Ivy Tech Community College

Local enrollment for culinary schools risingRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Anthony Schoettle
The surprising growth corresponds with the recent expansion of the Indiana Convention Center, and an explosion in the popularity of The Food Network and chef-centric programming. But don't expect to make a mint.
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Pay rises faster at Indiana public universities than national peers

April 11, 2013
J.K. Wall
The 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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2 agency heads already leaving Pence administration

April 9, 2013
Associated Press
The heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration have asked the Indiana Ethics Commission for formal opinions on whether they can accept positions in higher education.
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Speedrome gains momentum with sponsorship deals

March 20, 2013
Anthony Schoettle
At a time when sports sponsorships in general and motorsports sponsorships in particular aren't easy to score, the 72-year-old Speedrome has announced five such pacts in the last month.
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Five former Daniels officials land Ivy Tech jobs

March 15, 2013
Associated Press
Several people who worked in former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' administration have landed jobs with Ivy Tech Community College, but a school spokesman says there's no mystery about the hires.
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Factory workers struggling to bounce backRestricted Content

February 23, 2013
Dan Human
Thousands 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.
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Ivy Tech to go after student debtors' tax refunds

February 3, 2013
Associated Press
Students 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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Indiana universities slow to embrace competency-based learningRestricted Content

November 17, 2012
J.K. Wall
Western Governors University allows students to complete courses as fast as they want and take as many courses as they want a semester, all for the same per-semester fee. But universities in Indiana believe the style isn't for everyone.
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Ivy Tech battles enrollment dip by promoting its lower tuition

September 22, 2012
J.K. Wall
This summer, Ivy Tech Community College rolled out a nearly $1 million marketing campaign that stressed the school's affordability versus other higher education options. The message appears to have hit home. What looked like an impending 15-percent reduction in fall enrollment ended up at just under 5 percent.
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Ivy Tech planning new central Indiana site

August 14, 2012
Associated Press
Indianapolis-based Ivy Tech Community College is planning to open a new classroom site in the central Indiana city of Frankfort.
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Ivy Tech revs up for new automotive program

July 29, 2012
Associated Press
An Indiana college is revving up an intense new automotive program designed to increase graduation rates and help students earn technical certificates in less time.
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Former ATA campus set to find new use as classroom

July 16, 2012
Chris O'Malley
Ivy Tech Community College will begin offering accounting, business, criminal justice and information technology classes at the former airline campus on the northern edge of Indianapolis International Airport.
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Ivy Tech absorbs avalanche of new studentsRestricted Content

February 18, 2012
J.K. Wall
For 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.
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Ivy Tech to open satellite campus at airport

September 16, 2011
 IBJ Staff
Ivy Tech Community College will lease 19,615 square feet at the former ATA Airlines campus at Indianapolis International Airport for a logistics and business education program.
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Ivy Tech fall semester enrollment tops 113,000

August 26, 2011
Associated Press
Ivy Tech Community College says it has set a fall semester enrollment record with more than 113,000 students taking classes at its campuses across Indiana.
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Colleges hike tuition as state reduces funding

June 5, 2011
Associated Press
Supporters of Indiana's public universities say if state lawmakers continue to reduce state funding for higher education, colleges will keep raising tuition and fees.
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Indiana universities face questions over tuition increases

May 23, 2011
Associated Press
Indiana's top higher education official warned Monday that legislators may demand explanations from public colleges and universities if the schools approve tuition hikes in excess of caps recently suggested by a state panel.
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Ivy Tech says it'll save $18M with IU computer pact

April 26, 2011
Anthony Schoettle
Indiana University agrees to let Ivy Tech store computer records on its system, an agreement that help Ivy Tech avoid building its own data center.
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Ivy Tech gets $23M to renovate old Stouffer's Hotel building

December 15, 2010
J.K. Wall
Grant from Lilly Endowment will create a workforce training center, space for distance education and administrative offices at 45-year-old former hotel on North Meridian Street.
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Chamber: State universities need to be more efficient

October 7, 2010
J.K. Wall
A 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.
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Ivy Tech trying to make transfer process smoother

October 6, 2010
Associated Press
Indianapolis-based Ivy Tech said it has assigned "transfer advocates" at each of the community college's 14 regions around the state.
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Indiana college students seek degrees that offer jobs

September 12, 2010
Associated Press
College students are selecting majors that will lead straight to a job after graduation and not into a field riddled with layoffs and unemployment, local college leaders said.
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Ivy Tech sees first drop after enrollment explosion

August 27, 2010
Associated Press
Ivy Tech counted 111,452 students statewide, up about 4 percent from a year ago, but down from the nearly 120,000 students the college had for the spring semester.
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Ivy Tech renews president's contract

August 16, 2010
Scott Olson
Thomas Snyder is set to lead the nation's largest singly accredited statewide community college through at least 2014. His annual salary of $300,000 remains unchanged.
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Ivy Tech set to break ground on new downtown building

May 24, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Ivy Tech Community College is set to start new construction at a former hospital site next to its downtown Indianapolis campus.
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