State panel to again consider school start dates
One proposal would prohibit schools from starting earlier than the fourth Monday in August, and the other would require school
to start after Labor Day.
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Indianapolis-based FAST Diagnostics gets funding from BioCrossroads’ seed fund
Money will help the company refine its tool to treat acute kidney injury.
Ball State to offer new degree at downtown Indianapolis campus
The master of urban planning degree offered downtown will use the city as an urban laboratory.
ITT stock swoons despite higher profits, enrollment
Investors dumped shares of ITT Educational Services Inc. on Thursday morning as the company remained mute on its year-end
profit forecast while announcing that its bad-debt expenses were rising faster than revenue.
NCAA: Just 21 percent of athletic departments profitable
Most of the nation’s college athletic departments are still trying to get out of the red zone.
Manchester wants doctoral pharmacology program
Manchester College officials say they want to start a pharmacy school in Fort Wayne starting in the fall of 2012.
Study ranks IU among top Tweeting schools
A new survey puts IU among the top 7 percent of collegiate users of the social networking site Twitter.
WNDY to broadcast 13 Butler games
Local TV station WNDY Channel 23 announced Friday that it will broadcast 13 Butler University men’s basketball games this
season, starting with the Bulldogs’ Nov. 21 game at the University of Evansville.
Big profits elevate ITT Educational into rare class
CEO Kevin Modany and his management team have become accustomed to regulatory uncertainty—and to growing the business
at a pace most executives can only dream about.
Progress stalls on national, state math scores
Indiana’s students outscored the national average in mathematics on the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress,
but the results show little improvement over previous years.
Indiana University reaches $1 billion in campaign
Indiana University officials say the school has passed the $1 billion mark in a fund-raising campaign and is looking to raise
$100 million more.
Stimulus spending likely helping teachers the most
Teachers appear to have benefited most from the effort to save jobs with the $787 billion recovery package, which sent billions
of dollars to states that were on the verge of ordering heavy layoffs in education.
State colleges waiving application fees this week
Indiana high school seniors who apply for admission this week to 38 colleges and universities in the state won’t have to
pay admission application fees.
IU professor wins Nobel economics prize
IU professor Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for her analyses of economic governance, becoming the first woman to win the prize since it was founded in 1968.
Schools try to fit in parent-teacher conferences
Indiana schools are finding creative ways to squeeze in parent-teacher conferences after the state ruled that the sessions
could no longer count toward instructional time.
ROOB: Math proficiency a must for work force
The recent slump in the domestic auto industry reminds us of the importance of innovation and creating something that will
be attractive to the consumer tomorrow. Companies that don’t foresee and adapt to the changing needs of their consumers
ultimately fail.
Steady as he goes at Purdue’s Krannert School
As Rick Cosier’s tenure as dean of Purdue University’s MBA program nears an end, expect the program to continue turning
out top "Quant Jock" operations managers–people who relentlessly figure out how to manufacture
things better and cheaper.
Anonymous donor gives $5 million to Marian University
Marian University has received an anonymous $5 million gift to support student scholarships, the Indianapolis-based school
announced Wednesday.
IU: Indiana economy turned in March
The Indiana economy turned up in March, but the recovery has been slow and dogged. That’s the picture painted by a new
monthly index unveiled Wednesday by the Indiana Business Research Center within the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
Ivy Tech building new campus in Anderson
Ivy Tech Community College will build a $20 million campus along Interstate 69 in Anderson, school and city officials
announced Tuesday.