University of Louisville president James Ramsey is stepping down after 14 years in a massive shakeup of school leadership stemming from recent scandals, including one brought to light by an IBJ sister company.
Two top Indiana Democrats on the ballot this November released a plan Thursday for developing a state-funded preschool program that would be available to all Indiana children regardless of family income.
One of Indianapolis’ most unique historic structures, a naval armory vacant since early last year, soon will be bustling again—this time with high school students.
The plan calls for a more than 66,000-square-foot addition to the football stadium.
Without the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools, Carmel-based ITT Educational, one of the largest publicly traded for-profit colleges in the country, could lose access to federal funding for student loans.
A 185-year-old gravesite in the middle of a rural central Indiana road contains the remains of at least seven people, the archaeologist who led an exhumation of the site said Tuesday.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg presented an economic development plan Monday that would make preschool optional for all Indiana 4-year-olds and rebuild Indiana’s image to one that’s LGBT-friendly.
The area, called the Purdue Innovation District, will be developed by the Purdue Research Foundation and Indianapolis-based Browning Investments. Plans call for up to 7 million square feet of new developments.
ITT Educational Services, the embattled Carmel-based operator of for-profit colleges, has fired its chief administrative and legal officer after less than two years on the job.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced an ad hoc committee that will work with the Indianapolis-based NCAA to discuss selection, seeding and bracketing processes.
ClearScholar Inc. is the first portfolio company High Alpha built from scratch. It plans to make student-engagement software for colleges and universities, starting with Butler University this fall.
Sue Ellspermann said that aside from working to boost graduation rates, she'll be focusing on what employers need in skilled workers, and work toward a system that prepares students for those jobs.
The attorney general nomination required three rounds of balloting because no candidate won a majority in the first two contests.
The for-profit educator has struggled with demand at 22 of its 26 locations nationwide. The college also just emerged from deep legal trouble as the result of its recruiting practices.
District leadership says all options are on the table for John Marshall High School.
The University of Notre Dame held an open house Tuesday for its new $36 million off-campus turbomachinery laboratory that officials hope will raise the university's research profile.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz is calling on lawmakers to adopt a pre-kindergarten program that would include all students regardless of family income. She estimates her plan would cost about $150 million a year.
The Department of Education on Monday sent a letter to CEO Kevin Modany, asking the school to show that it has more than $123.6 million available to refund students in the event ITT shuts down unexpectedly.
More than 14,000 students, or 80 percent of those eligible, are behind on meeting the 21st Century Scholars program's new requirements.
Republicans are looking to regain control of the state Department of Education from Democrat Glenda Ritz, who is seeking re-election to the position she won in in 2012.
