Promotion and tenure requests for 60 Iowa State faculty and a proposed 3% fall tuition increase for ISU's in-state undergraduates are on the agenda when the Iowa Board of Regents meets at the ISU Alumni Center April 23-24. The agenda is online, and all open portions of the meeting will be livestreamed on the board website.
The faculty promotion requests feature 25 women and 35 men and are nearly split between promotions with tenure (30 requests) and promotions for previously tenured faculty (29 requests). If approved, the promotions take effect in August for the 2025-26 academic year.
Faculty promotion requests for 2025-26
|
|
Total |
Women |
Men |
|
Promotion with tenure |
30 |
9 |
21 |
|
Promotion (already tenured) |
29 |
16 |
13 |
|
Tenure only |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
60 |
25 |
35 |
Iowa State's faculty make-up
|
Academic year |
Total faculty |
Tenured |
Tenure track |
Term |
|
2024-25 |
1,746 |
906 (52%) |
213 (12%) |
627 (36%) |
|
2022-23 |
1,749 |
953 (54%) |
223 (13%) |
573 (33%) |
|
2020-21 |
1,858 |
981 (53%) |
298 (16%) |
579 (31%) |
Proposed tuition and fee increases
The regents will review proposed tuition rates for the 2025-26 academic year next week, with a vote anticipated at the June meeting.
Undergraduates. As proposed, resident undergraduates would pay $9,530 next year, a $278 (3%) increase from this year. Nonresident undergraduates would pay an additional $1,232 (4.5%), or $28,578 next year, as proposed. Mandatory student fees for all undergraduates would go up a proposed $26 (1.7%), to $1,561. The proposed new fee reflects a $10 increase to the technology fee (to $394) to support student-related software license fees and a $16 increase to the health fee (to $318) to support additional professional positions and higher supply costs.
Graduate students. Tuition for resident and nonresident graduate students would go up a proposed 3%, to $11,838 for in-state students and $29,976 for nonresidents. With the same $26 increase, the proposed mandatory fees for graduate students would rise to $1,501 this fall.
Professional students. Iowa State is proposing a 3.5% ($1,020) tuition increase, to $30,154, for resident Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students and 3% ($1,848), to $61,554 for nonresident students. Fourth-year veterinary students pay additional tuition for the 12-month curriculum.
Academic requests
Iowa State will seek final approval for three degree programs and a new center:
- B.S. in digital and precision agriculture, jointly administered by agronomy and agricultural and biosystems engineering, an ISU degree of the future
- Master of finance technology, offered jointly by the departments of computer science, finance, and information systems and business analytics, also a degree of the future
- M.S. in supply chain management, online program that could be completed in 12 months
- Center for Cyclone Civics, administered in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, to "promote civic education and free speech through research, curriculum, programming and Extension to Iowa State students and residents of Iowa," responds to regents' November 2023 DEI directive #9
Oral reports
The regents will receive these presentations:
- Supporting first-generation students, presenters include ISU dean of students Sharron Evans, to the academic affairs committee, Wednesday, 1 p.m.
- Disability support services, presenters include ISU director of accessibility services Clara Hernandez, free speech and student affairs committee, Wednesday, 2 p.m.
- "Translating Research to Make Industrial Impact," Nigel Ruel, associate chair of chemical and biological engineering and Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering, full board, Thursday, 10 a.m.
- Fiscal year 2026 salary policy comments, includes Faculty Senate president Rahul Parsa, finance; and P&S Council president Jason Follett, software engineering, full board, Thursday, 10:30 a.m.
