Before Bruce Harreld was appointed president of the University of Iowa, the Board of Regents did not pursue additional funding for UIowa: "Documents released earlier this month said the regents would pursue additional funding for the state's other two public universities (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/09/01/regents-funding-request-iowa-legislature/71531042/), the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University, but not the University of Iowa. At that time, the regents were considering whether to ask the Iowa Legislature for an average 3 percent increase in state appropriations to the general education funds of the state's three public universities. The general fund increase, however, broke down to a 8.1 percent increase to the University of Northern Iowa, a 4.5 percent increase to Iowa State University and 0 percent for the University of Iowa." Now the Board of Regents will seek $4.5 million in additional funding for UIowa in 2016-2017. Coincidence?