The Iowa Board of Regents gave final approval for the 2018 budgets during a meeting via telephone. The presidents of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and Northern Iowa each talked about the challenges they face in light of state budget cuts.  Regents president Michael Richards says the university leaders are doing what they can to handle the state funding cuts.

 

Richards says it’s not a fight between education and state government.

 

The task force has meetings scheduled next week with each of the three schools where they will talk about their five-year tuition plans.