Education

Dr. Jay Hess, dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine since 2013, plans to step down from the position in July 2026, the school announced late last week.... Read More

New SAT results showed more Hoosier students meeting college-readiness benchmarks in reading, but overall scores remain low — especially in math.... Read More

Walmart is coming to Vincennes University to help with training associates to get them more technical experience. ... Read More

The 16th and Chestnut Community Center in Terre Haute is at risk of closing due to funding being withheld by the Trump Administration's education cuts. The center is rallying community support to try and stay open, including mayor Brandon Sakbun.... Read More

Purdue University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have signed an agreement that further develops joint research in national defense and global security, a commitment that includes establishing a federal lab near campus.... Read More

Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education funding Indiana receives for teaching and learning could be rolled into block grants and distributed to schools to spend with minimal requirements, under a plan presented by officials Wednesday.... Read More

Purdue University says it has created the nation’s first comprehensive space engineering degree program to better meet a global demand for aerospace engineers.... Read More

Indiana students continued to make gains in math this spring, but statewide reading scores remained largely unchanged, according to new ILEARN assessment data released Wednesday.... Read More

The Grow Your Own Teacher Apprenticeship Program is designed to support current non-licensed school employees—instructional aides, paraprofessionals and support staff—in grades K-6 by giving them a pathway to become licensed teachers.... Read More

An undisclosed gift from an anonymous alumnus of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has provided high-powered supercomputer workstations for students to better research and apply nanoengineering.... Read More

A former Noble County athletic director previously charged with theft and official misconduct is now suing members of the school district for allegedly failed to notify him of his Garrity rights.... Read More

In partnership with Ivy Tech Community College and the Southwest Indiana Workforce Board, the program aims to provide apprentices with on-the-job and classroom training while earning a wage as they start their nursing careers.... Read More

Options Schools plans to send a letter to the state legislature in the coming months with an urgent plea: Reinstate funding for alternative schools.... Read More

House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities, including the University of Notre Dame,  to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers call a “nefarious mechanism” to steal technology for the Chinese government.... Read More

Bethel University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Academic Language Therapy Associate to offer a Certified Academic Language Practitioner, or CALP, certification for students who earn their bachelor's degree in education.... Read More

Marian University has begun renovation of the former Veterans Administration hospital property in Indianapolis, part of a planned $137 million investment from the school on the near- northwest side of Indianapolis.... Read More

As part of the launch, Purdue is partnering with Indianapolis-based SpectronRx to build a dedicated radiopharmaceutical manufacturing training facility at the company's headquarters.... Read More

The University of Evansville has extended the contract of athletic director Kenneth "Ziggy" Siegfried through 2030, saying the 2022 hire has improved the success of the school’s athletes on the field and in the classroom.... Read More

Honda has donated $100,000 toward the John and Mary Pellegrino Student Design and Training Center, a 22,000-square-foot hub of hands-on learning and innovation in the robotics, aeronautics and powertrain industries and other fields.... Read More

The flight school has announced training program improvements, the addition of on-site aircraft maintenance and a new financial aid provider.... Read More