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Higher Ed
Pay rises faster at Indiana public universities than national peers
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.
MoreCollege coaches find way back to hoops after NCAA bans
March 27, 2013
Associated PressOf the 44 former men's basketball coaches given so-called "show-cause" orders since 2000—such as IU's Kelvin Sampson—at
least 25 found other basketball jobs, usually after the orders expired.
MoreState ties higher ed funding to results
March 23, 2013
J.K. WallWith fewer state dollars coming with more strings, Indiana’s public universities are altering their strategies in big
and small ways to receive as much money as possible from the state.
MoreFactory workers struggling to bounce back
February 23, 2013
Dan HumanThousands of Indiana’s rank-and-file factory workers have seen their earnings lose ground to that of white-collar workers.
The gap has grown even as manufacturers expect their assembly-line workers to have more skills and more advanced education.
MoreIU online program getting big overhaul
November 17, 2012
Scott OlsonUniversity is opting to open more courses to the masses.
MoreLumina betting $10M on startups
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.
MoreUIndy's enrollment sets new record
August 15, 2012
J.K. WallThe private college announced Wednesday that it now has more than 5,500 students, including both graduates and undergraduates.
The school welcomes 1,100 new students this fall, including its second-largest freshman class of 830.
MoreMounting student loan debt vexing for Indiana
June 9, 2012
Scott OlsonMore college degrees wanted, but large borrowing amounts present obstacle.
MoreHETRICK: Parental responsibility and the high cost of higher ed
May 26, 2012
Bruce HetrickI'm old-fashion on this one: It's parents who choose to bring children into the world.
MoreIndiana panel sets new college degree goals
March 28, 2012
Associated PressThe resolution looks to increase on-time graduation rates at both two- and four-year campuses and double the number of college
graduates produced in the state by 2025. The plan also aims to have 60 percent of Indiana adults with college degrees by 2025.
MoreHICKS: Value proposition should drive higher ed debate
March 17, 2012
Mike HicksEven with higher tuition, college students are still flocking to campus. The real problem isn’t increasing costs, but
uncertain benefits.
MoreNext Purdue chief must cut costs but boost research
March 17, 2012
J.K. WallThe successor to France Cordova, who is stepping down this summer when her contract expires, will have to tip-toe between
two almost contradictory demands: Cut costs for students yet spend more to ramp up Purdue’s research enterprise.
MoreIvy Tech absorbs avalanche of new students
February 18, 2012
J.K. WallFor the past four years, Ivy Tech Community College has soaked up 60,000 extra students displaced by the recession even though
the funding for new staff and facilities has not kept pace. But now Ivy Tech President Tom Snyder says the sponge is waterlogged.
MoreUniversity education schools inflate grades, critics charge
November 19, 2011
J.K. WallNearly four of five students received A's in Indiana University education classes in 2010-2011, but education deans at IU
and other universities say grading is approached differently than in other schools, such as math.
MoreBuilding services staffer endows IUPUI scholarship
November 5, 2011
IBJ StaffEmployee's entire estate will go toward university's goal of raising $1.3 billion.
MoreReport: Completion rates woefully low at public colleges
September 27, 2011
J.K. WallOf every 100 Hoosiers who enter two- or four-year public colleges in Indiana, only 39 graduate, even when given four years
to complete a two-year degree and eight years to complete a four-year degree.
MoreBanker appointed chairman of Indiana higher education commission
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffThe commission has drawn national attention for its performance-based funding plans.
MoreIndiana edges toward education guarantees
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.
MoreOnline education college moving to Indianapolis
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.
MoreBudget cuts will limit Indiana inmate education
May 29, 2011
Associated Pressndiana lawmakers' decision to cut off grants to state prison inmates attending college could make it harder for prisoners
to find employment when they're released, supporters of the program fear.
More'Virtualization' spawning demand for tech workers
May 28, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe city’s information technology sector may be a step closer to easing a worker shortfall created by the rise of cloud
computing. Harrison College responds with more courses geared toward IT workforce.
MorePurdue proposes international student fee hikes
May 23, 2011
Associated PressUnder the proposed increases, foreign students enrolling this summer would pay an additional $1,000 on top of 3.8-percent
tuition increases for all out-of-state students. Purdue also has proposed a $2,000 fee for 2012-13 academic year.
MoreCummins spurs launch of mechanical engineering program
April 9, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThis fall, Indiana University-Purdue University at Columbus will roll out its first four-year mechanical engineering program.
MoreIndiana's promised scholarships caught in budget bind
February 6, 2011
Associated PressThe growing popularity of the 21st Century Scholars program and the state's recession-driven budget bind has state officials
looking to tighten up both the academic and financial requirements.
MoreBall State touted for research even as funding drops
January 30, 2011
Associated PressThe Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified Ball State as a "high research university"
for the first time, elevating it to a status shared in Indiana only by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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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.