers UI job postings to AG for containing 'DEI language' The Republican chair of Iowa's House Higher Education Committee has referred three University of Iowa job advertisements to the attorney general for containing "DEI language" — which has been banned b...

Lawmaker refers University of Iowa job postings to AG.

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Love this.

No, I'm not up at 4 AM watching Olympic curling; you are.

With chronic underfunding how can higher education continue as a public good?

Iowa private university leaders see bills as harmful to their institutions • Iowa Capital Dispatch Drake University and St. Ambrose University leaders are against bills to establish community college bachelor's degrees and an endowment tax.

Reason 197 why we need new representation in Iowa House District 95.

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The article says discontinued in 2014, but i would have to dig out my last staff t-shirt to be sure.

Makes no sense above a campus level. Strange.

Bill would explore possible reinstatement of VEISHEA at Iowa State University • Iowa Capital Dispatch A bill passed out of subcommittee Thursday would have the Iowa Board of Regents study the potential benefits of reinstating VEISHEA.

Good grief. As a former student affairs person who spent countless HOURS working this CAMPUS event, the overreach here is mind boggling. Must be more to this cuckoo request.

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Who could not see the freight train coming for your freedom? - Storm Lake Times Pilot ICE is in Mason City. Breathless reports in Iowa City and West Liberty. Just saw the car in Spencer. Blow the whistles! When will the boot drop on Storm Lake or Denison? Chatter, chatter, …

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Iowa lawmaker asks private universities to adopt his civics education agenda • Iowa Capital Dispatch Rep. Taylor Collins sent a letter to private university leaders urging they align curriculum with proposed general education requirements.

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Iowa lawmaker asks private universities to adopt his civics education agenda

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Study in Hawaii Provides Pool With New Perspectives - Arkansas Tech University Oaken Pool grew up in central Arkansas, but those closest to him have long known that his soul belongs near the ocean. They called him “Surfer Boy” growing up, but it wasn’t until Pool pursued a study...

An exchange semester with one of our NSE Hawaii partners sounds pretty good on this -6° morning!

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House panel approves bill to drop student vote from Iowa Board of Regents • Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa lawmakers moved ahead a bill Wednesday that would changing the membership of the Iowa Board of Regents and its functions.

Oh, come on. 🤦‍♀️

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Private colleges argue potential harms of 4-year community college degrees • Iowa Capital Dispatch Representatives from Iowa's private and community colleges differed over a bill to allow community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees.

It's worrisome. As a former private college employee, not sure this makes sense here.

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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

Yes, there are much worse things but I still have to breathe every day while favorite daughter finishes last semester of grad school in Minneapolis. And I know that she is being smart and safe. But not okay.

Courts need forensic analysis to assess guilt, but I don't need a frame by frame analysis to know that the person who caused the murder was the one holding the gun, the one who pulled the trigger.

Events yesterday happened a 3-hour drive away. Daughter is in her last semester of grad school at the U. I am there every month. Just hosted our conference in the city.

My staff work remotely from Minnesota. That murder? Their neighborhood. That high school altercation? Their kid’s school. Not ok.

Key Takeaways from the Negotiated Rulemaking Data Release I thought that the end of 2025 was going to be relatively quiet when I wrote my last piece a couple of weeks ago, but my words to the Chronicle of Higher Education for their 25-year retrospective c…

The Department of Education's negotiated rulemaking session on higher ed accountability starts today. Here is my first look at new program-level data that ED released, which also highlights the 30 percent of graduate and professional programs where average borrowing exceeds the new federal caps.

One Iowan’s quest for darker skies might benefit rural Iowa  • Iowa Capital Dispatch Dark sky ordinances could lower electricity costs, help out local wildlife and even build an astrotourism market in rural Iowa.

"It’s about protecting what we have."

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Interesting and troubling for higher ed.

An image of the Duolingo language app owl mascot rising like a phoenix to celebrate a 100 day learning streak.

Yay, me!

I am sorry. 😞

I am so sorry. We had to face the same earlier this month. Take care.

This! Always working to make the day special for my soon-to-be 23 yr old near-Christmas baby!