Federal cuts in training funds hit at awkward time
Funding for the state’s work-force-development agencies to help Hoosiers develop job skills has fallen sharply, even as unemployment remains high and the economy is still shaky.
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Indiana University, Ball State presidents get big raises
Two Indiana college presidents will see their bottom lines improve this fall as their universities boost their annual salaries by more than 10 percent.
School voucher program draws early interest
About 385 families have requested state tuition assistance at private schools since July 11, when the Indiana Department of Education started accepting applications for its new voucher program.
UPDATE: Teachers, others sue over school voucher law
The Indiana State Teachers Association filed the lawsuit in Marion County on Friday seeking to block the state’s new school voucher law. Plaintiffs include teachers, school administrators, clergy and taxpayers.
Indiana edges toward education guarantees
The state is moving to adopt a system that ensures more high school graduates can perform in college or on the job.
Impact of new Indiana voucher law may not be felt for years
Parents, schools need time to sift details, experts say.
Colleges hike tuition as state reduces funding
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.
ITT Educational’s stock price leaps as feds ease crackdown
The Obama administration gave for-profit colleges more time to comply with rules that will cut off federal aid to institutions whose students struggle the most to repay their government loans.
Ball State defends planned tuition increases
Ball State University officials say a proposed tuition increase of about 4 percent for undergraduates and 9 percent for graduate students is needed to offset cuts in state funding.
Budget cuts will limit Indiana inmate education
ndiana 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.
Purdue board hikes student tuition, adds fee
Purdue University students will begin paying either $400 or $1,000 more in tuition and fees next school year, depending on whether they are in-state or out-of-state.
Indiana universities face questions over tuition increases
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.
Purdue proposes international student fee hikes
Under 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.
Cash-strapped IU closing Continuing Studies School
Indiana University says continuing financial pressures have led to the planned closing of its School of Continuing Studies, which serves about 4,000 students around the state.
Panel backs caps on Indiana college tuition hikes
Indiana's higher education commission on Friday approved recommendations that the state's public universities keep their tuition increases under caps of 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent in each of the next two years.
Growing school districts drop funding lawsuit
Three Indiana school districts, including Hamilton Southeastern and Franklin Township, are dropping a lawsuit against the state that claimed the method for distributing school funding treated growing districts unfairly.
Schools weigh options after voters nix tax hikes
School districts across the state continue to struggle in their attempts to win voter approval for operating money or building projects, which a researcher attributes to continued worries about the economy.
Perry Township referendums pass, others fail
Voters in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township passed two referendums for increased school funding Tuesday night, but similar votes in Franklin Township and Avon failed.
Districts: Full-day kindergarten funds not enough
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to allocate $47 million for full-day kindergarten in districts that don't offer it isn't likely to be enough to make that vision a reality, some districts say.
Bills that passed, failed in this year’s General Assembly
A look at some major legislation considered this year by the Indiana General Assembly.