The University of Iowa has been designated as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

Why are some countries rich and others poor? It’s among the most important questions in economics—in all the social sciences—and one at the heart of the work for which MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson and University of Chicago Harris School ...

Proposed Medicaid work requirements may greatly limit access to health coverage, lead to substantial economic losses, and fall short of boosting employment, a new report warns. The report was released last week by the Commonwealth Fund and the George ...

Missouri State has unveiled its new strategic plan, which includes the goal of increasing enrollment to 30,000 by 2030.

Latinas and African American women in the U.S. labor market / Irene Browne -- The economic progress of African American women / Mary Corcoran -- Losing ground: the erosion of the relative earnings of African American women during the 1980s / John Bound and ...

The 2023 landmark Supreme Court decision effectively banning race-conscious affirmative action—along with the subsequent challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in major corporations and military admissions—has brought back the decades-old ...