University of Iowa scholarship cuts criticized

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Students, parents and legislators are all unhappy about the University of Iowa's move to eliminate 2,500 scholarships in response to funding cuts, but there is disagreement about who is to blame.

There's wide disagreement on whether the target of such exasperation should be the state Legislature's Republican leadership, Gov. Terry Branstad or university president Bruce Harreld, the Iowa City Press-Citizen (http://icp-c.com/2lARkSK ) reported.

Senate Democrats have denounced the cuts as collateral damage from changes to the state's commercial property tax that led to lower revenues.