September 18, 2012
Bloomberg NewsForty years after the U.S. government's Title IX law required equal athletic opportunities for men and women, just four women
are in charge at the 120 sports departments in NCAA football's top tier.
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September 15, 2012
Anthony SchoettleMarian University has sunk $350,000 so far into restoring the Major Taylor Velodrome near its campus, and has plans for much
more.
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September 14, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe university believes its School of Philanthropy will be the first in the world. The school will offer bachelor's, master's
and doctoral degrees.
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September 13, 2012
Associated PressFor the 14th year in a row, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been ranked the nation's top undergraduate engineering
college. The ranking is a source of pride for the students and a marketing tool for the university.
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September 12, 2012
Associated PressRepublican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence gave a hint Wednesday at what social issues he would push for as governor, while
Democrat John Gregg called for a new tax credit he claims would help companies return jobs from overseas.
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September 12, 2012
Associated PressA Democratic legislator is seeking an ethics investigation into Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' new job as president of Purdue
University.
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September 12, 2012
Associated PressThe University of Notre Dame is leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports but football.
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September 11, 2012
Associated PressThe leader of Purdue University's faculty senate has encouraged professors to cooperate with Gov. Mitch Daniels has he
prepares to take over as the school's president in January.
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September 10, 2012
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsApplications to the MBA programs at Indiana University and Purdue University fell sharply this year, part of a nationwide
trend among many of the nation's largest and most prominent business schools.
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September 8, 2012
Dan HumanConner Prairie Interactive History Park has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, to find
ways to encourage history museums to incorporate the often unpopular and intimidating fields of science, technology, engineering
and math into their offerings.
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September 6, 2012
The Indianapolis-based Fairbanks foundation will award the funds over three years to help Teach for America recruit and train
teachers to teach in the city's public school system.
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September 6, 2012
Associated PressIndiana University is investing $8 million to help develop and deliver online courses at its campuses statewide and extend
the university's global reach.
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September 4, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he never asked Purdue University to spruce up the president's office before he takes over
the university's helm in January.
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September 4, 2012
Associated PressSchool voucher advocates are pushing to get as many Indiana children as possible into the state's burgeoning program that
helps pay private school tuition. The application deadline is Friday.
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September 2, 2012
Associated PressAn Indiana University study has found that what people studied in college had a direct effect on their chances of employment
during the Great Recession.
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September 1, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIUPUI unit has ambitious plans even as namesake prepares to step down from long-held seat in Congress.
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September 1, 2012
J.K. WallNew laws, new technology and a new era of flat funding will bring more change to Indiana’s public schools in the next
decade than occurred in the past century, predicts David Dresslar, a former school superintendent who is now executive director
of the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning at the University of Indianapolis.
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September 1, 2012
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based Lumina Foundation, one of the nation’s largest donors to education groups, has given $10 million
to a venture capital firm to fund for-profit startups with ideas to meet the nation’s education challenges.
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August 28, 2012
Associated PressTerre Haute's public works board voted Monday to give permission for a Michigan company to begin seismic testing at several
locations on university-owned property near the city's downtown.
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August 25, 2012
Chris O'MalleyNearly a year after launching an associate degree with input from industry leaders trying to solve a logistics skills gap,
Harrison College wants to offer logistics classes closer to where potential students work.
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August 25, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana University is about two weeks away from issuing a request for proposals on a lease that would last 30 to 50 years,
Chief Financial Officer Neil Theobald said. A similar deal at The Ohio State University generated $483 million.
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August 21, 2012
Associated PressIndiana University said a record 7,600 first-year students are enrolled for the fall semester on its main campus in Bloomington.
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August 19, 2012
Associated PressBall State University's year-old campaign to recruit students from New Jersey will bring just a handful of Garden State
freshmen to the Muncie campus this year, but officials say they are looking long-term.
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August 18, 2012
J.K. WallSuperintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett credits retired education professor John Moody with inspiring much of the
reform agenda he has pushed over the past four years.
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August 18, 2012
Scott OlsonGlenda Ritz' opposition to pass-fail tests is fueling her campaign to unseat Tony Bennett as Indiana's education czar.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.