August 27, 2011
J.K. WallThe for-profit school formerly known as the Indiana Business College has overhauled its online interface.
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August 26, 2011
Associated PressIvy Tech Community College says it has set a fall semester enrollment record with more than 113,000 students taking classes
at its campuses across Indiana.
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August 24, 2011
J.K. WallMarian disclosed Evans’ 2010 donation Wednesday as it held a groundbreaking ceremony for its medical and nursing school
building, which will be called the Michael A. Evans Center for Health Sciences.
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August 17, 2011
Associated PressA report released Wednesday says the average ACT score for Indiana's 2011 high school graduates was 21.2, compared with
21.1 nationally. Indiana averaged 21.1 last year and 21.0 in 2009.
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August 8, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Obama administration and four states, including Indiana, are accusing Education Management Corp., which operates two colleges
in Indianapolis, of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion fraud.
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August 5, 2011
J.K. WallThe associate's programs will begin in September for students at Harrison College, a for-profit school formerly known as Indiana
Business College.
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August 3, 2011
Associated PressThe union that represents Indiana University's support staff is urging IU's president to turn down a 22-percent pay
raise, saying the money could instead go toward preventing layoffs at a campus library.
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July 30, 2011
Chris O'MalleyFormer Eli Lilly and Co. vice president Richard Dimarchi, BioCrossroads President David Johnson, angel investor Oscar Moralez
and Purdue University Senior Vice President Alan Rebar discuss issues ranging from the depth of the life sciences industry
in Indiana to venture capital and Purdue's Discovery Park.
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July 30, 2011
IBJ StaffA study says the school earned $512 million worth of media exposure thanks to the back-to-back runs to the men’s basketball
NCAA Championship game.
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July 26, 2011
Associated PressTwo Indiana college presidents will see their bottom lines improve this fall as their universities boost their annual salaries
by more than 10 percent.
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July 24, 2011
Bloomberg NewsWall Street's Perella Weinberg Partners LP took over at the beginning of July.
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July 19, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium, which school officials considered demolishing a few years ago, is getting
a face-lift that includes a new $1.2 million infield surface.
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July 14, 2011
Associated PressWabash College is getting a $6.2 million grant to boost a center's efforts to support professors who teach religious studies
or theology.
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July 14, 2011
IBJ StaffPurdue University has named P. Christopher Earley, dean at the University of Connecticut School of Business, to take over
as dean of Purdue’s Krannert School of Management.
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July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffThe commission has drawn national attention for its performance-based funding plans.
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July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffPurdue just added a large tenant to the Indianapolis research park, bringing the total to 14.
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July 2, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe IMA is back to using traditional security guards after IUPUI vetoed its plan to use federally funded work-study students.
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June 30, 2011
J.K. WallA nearly $79,000 grant from the Central Indiana Community Foundation will be used to help Marion County high schools track
where their students go after graduation.
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June 17, 2011
J.K. WallThe Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives will house a collection of official documents, correspondence, speeches,
photos, audiotapes and other artifacts from the administrations of four Indianapolis mayors: Dick Lugar, Bill Hudnut, Steve
Goldsmith and Bart Peterson.
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June 16, 2011
Anthony SchoettleAfter a nearly year-long search, Indianapolis seminary taps University of Chicago and Harvard Divinity School grad as new
leader.
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June 11, 2011
J.K. WallThe state is moving to adopt a system that ensures more high school graduates can perform in college or on the job.
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June 11, 2011
Steve DwyerManufacturers and distributors often avoid existing training programs.
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June 11, 2011
Rate of return on early childhood education is much greater than spending in later years of school, research shows.
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June 7, 2011
J.K. WallFor-profit university Strayer Education Inc. has opened a campus in Indianapolis, aiming to reach adult learners. The Virginia-based
company has leased 20,000 square feet at 9025 N. River Road.
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June 7, 2011
American College of Education, once affiliated with DePaul University, is moving its main campus from Chicago to Indianapolis
and expects to create up to 40 jobs by 2014. Hiring will begin once the move is complete in August.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.