Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw was recently awarded a $40,000 grant to improve its curriculum to better train and attract workers for the advanced manufacturing jobs of the future. The grant was awarded by the American Association of Community Colleges, but funded by General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM).... Read More
The IU Kelley School of Business has received the 2023 Model Entrepreneurship Program Award. The award "honors the institution with the most comprehensive, high-quality educational program that successfully trains future generations of entrepreneurs."... Read More
Tensions rose at the Indiana Statehouse Wednesday after a bill targeting materials deemed “harmful to minors” in school libraries was rolled back — and then amended again — in committee. Language in the original version of the bill sought to remove...... Read More
Innovation and connection are two focus areas for Ivy Tech Community College with its new three-year strategic plan. The institution said when the plan was approved earlier this month it would serve as a road map to address the needs of employers.... Read More
A long-awaited bill to require Indiana school districts to share property tax dollars with charter schools has attracted attention and scrutiny from groups that disagree about which schools should benefit from public funding.... Read More
Trine University continues to see increases in enrollment. The university says its recently completed official spring enrollment topped 9,000 for the first time in its history.... Read More
Franklin College has dedicated its Center for Tech Innovation on campus. The college says the CTI serves as the hub for its newly-created digital fluency initiative, providing collaboration and workspace for students, faculty and staff.... Read More
The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation is committing $50 million for the undergraduate institute at the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University. The commitment will serve as the lead gift to the business school's reorganization.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education has announced recipients of the newly-established Comprehensive School Counseling Grant. Twenty six school districts and charter schools received a total of $5 million to further develop and expand school counseling services and resources.... Read More
The Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center, or IN-MaC, is partnering with Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette to launch an initiative creating a high school-to-career pathway for students in Montgomery and Boone counties. ... Read More
The LaPorte Community School Corp. says there are no plans to tear down a beloved baseball field used by LaPorte High School. The future of Schreiber Field was called into question as the district considered the possibility of building a new fieldhouse.... Read More
Goshen College is expanding its Transition to Teaching program with the addition of an online evening track. The college says the decision to expand the program comes amid the current teacher shortage.... Read More
A bill in the Indiana Senate would significantly expand a state law that requires school districts to make their empty buildings available to charter schools.... Read More
University of Evansville Associate Professor Dr. Su Jin Jeong is being awarded a $450,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Health to help combat food insecurity and obesity in Vanderburgh County.... Read More
The Questa Education Foundation in Fort Wayne on Tuesday announced a partnership with Warsaw-based Bowen Center. The agreement aims to support current and future Bowen employees looking to continue their education with forgivable loan opportunities.... Read More
Ball State University, through its new non-credit division Lifetime Learning, is joining tech talent accelerator SkillStorm in an effort to provide students with access to courses and credentials needed for high-demand tech careers.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is establishing a scholarship fund support women students thanks to a $500,000 donation from Cindy Thomas Kalkomey and Kurt Kalkomey. The couple says the donation was made in memory of Cindy’s father.... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools will implement only part of its massive Rebuilding Stronger plan after the school board failed to place an operating referendum on the May ballot. Superintendent Aleesia Johnson called the postponement “an unfortunate delay.”... Read More
A new survey from INvestEd shows while nearly 90% of Hoosiers see value in postsecondary education, a majority find understanding the full process of paying for college to be difficult. The nonprofit polled more than 1,700 residents throughout the state.... Read More
A 14-year veteran of the University of Wisconsin System has been named chancellor of IU Southeast. Pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees, Deborah Ford will lead the campus in New Albany, succeeding Kelly Ryan, who is serving as interim chancellor.... Read More
