Smallest majors rarely drive university cuts
Iowa public universities show the ten smallest degree programs at UNI UI and ISU attracting few majors yet officials say tiny programs are often folded into larger offerings. UNI lists one to six majors, UI ten smallest 1 to 18, ISU six to 42. data from fall 2010 and this fall.
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Branstad Officials Pause Four-Tier Teacher Pay Plan
Des Moines The Branstad administration will not push the four-tier teacher pay system for next year. Officials say they have not abandoned the idea, which was central to Gov. Branstad's education blueprint. The plan sought to replace the current step and lane scale with apprentice, career, mentor and master classes and would raise starting salaries.
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Coralville Woman Charged With First Degree Murder
Coralville police arrested 49 year old Lillie Will Williams for first degree murder after a fire she allegedly set killed Raymone Bryant a Coralville Iowa City West High School freshman. Two others were treated and released from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Williams knew residents were inside the 720 11th Ave duplex.
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Cain Leads GOP Field in Iowa Caucus Poll
A 1256 voter Iowa poll by Iowa State University Gazette and KCRG shows Herman Cain leading Republican candidates among likely caucus-goers, with Ron Paul in second place.
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Iowa caucus race remains wide open in new poll
An ISU Gazette KCRG poll of 1,256 Iowa likely caucusgoers shows Herman Cain leading with 24.5 percent, Ron Paul 20.4, Romney 16.3, Perry 8.1 undecided and 52 plus percent undecided overall. Major factor is firmness of support, not who leads.
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Gazette
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Iowa
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Poll results show mixed support for GOP candidates in Iowa
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachman leads with 7.9 percent, Newt Gingrich 4.8 percent, and Rick Santorum 4.7 percent in a poll. Jon Huntsman has no support, and 5.8 percent back "Other" with a 5 percent margin of error. Dave Peterson of the Harkin Institute notes voters remain unsure who they will support.
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