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As Pell grants expand, students see openings to afford short-term job training

August 31, 2026

Schools around the country are seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled in short-term job training.

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Initiatives aim to boost health care workforce

August 21, 2026

Daniel Bradley

Indiana’s health care and life sciences industries are growing, but they continue to face a shortage of employees for some of their most crucial roles.

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Ivy Tech’s new strategy kicks job training efforts into overdrive

July 31, 2026 | Taylor Wooten

As Indiana’s workforce becomes increasingly technical, the college’s “workforce engine” role highlights the state’s reliance on Ivy Tech to supply graduates and power key employers.

Roche Diagnostics, Ivy Tech look to address medical laboratory worker shortage

July 30, 2026 | Daniel Bradley

The collaboration follows conversations with stakeholders who described the difficulty of recruiting and retaining skilled medical laboratory professionals.

Defense firm V2X, analytics startup Ekkobar among 2026 Mira Award winners

April 24, 2026 |

Susan Orr

TechPoint announced 17 awards Friday night at its Mira Awards gala in Carmel. The annual awards program recognizes achievements in Indiana’s tech sector.

New Indiana law updates Ivy Tech governance, doubles down on workforce mission

March 19, 2026 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The updates also come as state officials continue to scrutinize college degree offerings and push for learners to earn high-value credentials, as early as high school.

Ivy Tech launching construction skills education program

February 23, 2026 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

In partnership with the Lennar Foundation — the philanthropic arm of Miami, Florida-based Lennar Corp. — the one-semester program is designed to give students a pathway to immediate employment in the construction industry.

Public art installation designed for Columbus lives on in Muncie

October 23, 2025 |

Dave Lindquist

Richard McCoy, executive director of Landmark Columbus Foundation, said the interactive art installation “Designed by the Public” addresses a challenge faced by Indianapolis.

Indiana’s public universities report fall enrollment gains

October 1, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

But international student enrollment dropped more than 14% at Indiana and Purdue universities—the state’s two largest public university systems.

Ivy Tech Community College approves two-year tuition freeze

June 6, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

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.

Citing state funding cuts, Ivy Tech cuts 200+ positions systemwide

May 30, 2025 | IBJ Staff

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.

UPDATE: Ivy Tech taps outgoing Louisville public schools chief as next president

April 30, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Martin Pollio, who will succeed Sue Ellspermann at Ivy Tech, has led Kentucky’s largest school district as superintendent since 2017.

Chicago Fed president weighs in on interest rates in Indianapolis visit

November 22, 2024 |

Susan Orr

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said he supports additional interest rate cuts—although he also said it’s difficult to determine the ideal rate.

Ivy Tech certificate program aims to boost microelectronics skills

November 8, 2024 | Cate Charron

The program is part of an ecosystem of higher education institutions ramping up programs to meet the state’s future needs.

Editorial: Balancing industry, academics key for next Ivy Tech leader

June 21, 2024

Retiring President Sue Ellspermann, who intends to serve through June 30, 2025, has helped refocus Ivy Tech to better align its programs and its degrees with the needs of the Indiana workforce and the state’s employers.

Sue Ellspermann plans to leave Ivy Tech after decade as president

June 6, 2024 | Cate Charron

Ellspermann, the college’s ninth president and the first woman to hold the role, will serve out her current three-year contract, which ends in June 2025.

Indiana 250: Sue Ellspermann

March 29, 2024

Sue Ellspermann is president of Ivy Tech Community College, the nation’s largest single accredited statewide community college system with 19 campuses, more than 40 locations and more than 160,000 students.

UPDATE: Feds pick Indiana as biotech hub, putting it in running for millions in funding

October 23, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The technology hub designation makes Indiana eligible to compete against 30 other designated hubs in hopes of landing up to $70 million in federal funding to implement its program.

Purdue draws international leaders for semiconductor summit

October 20, 2023 |

Susan Orr

Purdue is hosting the multiday Silicon Summit, which is the latest in a string of activities and announcements the school has been involved in regarding microchips and semiconductors over the past year and a half.

‘Unrestricted’ path for students seeking bachelor’s degrees unveiled by Ivy Tech, Purdue Global

June 22, 2023 | Jade Thomas

Purdue Global and Ivy Tech announced a new program earlier this month focused on some of the roughly 350,000 Indiana adults who have some college credit but haven’t obtained a degree.

Former Ivy Tech leader Gerald Lamkin dies at 86

June 5, 2023 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Current Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann called Lamkin the father of Indiana’s community college system, saying no single leader has had more impact on Ivy Tech.

Ivy Tech to roll out new Ivy+ tech training program this month

March 3, 2023 |

Susan Orr

Ivy+, which will offer non-degree credentials and skills training, launches in mid-March in Muncie, with an expected statewide rollout by the end of the month. Ivy Tech says it expects to enroll a cumulative 6,000 students by the end of next year, helping to ease Indiana’s tech workforce shortage.