Ivy Tech saving facade for classroom building
Ivy Tech Community College plans to save the facade of a historic former hospital along Fall Creek Parkway and build a new
150,000-square-foot academic building behind it.
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Two businesses open at Flagship Enterprise Center
The Anderson-based Flagship Enterprise Center is on a roll. In the last two months, the small-business incubator
and growth-stage accelerator signed up two new clients: software developers Soveryn Inc. and Coeus Technology.
Not-for-profit wins $80K prize
College Mentors for Kids won $80,000 in products and services from a host of local companies in the Indy Business Makeover
Competition. The winner was selected from among 10 finalists through online voting.
Fellowship program looking for teaching hopefuls
A fellowship program is looking for people with science, technology, engineering or mathematics backgrounds who are interested
in becoming Indiana teachers.
Ivy Tech sees 27-percent enrollment jump
Ivy Tech Community College says a record of nearly 110,000 students were enrolled before fall semester classes started this
week.
Indiana’s average SAT scores take a dip
Average SAT scores dipped slightly for Indiana’s high school class of 2009, mirroring a trend seen nationwide.
In the red, school districts cut yellow buses
As a mother of two, Feleccia Moore-Davis is accustomed to the usual back-to-school swirl of new supplies, new clothes and
new routines. But this year, that final flurry of summer is accompanied by an unusual worry.
State education officials urge greater emphasis on two-year degrees
Only one in 12 Hoosiers has an associate’s degree. That’s a big problem because nearly half of all jobs expected
to be offered in the next decade and beyond will be middle-skill jobs—which require at least some post-secondary credential,
like an associate’s degree, but not a four-year bachelor’s degree.
IU Trustees elect Fort Wayne doctor president
The Indiana University Board of Trustees have elected Fort Wayne surgeon Dr. William Cast to a two-year term as the board’s
president.
Indiana’s jobless rate remains nearly unchanged
Indiana’s unemployment situation appears to be stabilizing as the jobless rate held almost steady for the third month in a
row, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said this morning.
Sallie Mae rallies over jobs in Fishers
Sallie Mae CEO Al Lord visited the company’s Fishers office this morning in his latest effort to get the word out that his
business and his employees’ jobs are threatened by a government proposal.
Private colleges group launches search for next chief executive
Independent Colleges of Indiana has launched a national search for its next CEO after Hans Giesecke left
to lead a college in Greece.
Neurosis and dying: Now you know
Believe it or not, until Purdue University psychologist Daniel Mroczek tackled the question, no had delved into why people who freak out easily die earlier than mellow folks.
Fast-growing Harrison College hires Trinkle as provost
Harrison College, formerly Indiana Business College, hired its first provost and chief academic officer as the for-profit
educator experiences rapid growth.
Summer program turns teens into entrepreneurs
Eighteen students from Indianapolis’ Haughville neighborhood sold their wares— ranging from caps and sunglasses
to purses
to home-baked cookies—as part of a summer business-education program
for low-income youth.
Tenants trickling in to Purdue’s technology center
For a city feverishly growing its technology and life sciences sectors, it seemed a bit anticlimactic last January when
Purdue University dedicated its new technology center with only one tenant. But the lone tenant in the $12.8
million complex, FlamencoNets, a high-tech telecommunications firm, is about to get some company.
Butler launches search for more money
In five years, Butler University President Bobby Fong wants to vault his school into the top 10 of the nation’s master’s
universities—schools that offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees but few doctorates.
New Junior Achievement chief hopes to reach more kids
The new CEO of Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, Jennifer Burk, said she has ideas for reinvigorating the base of corporate
supporters and reaching more students with entrepreneurship programs.
Charities gear up to provide school supplies, clothes
Two local organizations are trying to outfit thousands of kids before Indianapolis-area schools begin classes in August.
State picks first virtual charter-school operator
The Hoosier Academies will start up the state’s first virtual charter program later this month, the Indiana Department of Education announced today. The state Legislature has promised to pay 80 percent of tuition for as many as 200 students, in first through fifth grades, to enroll with Hoosier Academies but take all their courses over […]