Purdue University Global and Ivy Tech Community College have formed a partnership they say will offer more transfer options to students. Beginning next month, the schools say they will begin exchanging and accepting credits for prior learning.... Read More
Two Wabash College professors have been awarded a nearly $470,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The college says the funding will be used to study the impacts of protein level control on human development and disease.... Read More
A bill that seeks to increase the number of Indiana students who complete the federal college financial aid application advanced to the Indiana House after lawmakers rolled back the measure Monday.... Read More
Earlham College has received a $5.4 million gift from Alan and Peg Kral Scantland, alumni from the class of 1974. The college says the funding will help expand its EPIC Journey program this fall.... Read More
Indiana State University trustee Cynthia Powers and her husband Mamon have donated $150,000 in honor of alumnus and Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith Sr. ISU says the gift establishes the Quentin P. Smith Sr., Endowed Aviation Scholarship.... Read More
NCAA Division I's highest-ranking governing body called for a review Friday of how name, image and likeness compensation policies are impacting recruiting, transfers, academics and the mental health of athletes.... Read More
Indiana State University is projecting 1,800 freshmen this fall, up from 1,433 in 2021. During presentations on student affairs, enrollment and budget, university officials told the ISU Board of Trustees freshman applications are up 42% from last year.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Health is changing its COVID-19 guidance for K-12 schools and childcare programs throughout the state. Among the changes, schools will no longer have to report COVID-19 cases to the state or conduct contact tracing beginning February 23.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College has established a new School of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Ivy Tech says the school was launched in partnership with Regional Innovation and Startup Education to offer an Entrepreneurship Certificate program that can be completed in two semesters.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Education has approved claims for 130 former nursing students who attended ITT Educational Services Inc., which was headquartered in Carmel and shut down in 2016. The department says ITT misled students about the accreditation of its associate degree in nursing program.... Read More
Carmel-based Zotec Foundation has donated $100,000 to Indianapolis-based nonprofit Indy Women in Tech for education, training, and career development in information technology fields. The nonprofit says it will use the funding to support youth events such as “Pathways to Tech” and “Ignite Your SuperPower.”... Read More
Ball State University has received a $1 million gift from alumni Dave and Deb Heeter that will be used to establish a scholarship fund and support the university's athletics department. The Heeter Family Legacy Scholarship will support the Teachers College in honor of the donors' parents, Bob and Barbara Heeter and Jo Butler.... Read More
Indiana University and Dubois County are teaming up to expand their community development collaboration through the university’s Center for Rural Engagement. IU says through the center’s Sustaining Hoosier Communities initiative, faculty and students will work to address projects involving health and wellness, infrastructure planning, and natural resource management.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation has announced a national grant competition to help individual community colleges improve on their brand-building and marketing... Read More
Ball State University is partnering with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with the goal of benefitting students in the school's esports program. The university says the deal includes scholarships for members of its varsity esports team.... Read More
Purdue University says it has officially inked an agreement to transfer control of a nearly century-old radio station to Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media. Upon approval from the Federal Communications Commission, the organizations expect the transfer of the license for WBAA radio AM and FM to occur in late spring.... Read More
The Purdue University College of Education has launched a program it says will help address the teacher shortage in Indiana and benefit students who decide to become teachers late in their undergraduate studies. The Boilermaker Track to Teaching gives Purdue juniors and seniors a path to obtaining an Indiana Secondary teaching license that didn't previously exist. ... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana says it has accepted an invitation to join the Ohio Valley Conference as it looks to move to Division I athletics. The university says the partnership will allow it to submit a formal bid for reclassification in the NCAA ahead of the June 1 deadline.... Read More
Indiana University's board of trustees has approved the architectural design for the IU School of Medicine's new Medical Education Building in Indianapolis. IU says the 11-story, 325,000-square-foot facility will be used to address instructional and research needs of programs.... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved increases in room and board rates for several of its campuses. The university says the increases for the 2022-23 academic year are smallest in more than a decade.... Read More
