Iowa Wesleyan, Three Other Colleges, Sought $48 Million from State

Iowa Wesleyan University — the state’s second-oldest college now careening toward closure next month — wasn’t the only higher education institution in February to ask Gov. Kim Reynolds for a cut of Iowa’s billions in federal COVID-relief funds to help overcome “significant obstacles.” Four universities collaborated on a total request of $48 million — or $12 million apiece — from Iowa’s most recent $1.48 billion American Rescue Plan Act allocation, according to a “white paper” submitted to the governor’s office Feb. 3.