Brain Drain in Iowa

State board studies how to keep its college presidents for longer stints

Iowa's top exports include pork, machinery, and, increasingly, college presidents.

The state has developed a reputation as a training ground for hotshot college chiefs who leave the state to run major research universities elsewhere. With the recent departure of yet another popular president at the University of Iowa, members of the state's Board of Regents, the news media, and even faculty members are

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