Indiana’s unemployment rate creeps up to 3.9 percent
The state’s rate has risen from 3 percent in June, when it narrowly missed a state-record low of 2.9 percent.
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IPS board gives superintendent Ferebee raise, bonus
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee is getting a $4,701 raise and a bonus of $28,000.
Salesforce plans to roll out Indianapolis training program
Salesforce Inc. announced details Thursday morning for a pilot training program it will launch in Indianapolis to help fulfill its plans to train 500 Hoosiers by 2020.
IPS elementary schools could be restarted with new staff
If the school board votes to restart the two schools, the current principals and teachers would be removed, and a charter operator or nonprofit will be brought in to run them.
Indiana State names Central Missouri provost as next president
Deborah Curtis, an ISU alum, will become the first woman president of the 152-year-old university.
New IPS contract offers raises for most teachers
Raises will range from $400 per year for experienced teachers to nearly $2,400 per year for teachers in their third year.
Lilly Endowment gives AgriNovus $4.2M to aid public awareness campaign
AgriNovus Indiana wants to get the word out on the state’s agbiosciences efforts and the opportunities they offer across several agricultural and technological sectors.
Firm that makes plagiarism-detection software gets boost from Indy entrepreneur
Ray Henderson, who operates the boutique advisory firm Lessons Learned Ventures LLC, said he has joined the board of VeriCite as chairman with plans to “build the business in Indiana.”
Marian to unveil $150M fundraising campaign led by Klipsch gift
The Indianapolis-based university has big ambitions for boosting the national reputation of its teacher-training program—and it already is more than halfway to its fundraising goal.
ITT failure a calamity, but former execs say not fraud
The SEC broadly charges that two former ITT Educational Services executives concealed from investors the “extraordinary failure” of two off-balance-sheet student loan programs ITT helped set up in 2009 after the financial crisis shut down the market for traditional private education loans.
Study: Most student loan fraud claims involve for-profits
More than 7,300 claims of fraud came from students who attended the now-defunct Carmel-based ITT Technical Institute chain.
Study gives college sports D+ grade for race, gender hiring
Leadership positions at 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools continue to be dominated by white men, according to a diversity report released Wednesday.
College athletes continue to earn degrees at record rates
Increases were at least partly attributed to academic progress among black players in each sport.
Indiana panel recommends changes to graduation requirements
An Indiana panel working to create new graduation guidelines for the state's high schools has recommended getting rid of the graduation qualifying exam requirement.
Holcomb’s agenda for 2018 targets workforce issues, education, opioids
Gov. Eric Holcomb said there would be “no more stove-pipe approach,” referring to criticisms by some legislative leaders that the workforce development system is convoluted and divided into isolated silos.
State eco-devo group touts record year for job-creation commitments
So far in 2017, businesses have pledged to create as many as 28,846 jobs in coming years in Indiana as part of incentive deals with the state.
IUPUI wants to graduate ‘woke’ teachers
The School of Education at IUPUI is splitting from its sibling at Indiana University in Bloomington so it can lean into conversations about race and social justice that are exploding across the country.
IU experts expect Indiana’s economy to outpace nation’s in 2018
In their annual Business Outlook forecast, Indiana University Kelley School of Business economists say employment gains will fuel economic growth in 2018.
Online school receives millions from state despite poor performance, unconventional spending
Indiana Virtual School has attracted thousands of students but graduated very few. A Chalkbeat Indiana investigation found the school’s founder hired his own company to manage the school, for which it received millions of dollars.
Tobias gift of $5M to establish IU global development center
Indiana University will create a research laboratory focused on international development—including missions such as reducing poverty and inequality and addressing climate change—based on a $5 million gift from Deborah and Randall Tobias.