Indiana will limit available seats in its state-funded preschool program to 2,500 children next school year — less than half the current enrollment. The state will also reduce reimbursement rates for preschools.... Read More
The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday signaled support for a 50-year master plan for the school’s downtown Indianapolis campus that proposes more than a dozen buildings across 28 acres at West and Michigan streets.... Read More
The Ivy Tech Community College board of trustees has voted to freeze tuition and mandatory fees for the next two academic years, the college announced Thursday.... Read More
A former administrator of two defunct Indiana virtual charter schools has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of wire fraud conspiracy as part of a sweeping $44 million scheme to defraud the state’s education department.... Read More
More than 250 students in Indiana University’s Kelley Direct Online MBA program recently worked with Bloomington-based modular housing company Origin Studio to develop solutions for real-world business challenges during a weeklong intensive case competition.... Read More
Indiana education officials presented the first draft of a new school accountability framework, marking a major step toward replacing the state’s previous A-F grading system with a model that instead “values the unique skills and strengths of each student.”... Read More
Tim Eaton, vice president of financial services and chief financial officer, and Laura Treanor, provost, senior vice president of instructional services and dean of faculty, will leave the university, effective July 1.... Read More
Indiana’s three planned technology hubs—for which the state has been selected for up to $350 million in federal funding—are still in the works despite ongoing uncertainties on the federal level, according to the Indiana organization coordinating the projects.... Read More
A collaboration between Vincennes University and 3M is providing $178,000 toward the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment at the Area 31 Career Center in Indianapolis to better train students for careers in manufacturing, automation and engineering.... Read More
E3 Robotics Center is launching four hands-on STEM summer camps for students in kindergarten through sixth grade, featuring programs in LEGO Discovery, LEGO Spike Essentials, LEGO Robotics and VEX IQ Robotics. The nonprofit has partnered with the new NIBCO ...... Read More
A new adaptive kitchen is helping students at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired get the ingredients they need for independence.... Read More
The University of Notre Dame has tapped Washington D.C.-based investment management firm Ancora to pursue the development of the first phase of its planned Tech and Talent District in downtown South Bend.... Read More
Indiana's public colleges and universities are starting to make cuts as a result of the state legislature's 5% funding reduction in the newly adopted budget. Observers say the cuts could significantly hurt the state's economy. ... Read More
As Indianapolis-based Orr Fellowship welcomes its first Evansville cohort in June, inaugural region director Ben Trockman is ready to lead the college graduates on their journey. Trockman spoke with IIB about steering the inaugural class.... Read More
Council members agreed last week to issue up to $117 million dollars in tax-exempt revenue bonds that the university can't legally issue on its own, although the university expects the final amount to be closer to $55 million.... Read More
Two years ago, Indiana adopted a requirement for students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, with some exceptions. The state set a goal for 60% of high school seniors to file by April 15, the deadline for preference for state aid.... Read More
The appointments, effective immediately, came shortly after Braun announced the removal of two other members, Vivian Winston and Jill Maurer Burnett, through a single-sentence notice they received earlier Monday. ... Read More
Provost Patrick Wolfe said in a letter to colleagues on Friday that the university is "sunsetting historical DEI activities and initiatives."... Read More
Notre Dame has opened its new Washington D.C., office, what the university describes as a hub of engagement with Congress, federal agencies, media outlets and peer institutions.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College will eliminate more than 200 positions at its locations across the state as school leaders grapple with significant state budget cuts, employees learned Friday.... Read More
