Northeast Iowa’s 166-year-old Upper Iowa University is cutting 37 positions and closing seven of its more than 20 regional education centers due to dropping enrollment, shifting student needs ...

Upper Iowa University enrolled 5,000 students as recently as 2015, according to federal education data. By fall 2021, the school reported about 2,000 students enrolled, with three-fourths of them ...

Upper Iowa University in Fayette is closing seven of its regional education centers in neighboring states and laying off more than three dozen people. According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, 22 ...

Declaring "financial exigency," Upper Iowa University this week eliminated 13 faculty positions and two deans; Those and other cost-saving measures came after a financial consulting firm told the ...

Upper Iowa has been among the hardest hit, with enrollment dropping to 3,000 in 2021, a 36% decline from 2016. Upper Iowa University layoffs follow debt payment pause, increased scrutiny from USDA ...