Despite low enrollment rates and a lack of interest from students delaying its rollout, classes at the University of Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom will now be a graduation requirement under new Iowa law.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 2800 on June 2 and the bill will require students from the UI, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa to take a three-credit American history course and a three-credit American government course beginning fall 2028.
The legislation designates the Center for Intellectual Freedom as the only academic unit at the UI permitted to offer the required American history and government courses…