
Marian University begins work on $137M overhaul of former hospital campus
The project in the recently formed Riverside Education Innovation District centers on the renovation of the Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, which closed in 2020.
The project in the recently formed Riverside Education Innovation District centers on the renovation of the Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, which closed in 2020.
The first students in the Career Apprenticeship Pathway, or INCAP, will start in fall 2026 and split time between school and the workplace.
Students currently enrolled in any of the eliminated or suspended programs will be allowed to finish their degrees through a teach-out process, officials said.
The freezes will go into effect in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years, Gov. Mike Braun announced Tuesday.
The Jobs for America’s Graduates program, which serves thousands of Hoosier students, was eliminated as a line item in the state budget during this legislative session.
IBJ talked with Heath last week during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress at the Indiana Convention Center about what IU Innovates has accomplished in its first two years and what’s next for the effort.
The governor recently removed three alumni-elected board members in favor of his own appointees after lawmakers gave him the new powers earlier this year.
The announcement comes just a week after the Purdue Board of Trustees approved an expansive, 50-year plan for the downtown Indianapolis campus.
The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday unanimously approved a 50-year master plan for the school’s downtown campus that proposes more than a dozen buildings across 28 acres.
The move follows recommendations from Gov. Mike Braun and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for all public higher education institutions to keep tuition flat.
Previously Braun indicated that he intended to allow current board members to serve our their terms.
Higher education officials say the 2025-2026 cycle for Free Application for Federal Student Aid has progressed much smoother than last year’s.
In a letter sent to employees Friday morning, Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann said state budget cuts will cost the community college more than $54 million over two years.
China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India.
Recent college graduates are starting careers at a time of sharp generational disconnect over how the workplace should operate and how younger employees should inhabit it.
IU Indianapolis Athletics said it received allegations from six individuals who played for the coach and that an investigation found his behavior did not meet the school’s standards.
Proposed roster caps have prevented U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken from approving a $2.78 billion settlement, which is designed to allow schools to pay players directly beginning later this year.
The extended partnership holds the potential to be the largest industry-academic agreement of its kind in the United States, Purdue President Mung Chiang said.
The measure builds on recent education efforts to “reinvent high school,” meaning a curricular change to create additional high school credit pathways in addition to college prep.
On leave from Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Tom Wheeler is part of the Trump administration’s inter-agency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, which is in a battle with Harvard University.