Education

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

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun is continuing to make changes to the Indiana University board of trustees. The university said Tuesday that the governor has made three more appointments to the board, effective immediately.... Read More

Indiana Wesleyan University names David Davies as its new head of academic affairs. Davies was formerly provost of Houghton University in New York.... Read More

As new flights are added at airports across Indiana and nationwide, the job market for pilots is also growing. Purdue Global's School of Aviation is helping the next generation of aviation professionals prepare for takeoff. ... Read More

Six of Indiana’s public colleges and universities are cutting or consolidating more than 400 academic degree programs ahead of a new state law that takes effect this week, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced Monday.... Read More

Jeffrey Butts, now the superintendent of the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis, will begin his new role Jan. 5. He will succeed Robert Taylor, who plans to retire.... Read More

The policy, which the school board approved unanimously Thursday, applies only to teachers and staff, and does not include guidance on student use of artificial-intelligence technology.... Read More

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in the industry is projected to grow 28% from 2023 to 2033.... Read More

The $4 million project, being funded by a grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc., will be open to university students and employees, as well as members of the greater Angola community.... Read More

With the new building comes the relocation of the IU School of Medicine’s primary classroom and education facility from its longtime home on the IU Indianapolis campus to be closer to the main IU Health teaching hospital, still under construction.... Read More

Maureen Weber, president and CEO of Early Learning Indiana since 2018, plans to leave the nonprofit as soon as a successor can be found, the organization announced Wednesday.... Read More

The charter school movement in Indiana is growing with a new option designed for rural families called microschools – each tailored to the community it serves. ... Read More

Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade. The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years.... Read More