Ivy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder plans to retire in 2016 after nearly 10 years as leader of the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system, school officials said Wednesday.
Ivy Tech Community College is facing an Aug. 1 deadline to show progress in student success as state officials weigh whether to continue using the college system as a provider for workforce training and education programs.
Ivy Tech is trying to keep more students continuously enrolled because its enrollment has fallen 25 percent in the past three years and because students that stay enrolled are more likely to finish their studies.
Ivy Tech Community College's construction plans have been put on hold and it will face a state review of its programs over concerns about low graduation rates and declining enrollment.
The president, who wants to make the first two years of community or technical college free for students, will face resistance to his plan from Republicans leery of having government pick up the tab.
President Barack Obama plans to discuss job creation, wage increases and other bread-and-butter issues for the middle class during an appearance at Ivy Tech Community College.
Ivy Tech Community College has created a way for pre-engineering students to continue their studies toward a bachelor's degree in one of two engineering disciplines at Purdue University.
Officials from three state universities seek almost $50 million in state funding for a planned medical school campus they would share in downtown Evansville. That’s up from the original plan of $35 million.
Ivy Tech Community College is planning to build a state-of-the-art automotive technology training center at a former Anderson car dealership for $1.4 million with space for about 200 students.
The Ivy Tech Community College trustees have passed a resolution telling the college’s leaders to ask the Indiana General Assembly and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for additional funding.
Ivy Tech announced Thursday that Alex Huskey will become the Marion campus president beginning Aug. 25.
Ivy Tech Community College will offer new certificates in entrepreneurship at 31 campuses starting in August.
Software development is among seven new tech-heavy subjects the community college will offer in its School of Computing and Informatics beginning in August.
The community college’s subsidiary has served 750 companies so far this year and thinks it can double or triple that total in five years.
More than 20,000 credentials will be awarded to students at 14 Indiana sites this week and next. It's the first time the number of graduates passed the 20,000 mark.
The shift follows several Ivy Tech consolidations, including those of the Columbus and southeast regions and of the Bloomington and Evansville regions.
State leaders want twice as many Hoosiers earning post-high-school credentials by 2025 as there are today. And the only realistic way for the state to get there is for Indianapolis-based Ivy Tech to double its enrollment and double its graduation rates.
Indiana University in Bloomington is at the top of overall completion rates at about 83 percent. Ivy Tech Community College is at the bottom with about 28 percent.
Ivy Tech Community College has merged its Bloomington and Southwest regions in its fourth such consolidation in 10 months in an effort to close a $68 million deficit.
Ivy Tech Community College announced significant regional changes Tuesday, marking the largest structural reorganizing in the school’s 50 year history.
