The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering will create a new computer science department with specializations in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, ethics and social impact of technology and entrepreneurship and innovation.... Read More
The undergraduate bachelor of science program has registered 381 students this fall across its Bloomington, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne campuses. It's the largest in the school's 109-year history.... Read More
Enrollment in the state's 21st Century Scholars program has doubled thanks to a new law passed by the Indiana General Assembly this year. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education said Wednesday more than 40,000 students have been automatically enrolled...... Read More
The complaint comes from the same group that filed a legal grievance against IPS last year over Indiana’s ‘$1 law.’... Read More
U.S. News & World Report has issued its annual list of “Best U.S. High Schools” and one Hoosier school is moving ever so closer to the top spot. Signature School in Evansville is ranked No. 2 on the national list, up one spot from the previous year.... Read More
The Jobs for America’s Graduates program will increase its 125 current programs to 250 by the next school year after the Department of Workforce Development and the Family and Social Services Administration partnered to direct $23.1 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families toward the initiative. ... Read More
The Board of Trustees approved the new university housing this week, which will be completed for the 2026-27 academic year. The housing need fills a need for this pocket of students, especially after the university scheduled Redbud North and East apartments for demolition in 2024.... Read More
Illinois-based 160 Driving Academy has opened a new location southwest of Muncie. That commercial driving school cut the ribbon on its Daleville location this month with support from the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce and other local leaders.... Read More
Officials with Vincennes University expect to break ground on the expansion of the institution's Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy this fall.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College will mark the grand opening of the new Industrial Career Academy at its Crawfordsville satellite campus. The academy is designed to create a high school-to-career pathway for students in Montgomery and Boone counties.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Thursday announced the statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The program provides free, age-appropriate books each month to children from birth to age five, regardless of family income.... Read More
The Hoosier STEM Academy — a partnership between Ball State, IUPUI and Purdue — will use its newly awarded STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant to support its fellows and teachers programs, which offers stipends for those looking to become STEM-certified teachers.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University-Africa signed a memorandum of understanding to look into potential collaborations in the future.... Read More
The partnership means the institutions will develop a 48-week curriculum of online classes from Purdue's College of Engineering and the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. Students will be able to study areas like artificial intelligence, unmanned and autonomous aerial systems, hypersonics and sustainable energy solutions while completing their USNTPS training. ... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education has named 10 finalists for its annual Teacher of the Year prize. The winning teacher will go on to represent the state at the national level.... Read More
Three school districts have been selected for Regional Opportunity Initiatives' fourth Ready Schools cohort. The program is an initiative to align K-12 curricular and programming offerings to educational and workforce needs in the Indiana Uplands region. ... Read More
IPS says its decision to share revenue from a 2018 ballot measure exempts it from Indiana’s so-called $1 law, but charter school supporters disagree.... Read More
Purdue University's College of Science has a new dean in Lucy Flesch. She succeeds Patrick Wolfe, who was appointed as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity in January. ... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana is rolling out a new method of delivering eats to its campus community. This fall, USI is the latest university to adopt food robots on campus.... Read More
It amounts to a major setback for Indiana, which is losing a top researcher in an exploding field of medicine, developing therapies for chronic wounds and other potentially life-threatening conditions that affect millions of people in the United States.... Read More
