Iowa Board of Regents Selects New Center for Intellectual Freedom Director
The appointment ends a contentious search as the center prepares for a permanent director after interim leader Luciano de Castro raised oversight concerns.
- On Tuesday, the Iowa Board of Regents appointed University of Nebraska at Omaha professor Carson Holloway as the permanent director of the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa.
- The appointment follows a tumultuous start under interim director Luciano I. de Castro, who alleged the Board of Regents improperly sidelined him; 11 of the center's 26 advisory council members resigned late last month amid governance disputes.
- Holloway, an expert in American political thought, emerged from a pool of more than 60 candidates. The board is negotiating his contract with a salary range between $200,000 and $450,000.
- As de Castro departs his interim position on Thursday, the center prepares to meet a legislative requirement to offer civics courses to roughly 12,000 students annually starting in fall 2028.
- Regents President Robert Cramer expressed optimism about the center's trajectory, stating he is confident that in the next 18 months the organization has a "great opportunity to move forward" and will be in a "really good place.
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Carson Holloway appointed director of University of Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom
Carson Holloway, a political science professor, has been named the permanent director of the University of Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom, pending contract negotiations.
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The Iowa Board of Regents announced University of Nebraska at Omaha faculty Carson Holloway will succeed interim director Luciano de Castro as the permanent director of the Center for Intellectual Freedom in a board meeting Tuesday. The formal announcement arrived eight days after de Castro published a 409-page report criticizing the Board of Regents, describing...
Iowa Board of Regents selects new Center for Intellectual Freedom director
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UNO professor to lead University of Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom
The Iowa Board of Regents has selected Carson Holloway as the new director of the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, opening a new chapter for the center amid conflict over its development. Board of Regents President Robert Cramer said he appreciated the “time and energy” center interim director Luciano de Castro […]
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