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Higher Ed
WGU Indiana provides more access to courses
January 8, 2011
Scott OlsonStudents now can use scholarships to pay Western Governors University tuition.
MoreGroup questions growth of pharmacy schools
December 29, 2010
J.K. WallTwo weeks before Manchester College announced a $35 million gift to help open a pharmacy school, a national trade group suggested
there are too many pharmacy schools already.
MoreLUBBERS: More performance funds for universities
December 25, 2010
Teresa Lubbers / Special to IBJIndiana cannot meet growing economic and educational expectations without fundamentally rethinking how we deliver higher education
to our students, how we measure progress, and how we reward results.
More2010 NEWSMAKER: Lubbers changes higher-ed funding
December 24, 2010
J.K. WallHigher education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers ushered in a new era in higher education financing this year. But she’ll
need to persuade the General Assembly to stick with it in 2011.
MoreMOURDOCK: Higher education is everyone's job
November 20, 2010
Richard Mourdock / Special to IBJSoon, and for the first time in history, American retirees will be better educated than the American work force. Never before
has a country “dumbed down” across generations like this.
MoreCompany thinks it can make college textbooks obsolete
November 20, 2010
J.K. WallAn Indianapolis company has developed Web-based software that allows college students to read and electronically mark up textbooks,
articles, chapters of books, etc. It also has a business model that its owners think will make more money for publishers and
slash students’ textbook costs—which average $1,200 a year—in half.
MoreUPDATE: Butler's Fong leaving for new job
October 29, 2010
IBJ StaffButler University President Bobby Fong will leave at the end of the current academic year to take the helm of private Ursinus
College outside Philadelphia, the Indianapolis school confirmed Friday afternoon.
MoreLocal MBA programs score with women
October 9, 2010
Tawn ParentFemale enrollment in Indianapolis master's programs surpasses the national average. Telamon Vice President Sunny Lu said her
MBA has helped her grow business.
MoreChamber: State universities need to be more efficient
October 7, 2010
J.K. WallA new study shows Indiana's public universities vary widely in how much money they spend to educate and graduate students,
and that they have room for improvement relative to peer institutions.
MoreMarian joins Bush initiative to train school principals
September 29, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressMarian University in Indianapolis is one of six schools or school districts signed up with the George W. Bush Institute to
train school principals in business-like management techniques.
MoreIndiana University aims to raise $5B in a decade
September 29, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana University President Michael McRobbie says the university is in "constant campaign mode," and private philanthropy
is vital for enhancing student financial aid, endowed faculty chairs, specialized buildings and academic initiatives.
MoreAlliance aims to boost adult learning in Hancock County
September 18, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThree separate colleges will hold classes in Hancock County—if a business-led education alliance can finance the space.
The Hancock Community Education Alliance has lined up a vacant retail building on State Road 9 in hopes that Ball State, Purdue
and Vincennes universities can offer classes next spring.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Butler's Fong talks sports, Stevens
September 16, 2010
Mason King
The university president likens his role to that of a major-league manager, but retaining talent like Brad Stevens is
just the start.
Martin University chosen to host a NASA science and math academy
August 21, 2010
IBJ StaffThe federal space agency opened an academy for science, engineering, mathematics and aeronautics at the small private college.
MoreMERISOTIS: Boosting education boosts your company
August 14, 2010
Jamie MerisotisBy 2018, 63 percent of all jobs in this country will require some form of postsecondary education
or training. That’s a huge increase since the mid-’70s.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Education guru's back-to-school advice
August 4, 2010
Mason King
College costs continue to soar, putting more pressure on students. Jamie Merisotis, CEO of the Lumina Foundation,
offers advice on how to keep them enrolled and engaged in school.
Senator: For-profit colleges require tougher oversight
June 24, 2010
Bloomberg NewsFor-profit colleges like ITT Technical Institutes need tougher oversight and regulation, according to a report from a Democratic
Senate committee chairman that questions the industry’s advertising spending, tuition costs and reliance on taxpayer
money.
MoreNew federal rules target for-profit college recruiting
June 16, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe Obama administration proposed banning for-profit colleges, including Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc., from
tying recruiters’ pay to the number of people they enroll, saying high-pressure sales tactics induced students to take
out government loans they can’t afford.
MoreIndiana bringing information revolution to public schools
June 12, 2010
J.K. WallThe state is building a massive data system with a tough-love intent of rewarding good educators and schools and hammering
poor performers.
MoreDean of IU's Indianapolis law school hopes to end campus confusion
May 15, 2010
Norm HeikensJust about everyone thinks the Indianapolis law school is a branch of the one in Bloomington. It isn't, and Gary Roberts
says
confusion reigns as a result.
MoreCorinthian Colleges leases space for local campus
March 13, 2010
IBJ StaffThe new campus, which will operate as Everest College, will be the second Indiana campus for Corinthian
MoreEx-higher ed chief Jones unveils college completion group
March 2, 2010
J.K. WallWith funding of $12 million over four years, Stan Jones wants to influence states to focus on getting college students to
graduate.
MoreIU, Purdue try to preserve research despite budget cuts
February 23, 2010
J.K. WallThe president of each school will update budget-cutting progress in state-of-the-university speeches Tuesday.
MoreFast-growing Ivy Tech feeling pain of funding cuts
January 26, 2010
Scott OlsonHoosiers enrolling at fast-growing Ivy Tech Community College might find it increasingly difficult to get the classes they
want at the times they prefer. Blame burgeoning enrollment and $10 million in funding cuts.
MorePurdue tops Indiana colleges in MBA-school rankings
January 25, 2010
Purdue University's Krannert School of Management MBA program ranked 54th worldwide and ninth among U.S. public institutions.
The program at Indiana
University's Kelley School of Business ranked 57th and 10th, respectively.
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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.