Social media opens a window to traditional trades for young workers
The exposure is also changing the game for trade schools and employers in such industries as manufacturing and construction, which have long struggled to attract workers.
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IBJ Podcast: Who’s afraid of the big, bad FAFSA? Here’s what families can expect this fall.
If you think you’re too well off to receive help paying for college, you’re probably wrong. And the process for filing the FAFSA isn’t nearly as arduous today as its reputation suggests.
Purdue converting $4.5M downtown property into student center
The 27,000-square-foot, two-story building at 518-520 Indiana Ave. is being outfitted as a student center ahead of the start of the university’s fall semester.
Third of Indiana counties lack voucher-accepting private schools
Voucher use has surged in recent years as Indiana lawmakers loosened eligibility requirements, but the lack of rural private schools that accept them means many students miss out.
NCAA: No expansion of basketball tournaments beyond 68 teams this season
The NCAA said expansion to 72 or 76 teams could still be considered prior to the 2027 tournaments.
Gaylor internships give high schoolers glimpse of possible future
Gaylor Workforce Development Coordinator Amy Perlich said the company’s internship program teaches students everything from how to introduce themselves to employees and customers to how to bend conduit, pull wire and build electrical boxes.
UIndy embraces growing role for nurse practitioners in hospitals
The University of Indianapolis is launching a program this month to prepare nurse practitioners, long a fixture in primary care exam rooms, to care for complex and critically ill patients in hospitals.
Indy-based fellowship program prepares parents to work in schools
Freedom Readers Fellowship is a 16-week course that teaches community members about the science of reading and prepares them for employment in local elementary schools.
Indiana Higher Education Commissioner Chris Lowery to step down
Lowery cited a recent health scare and a desire to pursue personal and professional writing projects for the decision.
Indiana attorney shortage commission releases final report, recommendations
The Hoosier State’s rate of 2.26 lawyers per capita was 43rd worst in the nation last year, per the American Bar Association.
Federal judge dismisses professors’ lawsuit against IU, Purdue over new intellectual diversity law
The law states that faculty are required to teach scholarly works “from a variety of political or ideological frameworks” within their purview of instruction.
Education Department to release billions in remaining withheld grant money
President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld $6 billion in funding on July 1 as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.
Federal funds for low-performing schools would be redirected under Indiana flexibility request
Among the changes would be a significant shift in School Improvement Grants, competitive grants that currently fund improvement plans at district and charter schools identified as low performing under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Indiana’s college-going rate drops again
The figures reflect concerns expressed by state leaders about Indiana’s declining college-going culture, especially as the state shifts focus toward career credentials and work-based learning.
Far beyond Harvard, conservative efforts to reshape higher education are gaining steam
Officials in states including Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Iowa and Idaho increasingly have focused on university governance—rules for who picks university presidents and boards and how much control they exert over curriculums and faculty tenure.
Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana, Horizon House announce merger
Both Indianapolis nonprofits share the similar mission of helping people who face barriers to becoming economically self-sufficient.
Jay Hess, longtime IU School of Medicine dean, to leave position
The IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the United States, and Hess is one of the longest-serving medical school deans in the country.
Education Department to release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs
The release of $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs comes after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.
Indiana’s universal school voucher system spotlighted at conservative policy conference
Hoosier House Speaker Todd Huston was among key panelists on Wednesday’s “school choice” education panel.
Indiana education officials to ask for federal funding as lump sum with fewer requirements
The money would be available to more schools to use with fewer rules about where the money would go.