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Cornell College discontinuing more than a dozen majors and minors
Officials said students will still have access to language courses online or through off-campus programs, though th…
By Jared Harris 
Nov 25, 2025
Iowa State Board of Education finalizes pro-life curriculum rules, removes gender identity protections
The board also approved rules enforcing a law that removes 'gender identity' as a protected class in the Iowa Civil…
By Jared Harris 
Nov 23, 2025
Student arrested and charged after wrecking TPUSA and YAF tables
A student was caught on film in two separate instances vandalizing TPUSA and YAF campus tables.
By Austin Browne  '24
Nov 12, 2025
Iowa State fires employee who said Charlie Kirk is 'rotting in hell'
Iowa State University (ISU) fired an employee after she appeared to celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination on socia…
By Emily Sturge  
Sep 30, 2025
Superintendent loses license and $270K salary after ICE arrest on outstanding removal order
An Iowa school district's top administrator has been detained on an outstanding removal order.
By Jared Harris 
Sep 30, 2025
ISU faculty member says school ‘finding loopholes’ to keep DEI alive
An official at Iowa State University’s (ISU) has been caught on video admitting the school was finding ways to keep…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 12, 2025
Second University of Iowa staffer says DEI continues despite state ban
Another undercover video has surfaced showing a University of Iowa administrator saying that Diversity, Equity, and…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 11, 2025
University of Iowa official secretly filmed admitting DEI survives law, board directives
A University of Iowa official was caught in a video published on Wednesday admitting that Diversity, Equity, and In…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 2, 2025
Iowa Regents delay vote again on limiting DEI as professors defend controversial policy
The Iowa Board of Regents has delayed for a second time a vote on a proposal that would prohibit colleges from requ…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 28, 2025
Iowa Regents to evaluate eliminating DEI, CRT course requirements
The Iowa Board of Regents will consider a policy proposal at an upcoming meeting to ban mandatory courses in Divers…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 5, 2025
Iowa regents vote to end Social Justice, American Studies programs
The Iowa Board of Regents has voted to discontinue the University of Iowa's Bachelor of Arts in Social Justice and …
By Clarise Tujardon '26
Mar 6, 2025
Iowa House advances legislation to remove DEI offices from private universities
The Iowa House Higher Education Committee approved a bill that would prohibit private universities receiving state …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 4, 2025
Campus Reform's Anti-DEI Legislation Tracker
22 states have passed anti-DEI legislation as of September 2025.
By Emily Sturge  
Mar 4, 2025
Iowa Board of Regents tells state universities to completely eliminate DEI online
The Board president called on university leaders to make sure they are ‘following the spirit of the laws and execut…
By Elad Vaida 
Mar 4, 2025
Iowa universities made to ask applicants to list ‘male’ or ‘female’ instead of choosing from a plethora of genders
The decision comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order proclaiming that ‘there are only two genders - ma…
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 24, 2025
Iowa state legislature considers bill cutting off tuition grants to private colleges and universities that promote DEI
‘A private institution of higher education shall not, except as otherwise provided by federal or state law or accre…
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 18, 2025
Iowa State University offers ‘Anti-Capitalist Personal Finance’ by ‘non-binary Filipinix’ activist
Leo Aquino, the speaker, is a ‘non-binary Filipinx writer, journalist, and financial coach.’
By Elad Vaida 
Jan 17, 2025
2024: Foreign influence in American higher ed 
In 2024, various public officials and citizens raised concerns over the corrupting or disruptive impact of foreign …
By Campus Reform 
Dec 30, 2024
University of Iowa drops Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies department
The University of Iowa has announced that it will close its department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, a…
By Campus Reform 
Dec 26, 2024
University of Iowa paid MSNBC host Joy Reid $55k to speak on campus: EXCLUSIVE
Campus Reform filed a public records request with the University of Iowa regarding speaker funds allocated to left-…
By Emma Arns '26
Dec 12, 2024
University of Iowa administration reinforces academic freedom and political statement policy after presidential election
Leadership from the University of Iowa reminded faculty about making political statements following the 2024 presid…
By Campus Reform 
Nov 14, 2024
Students protest as Iowa State alters LGBTQ center under new anti-DEI law
Iowa State University has updated its Center for LGBTQIA+ for Student Success to comply with a state law restrictin…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Nov 9, 2024
Iowa students distribute free contraception amid state abortion ban
A group of University of Iowa students has responded to a fetal heartbeat abortion ban by promoting free 'emergency…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Nov 3, 2024
Iowa universities have redirected over $2 million away from DEI offices
As noted by the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the Iowa Board of Regents released a report on Tuesday that says $2.1 millio…
By Campus Reform 
Oct 30, 2024
Banner vandalized at University of Iowa for YAF event led by Oct. 7 speaker
A banner set up by the University of Iowa’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) was allegedly vandalized w…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 3, 2024
Iowa Board of Regents reviews universities' DEI programs following new state law
The Iowa Board of Regents is currently reviewing the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies and programs of publ…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 27, 2024
Report details schools' efforts to rebrand rather than eliminate DEI offices in accordance with state laws
A recent study says that American universities who have been forced to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (…
By Travis Morgan  '25
Sep 20, 2024
University of Iowa worker routed almost $1 million away from university, into personal bank accounts: Report
​The manager of a machine shop at the University of Iowa is accused of diverting around $1 million into personal ba…
By Campus Reform 
Sep 8, 2024
Iowa State officially disbands DEI office after state law takes effect
Iowa State University in Ames officially shut down its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office on July 22.
By Mary Stevens '25
Aug 2, 2024
Biden Title IX overhaul blocked by federal judge in 6 more states
The Biden administration's overhaul of Title IX rules was blocked by another federal judge in six more states.
By Adam Sabes 
Jul 29, 2024
University of Iowa rebrands DEI office following passage of new state law
The University of Iowa recently announced that it has replaced its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office in…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 26, 2024
Iowa House passes bill to limit DEI at public universities
On Feb. 29, the Iowa House of Representatives voted to prohibit university staff positions dedicated to Diversity, …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 6, 2024
'Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination': State rep shares Iowa's efforts to combat DEI
Iowa state representative Taylor Collins told Campus Reform about Iowa’s efforts to combat DEI: ‘[I]f we see that D…
By Pedro Rodriguez '26
Jan 19, 2024
Iowa Board of Regents vote to curb DEI in state universities
In November, the board approved a series of 10 proposals seeking to gut the DEI bureaucracy in the state’s three pu…
By Ranen Aschemann '27
Dec 12, 2023
DeSantis vows to revoke visas of Hamas-supporting international students if elected President
'Before the blood was even dry on the Israelis who were massacred, you saw people in our own country on college cam…
By Marya Ruth  Dunning '25
Oct 23, 2023
Legal watchdog demands answers on child gender treatment from university health centers
America First Legal filed Open Records Requests with five 'gender clinics,' including four university medical cente…
By John Rigolizzo 
Jun 6, 2023
Jill Biden slammed for inviting losing Iowa team to the White House
The First Lady has come under a deluge of scrutiny after inviting both the winner and runner-up of the recent NCAA …
By Austin Browne  '24
Apr 11, 2023
University paper, faculty decry legislation to protect children from underage sex changes
In response to legislation that seeks to protect biological women being passed in Iowa, members of the University o…
By Logan Dubil  '23
Mar 20, 2023
Iowa Board of Regents halts all DEI programs, pending 'comprehensive' review
The state’s Board of Regents wrote, '[o]ver the next few months, the Board of Regents will initiate a comprehensive…
By Jared Gould 
Mar 20, 2023
Iowa State holds 'Social Justice Summit'
The summit was the 12th of its kind at Iowa State University and consisted of breakout sessions and a keynote speak…
By Alexia Bianchi  '22
Feb 2, 2023
Iowa State bans TikTok
Iowa State University has banned the usage of TikTok from university-owned devices due to potential threats from Ch…
By Alexia Bianchi  '22
Dec 28, 2022
University clarifies tabling policies ‘to protect students’ freedom of speech’
After receiving a demand letter, Iowa State University clarified a tabling policy that risks ‘censor[ing] student o…
By Shelby Kearns 
Dec 23, 2022
2022 in Review: Top 10 Campus Reform Exclusives
From political discrimination in admissions to an Ivy League school wanting 'progressive applicants,' liberal bias …
By Kate Hirzel 
Dec 11, 2022
Change these 'unconstitutional' policies, legal organization tells 12 universities
On Monday night, Southeastern Legal Foundation sent letters to 12 universities across the country demanding that th…
By Alexa Schwerha  and Kate Anderson 
Oct 4, 2022
Campus Profile: University of Northern Iowa
The University of Northern Iowa is a public college in Cedar Falls. Around 7,981 undergraduate students are enrolle…
By Julianna Balducci '24
Sep 24, 2022
TPUSA chapter event with Benny Johnson disrupted by a student's violent outburst
The video shows the student shouting, 'Racist a** s**t! F**k you! I swear to f*****g god!'
By Kate Anderson 
Sep 23, 2022
Law school orientation makes students learn about pronouns
The University of Iowa’s College of Law allegedly taught incoming students about proper pronoun usage during an ori…
By Logan Dubil  '23
Aug 24, 2022
'Why Socialists Should Become Teachers': Radicals train students to organize for social justice
This summer, Young Democratic Socialists of America is conducting a six-week summer session that trains college st…
By Alexa Schwerha 
Jun 10, 2022
Turning Point USA barred from Drake University
The Drake University Student Senate denied recognition to the conservative student organization Turning Point USA. …
By Zachary Unger  '24
May 26, 2022
'Critical Race Theory' course taught at University of Iowa one year after governor's ban
The course is titled 'Identity and Social Issues: Critical Race Theory.'
By Lena Branch  '24
Apr 27, 2022