The 2010 rankings released by the Council for Aid to Education rank Indiana University first in the Big Ten, first among public universities and 10th in the nation in voluntary backing with $342 million in gifts and non-governmental research grant funds.
The number of Indiana teens and college students with jobs fell sharply during the recession, and their employment prospects might not improve this year.
The measure calls for the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to promote the ideas of students who graduate from entrepreneurship programs at state universities.
Across the U.S., the most popular women’s college sport is in the red. Women’s basketball at the 53 public schools in the six largest conferences recorded operating losses last fiscal year of $109.7 million, while the men’s teams reported operating profits of $240 million.
A capital campaign is under way to fund improvements to the historic arena on the campus of Butler University. Upgrades will include more seating for season-ticket holders and a new scoreboard with video capabilities.
Northern Indiana's Manchester College plans to begin work this summer on the college's new $18 million pharmacy school.
All school board elections across Indiana would be moved to the November ballot under bills advancing in the state Legislature.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan High School boys’ basketball team won the Class 1-A state championship, for the first time in the team’s four-year existence.
The abrupt departure of Indianapolis Metropolitan High School's dynamic principal, Carlotta Cooprider, had the potential to deal a major blow to the 430-student charter school. But school administrators, parents and students say the transition was mostly seamless.
There is little agreement—but lots of politics and complex statistics—on how to define success and failure in Indiana’s public schools.
The GOP-led House voted 56-42 on Wednesday in favor of the bill that would use taxpayer money to help some parents move their children from public schools to private schools.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard will participate Thursday morning in a national online meeting as part of an education initiative that hopes to attract 1 million volunteers.
Education advocates told hundreds of cheering supporters at a Statehouse rally Wednesday that Indiana could lead the nation in overhauling schools.
Factories are adding jobs, but returning to pre-recession levels will be a long slog.
Gestamp Automocion makes metal components for the auto industry, employing 18,000 people worldwide. Now it is branching into the staid niche of casket manufacturing.
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based grocer announced Wednesday a new three-year, $3.8 million investment that will support library grants, schools and a literacy initiative across Indianapolis.
Indiana's Republican leadership is pushing ahead with a proposal that would be the nation's broadest use of school vouchers, allowing even middle-class families to use taxpayer money to send their kids to private schools.
Shares of Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc. fell as much as 6.8 percent Tuesday morning after the largest player in its industry reported a 45-percent plunge in new-student enrollment.
Butler University said Thursday that it plans to close its Jordan Academy of Dance due to economic reasons. The academy, which has more than 200 students, ages 3-17, will shut down May 31.
The city’s decade-record number of job commitments in 2010 could be the most frequently discussed figure in the run-up to this fall’s mayoral election, but the number of commitments is difficult to verify.
