An Indianapolis company has developed Web-based software that allows college students to read and electronically mark up textbooks, articles, chapters of books, etc. It also has a business model that its owners think will make more money for publishers and slash students’ textbook costs—which average $1,200 a year—in half.
A coalition representing part-time educators within IUPUI’s School of Liberal Arts called for a pay hike after full-time faculty received a similar raise.
Experts are split over whether runup in precious metal is a classic bubble.
Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to ask the General Assembly to allow students who choose to graduate early to use much of the money the state would save to pay for higher education.
Election night victories for Indiana Republicans have paved the way for a major education overhaul that could affect thousands of students, teachers and parents and fundamentally change the way schools work in Indiana.
Indiana among those rolling out new, less-risky 529 plans to attract savers wary of losing money in the stock market.
Fixing schools won’t be easy, but it begins with an honest realization of the problem—not mendacious malarkey.
The site is “scientifically accurate enough” to be used by the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, but friendly enough for elementary school students.
New recruiter compensation rules adopted by the U.S. Department of Education could be one more thing that slows or even reverses the torrid growth of Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc.
The school plan that House Republicans presented during the campaign calls for giving parents more options, holding teachers accountable and putting more education dollars in classrooms rather than administration.
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) College Preparatory School faces its seventh—and final—review this year, one that could determine its survival.
Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem.
Voters shot down school referendums in several central Indiana districts Tuesday, including Zionsville, Anderson, Center Grove, Mount Vernon, Shelby County and Elwood.
In central Indiana, the Hamilton Southeastern and Lebanon school districts want more money to build schools or renovate existing ones, while Zionsville School Corp. is seeking additional funding for operating expenses.
The plan, approved by Purdue’s Board of Trustees on Aug. 30, was designed to reduce payroll costs and avoid involuntary layoffs.
Student-loan giant Sallie Mae will consolidate operations in Indiana as part of a company-wide restructuring, creating about 350 jobs at its existing facilities in Fishers and Muncie.
Butler University President Bobby Fong will leave at the end of the current academic year to take the helm of private Ursinus College outside Philadelphia, the Indianapolis school confirmed Friday afternoon.
Local leaders are encouraging The Oaks Academy to duplicate its successful urban private school model at a second location as part of the massive investment in near-east-side redevelopment spurred on by Indianapolis’ successful bid for the 2012 Super Bowl.
The position at United Way of Central Indiana had been vacant because of budget issues.
David Karandos, a broker who advised the Indiana State Teachers Association Insurance Trust before it collapsed in 2009, is facing an administrative complaint from the Indiana Securities Division, which alleges 13 violations for unethical, dishonest and deceptive practices.
