November 24, 2008
J.K. WallMost colleges and universities in central
Indiana are being especially frugal because the value of their university endowments has plunged along with the market,donations
may decrease, and enrollment may decline, due to lack of student loan availability.
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November 24, 2008
Morton MarcusWhile America's auto industry is being transformed to become efficient and environmentally conscious, put laid off auto employees
to work educating students.
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November 24, 2008
Scott OlsonTony Bennett, Indiana's new superintendent of public instruction, says his priorities include restoring discipline to the
classroom, recruiting topnotch teachers and adequately compensating
them, increasing the percentage of education dollars spent directly on instruction, and reducing regulations so schools can
focus more on student instruction.
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November 24, 2008
Scott OlsonButler University's MBA program — once at risk of being eliminated — has been revamped to include more real-life
professional experiences, and enrollment has increased 63 percent.
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November 24, 2008
In its seventh annual "Teens and Entrepreneurship" poll, Junior Achievement has found that 13- to 18-year-olds are
less interested
in starting their own businesses than they were a year ago.
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November 17, 2008
Chris O'MalleyIf certain people in Hancock County have their way, one of the fastest-growing new industries here could be adult education.
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November 17, 2008
Scott OlsonProfessors at Indiana University's Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies are conducting an analysis of new tourism
attractions in Indiana's Orange County.
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November 17, 2008
Mike HicksThe fixes for poverty, and low-wage workers, are hard, deliberate and done family by family. This is why the cost of the welfare
program reforms implemented in 1996 didn't plummet with lower enrollment.
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November 3, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinSeven Martin University trustees have resigned this year, and at least two say President Algeania Freeman's methods were
a factor.
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November 3, 2008
Last week's story on page 5A should have stated that the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the Stanley
K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series since 1976.
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November 3, 2008
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has launched two free Web tools to assist Hoosier businesses.
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November 3, 2008
Morton MarcusIn 2008, a Hoosier economist suggests consumers first pay off their debts, then invest in a liberal education and other causes
that enrich lives.
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August 18, 2008
Anthony SchoettleIUPUI is grappling with how to pay for upkeep and improvements necessary to keep its three world-class athletic facilities—and
the city—in the hunt for high-profile sporting events.
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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.