Ivy Tech names new academic programs chief
Mary Ostrye, 52, will have oversight of 150 different academic programs at Ivy Tech’s 23 campuses around the state.
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Ivy Tech near top of fastest-growing colleges list
A report by Community College Week says Ivy Tech’s central Indiana campus enrollment grew by 22 percent from fall 2007 to
fall 2008.
College building boom puts Indiana in tough situation
The state has approved more than $1 billion in university projects in the last 18 months.
Ivy Tech building new campus in Anderson
Ivy Tech Community College will build a $20 million campus along Interstate 69 in Anderson, school and city officials
announced Tuesday.
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.
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.
Florida system considering Ivy Tech president for leadership post
Ivy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder is one of 13 candidates being considered for the position of chancellor of
the State University System of Florida.
KATTERJOHN: Leaders in education primed for success
There’s reason to believe serious progress is coming, due to the people in leadership positions for the state in three key
areas: the Department of Education, the Commission for Higher Education and Ivy Tech Community College.
Craving for convenience fuels Ivy Tech’s online boom
Students are flocking to online classes at Ivy Tech Community College faster than the burgeoning college is racking up overall
growth—mirroring a national trend toward computers over classrooms.
Pacers, Ivy Tech join forces to offer scholarships
The Indiana Pacers and Ivy Tech Community College have teamed to offer six statewide scholarships to Ivy Tech students.
Greenfield trying to grow post-secondary presence to aid economic development
If certain people in Hancock County have their way, one of the fastest-growing new industries here could be adult education.
Ivy Tech ex-president repays $20,000 following audit of expenses
Retired Ivy Tech Community College President Gerald Lamkin has repaid nearly $20,000 after a review of the college foundation’s
expense-reimbursement policy uncovered bills that had been paid for him without proper documentation. College and foundation
officials call the accounting lapse and Lamkin’s inability to produce receipts for all the submitted expenses an “innocent
oversight” and have implemented a revised policy with tighter controls.
Snyder crams for job as Ivy Tech president
In the three months since being named president of Ivy Tech Community College, Tom Snyder
has read up on the school’s history and held meetings with 4,000 faculty, students and others to gain insight into the school.
He’s also made decisions about hiring, cost-cutting and student services.
D’Amico responds through lawyer to being snubbed
Carol D’Amico has been publicly silent since the board passed over her for president of Ivy Tech Community College in March.
But a letter her attorney dashed off a day after the vote says she deemed neither of the finalists for the job qualified and
the selection process ripe for a lawsuit.
Ivy Tech boasts healthy enrollment, but most students wither on vine
Ivy Tech Community College–charged with cranking out workers to fill high-demand jobs in critical occupations–has an output
rate reminiscent of an old, state-owned Soviet assembly line. Incoming President Thomas Snyder is taking over a community
college system that graduates only 12 percent of its students within three years.
Culinary training gains popularity as restaurant boom continues
Indiana Business College will launch a Chef’s Academy downtown next month, offering an 18-month program intended to produce trained “culinarians.” Ivy Tech Community College, meanwhile, is looking for space to expand its two-year culinary arts program, which has seen explosive growth.
Ivy Tech to offer mortuary science degree
Ivy Tech Community College will train students in mortuary sciences, filling a void left when Indiana College of Mortuary Science kicked the bucket several years ago.