Caterpillar, Purdue celebrate relationship
Illinois-based Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is building upon its relationship with Purdue University with the formal opening of an office at the Convergence Center in Discovery Park District. ... Read More
Education
Federal judge enjoins Indiana laws on union dues deductions
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker ruled Thursday that the state was permanently enjoined from enforcing 2021’s Senate Enrolled Act 251 and 2022’s Senate Enrolled Act 297.... Read More
Federal grant to fund Evansville Promise Neighborhood
The University of Evansville has received a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funding will establish the Evansville Promise Neighborhood, which aims to help prepare children throughout their academic journey.... Read More
Rose-Hulman hits record for enrollment applications
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a record number of applications for the 2023-24 academic year. Our partners at WTWO-TV report more than 5,300 students from more than 70 countries have applied to attend the school.... Read More
‘$1 Law’ to expire, new funding for charters approved under newly amended bill
A bill originally focused on school building closures was transformed Wednesday to primarily provide Indiana charter schools with access to more state and local funding.... Read More
IU expands nanotechnology, microchip offerings
Indiana University is creating three new degree programs that will continue to bolster the school’s growing emphasis on technology careers and research opportunities. ... Read More
Ball State names new business college dean
Ball State University President Geoffrey Mearns announced Monday that Cathy DuBois will become the dean of the Miller College of Business. DuBois comes to Muncie from the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University.... Read More
Dems: Budget should increase funding for public schools, not vouchers
Democratic state lawmakers continue to decry education funding “inequities” in the state’s draft budget and are now mounting pressure on their Republican counterparts to “fully fund” Indiana’s traditional K-12 public schools in the next spending plan.... Read More
Indiana might enroll students in scholarship program automatically
Despite success with enrollees and its more than 30-year track record, the scholarship program has struggled to attract students to enroll in the program that has helped more than 50,000 Hoosiers earn college degrees... Read More
Ascend Indiana continues network expansion
Ascend Indiana, an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, continues to grow its list of partnerships with universities that want to take advantage of the initiative’s online job matching platform. Indiana State University is the latest school to connect with Ascend Network, a platform that helps to connect students with Indiana jobs and internships. ... Read More
IPS to implement overhaul without new taxes for operating costs — for now
Indianapolis Public Schools will implement all of its overhaul known as Rebuilding Stronger without a May referendum for operating expenses, a tax increase the district had touted as key to its plan to provide a quality education to all students.... Read More
Cameron, Trine teaming up on education center
Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola is partnering with Trine University to support students in Trine's new nursing program. The partnership includes the construction of a new education and innovation facility on the hospital campus.... Read More
Supreme Court seeks comments on Purdue law school change
The state’s highest court is now accepting comments on an amendment that would allow graduates of the Concord Law School at Purdue University Global to take the Indiana bar exam.... Read More
McRobbies’ gift to support behavior health in Bloomington
The former president and first lady of Indiana University have gifted $500,00 to IU Health. The gift from Michael McRobbie and Laurie Burns McRobbie will support behavioral health services at the IU Regional Academic Health Center in Bloomington.... Read More
Purdue receives $20M gift to develop pharmacy leaders
A 1983 graduate of the Purdue University College of Pharmacy has committed to giving $20 million to the school to establish a new leadership academy for pharmacy graduates, Purdue officials announced Wednesday. ... Read More
USI, Evansville schools launch elementary ed program
The University of Southern Indiana and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. are partnering on a new program that allows high school students to take college level education courses before graduating high school.... Read More
UIndy names Tanuja Singh as new president
Tanuja Singh will be the next leader of the University of Indianapolis, beginning July 1. Singh has served as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans since July 2020.... Read More
Manchester University receives $1M+ gift
The former owners of Troyer Food Group in Goshen, and alumni of Manchester University, have given the school a series of gifts, totaling $1.25 million, to support scholarships and endowment programs. Paris and Becky Ball-Miller, who are long-time donors to their alma mater, say they want the funds to help “better this world now and in the years to follow.”... Read More
Ascend Indiana growing job board reach
Ascend Indiana, an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, has recently forged three partnerships to help college students with career and internship searches. The agreements are with Butler University in Indianapolis, Hanover College in Hanover, and the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne.... Read More
Ivy Tech seeks funding for Terre Haute campus
Ivy Tech Community College is seeking more than $55 million for a building project on its Terre Haute campus. The college plans to replace the majority of its current structure with a new two-story building and renovate an existing building.... Read More