House Study Bill 533, introduced by Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, would allow community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in areas of high demand, focusing on sustained and unmet workforce ...

Legislation allowing Iowa community colleges to offer four-year degrees in some subjects — an idea strongly opposed by Iowa ...

Iowa could allow public two-year institutions to develop baccalaureate programs. Private colleges see it as an existential ...

Representatives of Iowa’s private colleges pushed back Tuesday against the narrative that baccalaureate degrees are sorely ...

Iowa lawmakers have proposed adding four-year programs to community colleges in the state, and an Ottumwa school thinks that could be very beneficial for students.

Iowa community college leaders say with additional state funding they could offer some four-year degrees and it would likely ...

If Iowa's 15 community colleges are allowed to start offering four-year bachelor's degrees — as Republican lawmakers have ...

ANKENY, Iowa (WHO) – A Department of Education report shows a shortage of trade teachers around the country, and it’s ...

Iowa community colleges could soon offer job-specific bachelor's degree programs ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa’s 15 community colleges didn’t reach out to lawmakers asking to start offering ...

Iowa lawmakers are taking steps to potentially allow the state's community colleges to offer bachelor's degree programs as a way to expand access to degrees as tuition costs soar at public and private ...

A bill moving through the Iowa House would allow some community colleges to offer four-year degrees.