MOUNT VERNON, IA (02/08/2017)-- Cornell College named over 200 students to its Dean's List for the Fall 2016 semester. Dean's List students include:

Anthony Clifton of Bettendorf earned High Honors

Aubrey Kohl of Davenport earned High Honors

Kaylin Voss of Davenport earned Honors

Kaci Yost of Eldridge earned Honors

ST. PETER, Minn. (Feb. 2, 2017) - The Fall Semester Dean's List at Gustavus Adolphus College has been released. The list comprises students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average (based on a scale in which 4.0 = A) or higher for the semester ending in December 2016.

The following local students were named to the Dean's List at Gustavus Adolphus College:

George Roderick from Rock Island, IL

MADISON, Wis. (February 8, 2017) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2016-2017 academic year.

AMES, IA (01/31/2017)-- The Iowa State University College of Human Science's Dean's List honors students who have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of 2016.

Jacob Anson of Muscatine, IA (52761)

Hannah Bankson of Bettendorf, IA (52722)

Allison Berens of Davenport, IA (52804)

Megan Black of Davenport, IA (52804)

Madeleine Blandin of De Witt, IA (52742)

Leo Bormann of Davenport, IA (52807)

ROCK ISLAND, IL (01/31/2017)-- Augustana College announced 986 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2016 fall term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Those from your area named to the Dean's List are:

Note: This list of students is a partial list. For the complete list of all (125) students for this story, login to:

According to a recent report by The College Board, the average cost of college (tuition, fees, room, and board) is $20,090 for a four-year in-state school and $45,370 for a four-year private school.

Lead Higher helps enroll low-income and minority students in AP/IB classes

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) announced today they reestablished the 21st Century Skills Caucus (21CS Caucus) for the 115th Congress. The caucus will serve as a bipartisan platform for advancing the discussion on how to better equip K-12 students with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the global economy.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today voted in favor of President Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos to be U.S. Secretary of Education. He made the following comment on the vote.

Local superintendents were among more than 150 education leaders at the Iowa Capitol on Thursday, February 2nd united in their vocation and in their request for Iowa legislators to attend to the needs of the state’s students.

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