Iowa Board of Regents

This document provides the Iowa Board of Regents with an economic and market environment overview as of late 2025, detailing key trends in inflation, employment, interest rates, global budget deficits, and market concentration. It includes a comprehensive performance review, showcasing asset allocation and return summaries for the operating and endowment portfolios of the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, alongside their respective policy index definitions.

This document outlines the five-year strategic plans for university residence systems across Iowa's public universities, covering fiscal years 2027 through 2031. The plan focuses on ensuring student success and satisfaction by providing safe, clean, welcoming, and supportive communities. Key priorities include continuous facility improvements, addressing deferred maintenance, and maintaining financial sustainability through managing operational costs, optimizing occupancy, and proposing appropriate rates. The plan also details preliminary budgets and proposed rates for the academic year 2026-2027.

The meeting involved extensive consideration and adoption of sections of a proposed Procedural Guide covering Board Officers and Committees, and Board Meetings. Key actions included eliminating the Development Committee, renaming the Faculty Committee to the Educational Policy Committee, defining the composition and responsibilities of the remaining standing committees (Educational Policy Committee and Building and Business Committee), and amending procedures for dockets and special quorums. Later discussions addressed Section 5, renaming it Capital Improvements, and considering amendments related to physical plant and equipment. Further, the Board adopted revised rules and regulations concerning admission requirements for freshmen, transfer students, and non-degree students across the State University of Iowa, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and Iowa State Teachers College, which had been approved by the Attorney General. Reports were also requested or discussed regarding legislative budgets, transfer student studies, and freshman counseling and guidance programs.

This document is an economic value report that assesses the financial impact and benefits generated by Iowa's Regent Universities on the state economy. It analyzes various economic impacts, including operations, construction, UI Health Care, research, economic development, visitor, student spending, volunteerism, and alumni contributions. The report also provides an investment analysis from the perspectives of students, taxpayers, and society, quantifying the returns on investment.

This report details the substantial financial and employment impact of Iowa's Regent Universities within the state, reflecting data from FY 2023-24. It highlights contributions across various sectors, including alumni impact, economic development through start-ups, operational and student spending, visitor spending, volunteerism, construction, UI Health Care, and research. The document quantifies these impacts in terms of added income and jobs supported, demonstrating a significant return on investment for students through higher lifetime earnings and for taxpayers via increased revenue and public sector savings.