Kirkwood's first female leader sees vital role for school - Vanessa Miller, the Gazette

Kirkwood and its 14 community college peers in Iowa have not been immune from the state’s higher education cuts. A “Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges” report in January showed general state aid for the schools fell 3 percent and total enrollment for credit courses dropped 2.1 percent, contributing to a total revenue drop of 2.4 percent in the 2017 budget year. In the 2018 budget year that just ended, the state cut its collective community college budget $500,000 — $75,000 of which fell to Kirkwood. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/kirkwoods-community-college-first-female-president-hitting-the-ground-running-lori-sundberg-wendy-wintersteen-20180803