Three generations of Delayna O’Daniels’ family have worked as nurses at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City. Following in her mother’s and grandmother’s footsteps, O’Daniels became a ...

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You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. After tussling over proposed legislation to allow community colleges to offer a bachelor’s of ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa — The suspect moved menacingly toward her, but Elexiana Oliva stood her ground, gun drawn and in a half crouch as she calmly tried to talk him down. The confrontation wasn't real, and ...

First-year paramedic student Madison Magill practices checking pulse and blood pressure Feb. 11 at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. Of Iowa’s top 10 jobs with openings as of Feb. 3, half ...

Emily Shields, executive director of Community Colleges for Iowa, which is studying whether the state’s community colleges should be allowed to offer bachelor’s degrees. For some students, “moving to ...

Community colleges play a crucial role in higher education, offering accessible, affordable, and flexible learning opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds. One of their most significant ...

Chesapeake-based Sentara College of Health Sciences announced last week that it will stop offering nursing and non-nursing degree programs and will move those courses to state and regional ...

In my years reporting on community colleges, I never knew that 29 campuses offer bachelor’s degrees (at the time of writing ...