The Hawkeye State has a plan to make college cheaper: Iowa is mulling a bill that would allow some of the state’s community colleges to begin offering a limited number of bachelor’s degrees. However, ...

In the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed three bills that would have allowed community colleges to award students more bachelor’s degrees. Unfazed, lawmakers are now backing a fourth bill that ...

Harper College and other community colleges have renewed a long-sought plan to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the effort has again stalled in Springfield amid opposition from ...

Iowa lawmakers are exploring a proposal to enable the state's community colleges to offer bachelor's degree programs, focusing on high-demand fields and areas with limited access to higher education.

His bill would allow the community college in his district, Southwestern College, to create up to four additional bachelor’s programs in applied disciplines, such as teaching English to speakers of ...