UI leaders express concern about state budget cuts - BRUCE HARRELD, University of Iowa

As you have likely read, the Iowa legislature has approved a $10.9 million budget cut for the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. While the Board of Regents will determine how to divide the reduction, any loss of funding so late in the fiscal year, which ends June 30, will require difficult choices. This budget cut continues the generational disinvestment witnessed in public higher education over the last 20 years. Consider the numbers: Since 1998, the state budget has grown by nearly $3 billion UI enrollment has grown by more than 5,000 But state funding for the UI has decreased by $7 million https://now.uiowa.edu/2018/03/ui-leaders-express-concern-about-state-budget-cuts