University of Iowa

high school and was trying to decide if he wanted to go to the University of Iowa or Indian Hills his first year of college. He chose Indian Hills because he would be closer to home and get his general classes done for a cheaper cost. When he finally transferred to the University of Iowa, he was glad he went to a community college first because he realized he wouldn 't have been ready for the overwhelming homework and atmosphere of Iowa City. Many seniors in high school are faced with the…

thing that would come out of their mouth is the word “expensive”. But why is college so expensive exactly? Is it the actual college education itself or is it the housing that is causing students to have endless amounts of debt? Students come out of universities with a piece of paper that says that they passed college and a bank account that tells them that they spent too much time in college. The answer is simple, housing is what causes students to graduate college with outrageous amounts of…

Quarters Housing To gain perspective of the student life at The Quarters, we interviewed four current tenants, with two attending Kirkwood, and two attending the University of Iowa. The ten questions asked ranged from accessibility to campus, transportation, amenities, cost balancing, and knowledge over the controversy. In their answers, there are some notable commonalities as well as a few differences. When asked how important housing was in regards to the closeness of campus, three students…

In the study done at Iowa State University it was shown that majority of the students wanted to become more involved in their civic duties. Not only that but by implementing technology into the world of civic engagement college students may be more likely to be involved and help make…

small school with only two teachers. Soon after enrolling at the University of British Columbia he became interested in psychology. This interest that formed in psychology was actually an accident. He was working at night and commuting to school with a group of people, he soon found himself arriving at school much earlier than what his courses started. After graduating in three years he went on to graduate school at the University of Iowa. For other psychologists such as, Clark Hull, Kenneth…

dream job has always been to become an engineer. This dream of mine may never come to fruition due to the fact that college is so expensive. This scholarship will greatly decrease the financial stress that I and many other students feel. Iowa state university instate tuition is 20,000 dollars a year, and according to debt.org most students leave college with $37,172. It my goal to avoid having this as much…

As the economy today is continuously growing, there is a national increasing need of individuals in the working industry who have education beyond high school. In particular, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has estimated that by 2025, there will be at least 68% of jobs in Iowa will require individuals with postsecondary education. In order to ensure every individual has the equal opportunity to pursue postsecondary education, President Obama has proposed the…

Caveat Emptor: Buyer Beware In 2009, the Senate Committee of Health, Labor, and Pensions did a study on for- profit colleges like Kaplan, ITT Tech, and DeVry University. Thousands of documents illustrated the questionable practices for-profits were doing. One document was written by an ex-Kaplan student to Senator Harkin of Iowa. The student’s name is Eric Schmitt. He is a 27-year-old, father of two, and is writing this letter because the school’s negative impact on his life. In 2002, Eric…

profits? Does this mean that big time universities are exploiting their college athletes so that they can cash in on their talents? Many people are not aware that most athletic departments actually lose money year after year trying to fund programs. Out of the 120 FBS (formerly named Division 1) schools, only twelve broke even or made a profit last year. The money they would be using would be coming out of the university’s…

licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. A graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology takes two years of study beyond the bachelor’s. The top schools that have the circular program of SLP’s are the University of Iowa, IA , University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI also University of Washington-Settle,…