The next president and CEO of the Independent Colleges of Indiana is Dottie King, president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. King will succeed David Wantz, who retired in 2022 but remained interim president of the Indianapolis-based organization. ... Read More
The arrangement formalizes the creation of Indiana University Indianapolis, the new name for IU’s existing campus in Indianapolis, and Purdue University in Indianapolis, which will expand its footprint at IUPUI and open other Indianapolis locations.... Read More
Purdue Global and Ivy Tech Community College have announced a Pathways Partnership agreement that will provide a path for Ivy Tech to transfer their associate degrees and credits toward all Purdue Global bachelor’s degrees. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based Mind Trust's 2023 six-digit investment adds the to the now $675,000 donated over the past four years to majority people of color-led organizations.... Read More
Indiana’s private school voucher program grew by 20% in the 2022-23 school year — the largest increase in the number of students in nearly 10 years, according to a new report.... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees plan to vote on a binding contract with Purdue University at its board meeting Wednesday, marking the next step in the rebranding of IUPUI.... Read More
Brownsburg resident Darwin McCallian, an Indiana State University alumnus, has made a $1.2 million donation to the university’s Scott College of Business. The university said the gift will primarily focus on attracting influential leaders and faculty.... Read More
Hammond Academy of Science and Technology (HAST) has received a land grant from Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance. Dr. Sean Egan, the outgoing principal at HAST, helped secure the land plot. ... Read More
A member of the Vigo County Commissioners is asking the Vigo County Council to table a proposal that would provide funding for Indiana State University's Early Childhood Learning program. ... Read More
More than two dozen Indianapolis Public Schools high school students pitched their business ideas Friday as part of the BOSS Summer Entrepreneurship camp at IUPUI. The students spent the week learning about entrepreneurship from Kelley School professors.... Read More
Purdue University Northwest welcomes Bruce W. Berdanier as the new dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences. Berdanier will begin July 24 to lead a school of over 20 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.... Read More
Purdue University's Board of Trustees approved a number of measures Friday, including a continuation of the West Lafayette campus's tuition freeze, the 2024 fiscal year budget, a new agriculture dean and rehabilitation of a university airport runway. ... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education has launched the 2023 Summer Food Service Program for Indiana students to get free meals and snacks. The program is designed to support low-income children in areas where they may have limited access to nutritious food.... Read More
An Indianapolis school teacher has teamed up with the ACLU of Indiana to challenge a new state law that prohibits instruction on human sexuality in grades K-3. A federal lawsuit claims House Enrolled Act 1608 infringes on the teacher’s constitutional rights.... Read More
The Ivy Tech Community College Board of Trustees on Thursday approved tuition and fees for the next two academic years. The college said the move will result in lower overall costs for about two-thirds of its students.... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana has named Shelly Blunt interim provost. Blunt, who currently serves as dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education, succeeds Mohammed Khayum, who is retiring after 32 years with the university.... Read More
A school district, the airport authority and a manufacturer have partnered with Indiana State University's Preferred Partners program to give their employees 15% off of tuition for undergraduate and graduate online degree programs. ... Read More
The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) has awarded PALSave Textbook Creation grants to fund eight open textbooks from faculty authors at the network’s supported institutions. The grants allow educators to develop open textbooks that are freely available online, making them part of a Lilly Endowment-funded statewide effort to reduce the cost of course […]... Read More
The University of Notre Dame announced Thursday that Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick will step down in the first quarter of 2024. And his successor has already been named; NBC Sports Group Chairman Peter Bevacqua is set to take over as AD next year.... Read More
A project at IU's Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, a data and research driven service and research hub on the Indianapolis campus, will investigate why the state is not producing enough those specialty health care workers to meet the demand through exploring the post-secondary pipeline. ... Read More
