IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

Iowa College Students Tell You How They Learn Stuff While Not Buying Textbooks

Plenty of college students avoid spending a lot on textbooks that can cost from around $20 for a book on writing grant proposals to $400 for a physics book, a spring IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project revealed. They talk about it in this podcast.

By IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

/ 25 Jun 2018

Iowa College Students Tell You How They Learn Stuff While Not Buying Textbooks

Video Feature: College Students, Faculty, Staff And Their Concerns About College Textbook Costs

Here, in their own words, are students and faculty Loras College, William Penn University, Simpson College and the University of Northern Iowa, who are concerned about college textbook costs.

By IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

/ 8 May 2018

Watch Iowans Tell You About Post-Election Rhetoric On Their College Campuses

In their own words, students and faculty at Iowa colleges and universities reveal whether or not rhetoric on their campuses has calmed since the November presidential election.

By IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

/ 7 May 2017

Huge Debts Temper Job Searches For 2014 College Graduates In Iowa

Plenty of seniors on Iowa college campuses interviewed this spring for an IowaWatch report on college debt and attitudes about finding a job have been in an 'in-the-now moment'. They will graduate soon and many of them don't have solid plans for paying the bills.

By Linh Ta, Sarah Rochford, Danielle Ferguson/Special to IowaWatch and IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

/ 11 May 2014