June 6, 2013
Associated PressThe 20,000-student school says the increase approved Thursday is the lowest at Ball State in 37 years.
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June 6, 2013
Associated PressThe trustees of financially strapped Ivy Tech Community College have approved raising tuition by $5 per credit hour each semester
for the next two years amid efforts to close a $68 million budget shortfall.
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June 6, 2013
Associated PressIU President Michael McRobbie told trustees meeting in Indianapolis that the 1.75-percent hike was the lowest tuition increase
possible while ensuring world-class educational opportunities for students
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June 6, 2013
J.K. WallBut further expansion is on hold because of a state freeze on new adult-focused charter schools. Lawmakers are concerned the
schools are siphoning funds from K-12 education.
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May 30, 2013
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThe student lender wants to separate its education loan management and consumer bank businesses into two publicly traded entities.
The firm is a major employer in Indiana, with more than 2,600 employees at offices in Indianapolis, Fishers and Muncie.
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May 22, 2013
Mason KingIndianapolis-based education reform group The Mind Trust will use the grant to help support teacher recruitment and training
programs such as Teach for America.
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May 13, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressBSU's Jo Ann Gora was the fifth-highest-paid public college president in the United States during the 2011-12 academic year,
according to a new survey released Monday.
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May 12, 2013
Associated PressIndiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to
boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes.
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May 4, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinOpponents of privatization fear trustees will take action on the controversial issue over the summer.
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April 25, 2013
IBJ StaffProfit and revenue fell dramatically in the first quarter as students continued to steer away from the Carmel company, one
of the country's largest for-profit colleges.
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April 24, 2013
IBJ StaffWilliam D. Hansen, 53, served as Deputy U.S. Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2003. He'll replace current CEO Carl
C. Dalstrom, who is retiring after more than a decade leading Indianapolis-based USA Funds.
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April 11, 2013
J.K. WallThe campus with the highest-paid faculty was Purdue at West Lafayette, where the average salary was $101,000, followed closely
by IU-Bloomington, where salaries averaged $98,400.
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March 19, 2013
Associated PressA proposal to expand Indiana's private school voucher program was denounced during a Statehouse rally on Tuesday as a
step that would take millions of dollars away from the state's public schools.
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March 18, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University President Mitch Daniels on Monday eliminated merit raises for administrators earning more than $50,000 annually
over the next two years in the first in a series of cost-cutting moves to cover the estimated $40 million cost of freezing
tuition rates through 2015.
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March 16, 2013
J.K. WallA federal investigation and a shareholder lawsuit are the latest headwinds to threaten ITT Educational Services Inc., which
is trying to reverse a precipitous decline in enrollment.
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March 14, 2013
Associated PressA proposed boost in the state's higher education funding is an encouraging step after more than $150 million was cut during
the recession, Indiana University's president said Thursday.
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March 14, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate Appropriations Committee is examining the state of higher education funding as it continues Indiana's budget
deliberations.
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March 11, 2013
Associated PressA bill making its way through Indiana's General Assembly would change the laws governing need-based state financial aid
to add more requirements for students.
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March 1, 2013
Associated PressThe freeze means the cost of basic in-state tuition at Purdue University will remain about $10,000 until the end of the 2014-15
school year.
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February 19, 2013
Dan HumanPurdue University has high hopes that former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ new role as president and donation pitchman eventually
will help double charitable contributions to the school.
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February 3, 2013
Associated PressStudents who owe Ivy Tech Community College money will have their tax refunds diverted to cover the debt under a new policy
the statewide college system is implementing.
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January 17, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence and top Republican legislators plan to barrel ahead this year with the "freight train" of education
changes sought by Indiana's former governor, including proposals to expand school vouchers and use private money to send
children to preschool.
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January 11, 2013
Mason King
What exactly does The Mind Trust do? What happened to its report on
remaking IPS? Do you need teaching experience to reform education? David Harris has answers.
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January 7, 2013
Scott OlsonWall Street reacted unfavorably to the settlement Monday, as ITT shares fell as much as 22 percent, to $15 a share. Shares
traded for more than $66 about 10 months ago.
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December 11, 2012
Associated PressThe number of Indiana children enrolled in full-day kindergarten has increased by 19 percent since the state more than doubled
spending for the program.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!