The Southwest Iowa Regents Resource Center is southwest Iowa’s link to higher education from Iowa’s state supported universities—University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa and Iowa State University. The Center, located in Council Bluffs on the campus of Iowa School for the Deaf, is the only center of its kind in the state of Iowa.

The Center mission is to provide increased access to graduate and undergraduate education and other Regents university resources for area residents.

This unique, cooperative effort allows individuals, business firms, and organizations to use resources of the Iowa Regents university system to meet their educational needs. Through the Center, area residents can access a variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, ranging from the Bachelor of Liberal Studies to a Doctorate in Family and Consumer Science. Individuals can participate in credit courses, complete degree programs, and obtain information on admissions and transfer to Regents universities. The Center is also instrumental in accessing other university resources for delivery to the region, such as presentation of cultural programs, non-credit programs and workshops, and student internship opportunities.

Credit courses are delivered in a variety of ways: via the Iowa Communications Network, telecourses over Iowa Public Television, videotape, World Wide Web, DVD, streaming media, CD-ROM and guided correspondence/independent study.