(Radio Iowa) – The University of Northern Iowa is asking the Board of Regents to approve an agreement to have an outside company manage the U-N-I Bookstore. U-N-I is asking the Regents to approve the request to have Follett Higher Education Group take over the operation of the store at their meeting August 2nd. The proposed contract is for six years and Follett would pay U-N-I a percentage of sales, provide an annual credit of 10-thousand dollars for textbook scholarships and agree to invest up to 900-thousand dollars to update the facility

Follett has operated the store at the University of Iowa since 2021. Iowa State University operates its own bookstore.