Nearly Half of Center for Intellectual Freedom Advisory Council Members Resign

11 quit Center for Intellectual Freedom council, citing low confidence

The UI Center for Intellectual Freedom's advisory council was hit hard when 11 members resigned, citing a "vote of no confidence" in the center.

Nearly half of Center for Intellectual Freedom advisory council members resign

Eleven of the 26 advisory council members for the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa have resigned this week. Panelists speaking Dec. 6, 2025, at the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, from left,…

11 members resign from Center for Intellectual Freedom Advisory Council

The Iowa Board of Regents has accepted the resignations of 11 members of the Center for Intellectual Freedom (CIF) Advisory Council.

Resignations follow no-confidence vote at Center for Intellectual Freedom

In casting a “vote of no confidence” in the Legislature’s Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, all but two of the 13 out-of-state professors personally invited by Gov. Kim Reynolds to serve on the center’s advisory council abruptly resigned over the weekend.

Nearly a dozen members of UI Center for Intellectual Freedom board resigns

Nearly a dozen board members of the University of Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom (CIF) Advisory Committee have resigned from their post.The Iowa Board

Nearly half of the Center for Intellectual Freedom advisory council resigns; emails reveal infighting with regents

Nearly half of the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa’s advisory council membership have resigned from their roles after issues were voiced about the Iowa Board of Regents’ dismissal of their concerns relating to control of the center and finding its permanent leader. The Iowa Board of Regents Tuesday stated in a […]