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An Open Letter to the Iowa State Auditor

April 26, 2019 By Mark 8 Comments

Dear State Auditor Sand,

For the past three and a half years — following the Iowa Board of Regents’ appointment of J. Bruce Harreld as president of the University of Iowa in September of 2015 — I have been paying close attention to the state’s public universities and to the board. While there is a good deal of information available from those institutions, and considerable reporting by local and state press about those institutions, over time I have encountered a number of questions that can only be answered by looking at the financial books of the schools, or of the regents as a whole. Because I have no ability to compel such access as a citizen, and as Iowa’s state auditor you obviously do, I am writing in that regard.  [ Read more ]

Filed Under: Non Sequiturs Tagged With: Harreld