DePauw University on Wednesday officially launched the Creative School, which was first announced two years ago as part of the university’s Bold & Gold 2027 strategic plan that also included the creation of the new School of Business and Leadership.... Read More
Friends of the University of Notre Dame, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting student-athletes at the University of Notre Dame, said this week it will discontinue operations prior to the start of the 2025-26 academic year.... Read More
School librarians say they are facing more community challenges to books in their collections since a new state law that took effect in January required local school systems to set up a process to field such complaints.... Read More
A trustee of Franklin College is giving the school a total of $4.5 million as a gift. The college announced this week that Robert Brown, a longtime executive with Eli Lilly and Co., is making the estate gift along with his wife Ruth.... Read More
Indiana State University has made its plan to eliminate the application fee for all domestic undergraduate students official. The move was first announced in late August, when the university announced a nearly 5% decline in overall enrollment for fall 2024.... Read More
Voucher use has soared in Indiana since lawmakers made nearly every student in the state eligible, with more than 90% of students at more than half of all participating schools using a voucher during the 2023-24 school year, a Chalkbeat analysis found. That was true in just 11% of private schools before lawmakers made the Indiana […]... Read More
Indiana State University's College of Health and Human Services has received a multimillion-dollar donation from the estate of alumna Dr. Peggy Sankey. The gift will support the purchase of new medical equipment for students.... Read More
Sixteen schools in 11 Indiana counties are being recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools. The designation is awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to "high-performing schools and schools that are making great strides in closing achievement gaps."... Read More
The lab—funded by a $500,000 grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc.—gives Manchester students the ability to work one-on-one and in small groups with preschool and elementary students under the leadership of a reading coach.... Read More
Oakland City University has received an $800,000 gift it says will be used to complete construction of a new tennis center on the Gibson County campus. The gift from Donald and Mary Ann Wilder comes in addition to a previous $250,000 donation from the couple.... Read More
Cyril O’Regan will receive the award Nov. 22 during a ceremony at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City and will have a visit with Pope Francis earlier that day, the university said.... Read More
The superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf will retire at the end of the academic year after a 33-year career in which he proved to be a trailblazer in the education of deaf children. David Geeslin will step down June 30.... Read More
School choice, increased teacher pay, career-focused curricula and parental rights are key in Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun’s education plan, released Tuesday. Braun’s policy agenda emphasizes seven specific points.... Read More
The employer-led initiative, called the Indiana Apprenticeship Pathway, aims to bolster the state’s efforts to improve education outcomes and build a more capable workforce. ... Read More
In April, Ivy Tech Community College launched an online course designed to give small businesses owners and entrepreneurs an introduction on how to work with Federal Laboratories and Technology Transfer Offices in order to grow their businesses.... Read More
New university of president Rev. Robert Dowd announced Notre Dame will move to being need-blind in its admissions for all students. It will also eliminate loans in financial aid packages.... Read More
Like before, the professor-led lawsuits allege the state policies are unconstitutionally vague and infringe upon faculty members’ free speech and academic freedom, violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.... Read More
Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan companies, will pay $120 million to resolve allegations that it misallocated payments, steered people into costly repayment plans, supplied the wrong information and ignored borrowers’ pleas for help.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Transportation is seeking applicants for its engineering scholarship program, which offers more than $3,000 per semester and priority consideration toward a full-time job upon graduation.... Read More
The executive director of Science Central in Fort Wayne has announced plans to step down at the end of the year. Martin Fisher has led the not-for-profit education center for 17 years and said in a news release that "now is the opportune time to transition."... Read More
