McROBBIE: Delivering value beyond school walls
This fall at IU, we have seen a record 5,066 students enrolled in more than 115 online degrees and over 2,000 online courses offered by IU, a 4 percent increase over last year’s record.
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WRIGHT: Congress must stabilize insurance market
One of the main reasons the individual market is unstable is because it lacks enough young, healthy enrollees paying premiums to offset the claim costs of older, sicker enrollees.
MURTLOW: Hand-raisers needed to fight rising poverty
What’s clear to us at United Way of Central Indiana is that business as usual is no longer a viable option. That’s why we’re investing in organizations, programs and initiatives that address the deep-seated and increasingly complex causes of poverty.
DUVALL: Teachers need affordable and safe housing near schools
Teacher’s Village, a cluster of affordable housing for teachers on the near-east side in Indianapolis, will be only five minutes away from several schools.
McCABE: Cities can drive climate action with Paris Accord in flux
If I were an Indiana mayor, I would ask: What are the best things I can do to serve my city and reduce my city’s carbon footprint?
KENNEDY: Faith-based economics fatally flawed
When President Clinton hiked taxes, the economy boomed. When President George W. Bush slashed them, the economy ultimately collapsed.
BELTON: The public benefits from manufacturing
Indiana—arguably the leading manufacturing state in the nation—has a particularly compelling story to tell.
JARAMILLO: Unlock the power of a people strategy
Strategy is not about what we say yes to, but about what we say no to. The key question then becomes: How do we know what to focus on with our culture and employee-engagement efforts?
BOSMA: Tax reformers should look to Indiana
In the early 2000s, Indiana was at the bottom of almost every economic outlook index. Partnering with three successive governors—Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence and current-Gov. Eric Holcomb—legislative leaders worked across the aisle to enact sweeping reforms.
CAINE & FIDDIAN-GREEN: Indiana must curb smoking among blacks
In Indiana, blacks still smoke at slightly higher rates than whites—and significantly higher rates than Hispanics—and are disproportionately affected by diseases linked to tobacco, including cancer, diabetes and heart disease, as well as infant mortality.
BANKS: Indiana positioned for defense boost
The state’s robust system of military installations, universities, industry partners and the nation’s fourth-largest National Guard collaborate on sophisticated projects and form what I call our “Hoosier Arsenal of Democracy.”
McVerry: Capital needs challenge growth companies
Capital can be a game changer in growth-stage companies’ ability to innovate, tap unrealized growth potential, retain and attract talent, and even survive the next economic downturn.
KENNEDY: The America in the mirror
If we are honest, if we look at our recent and not-so-recent history, we’ll see that our democratic institutions have been malfunctioning, and our democratic norms eroding, for a long time.
ELLSPERMANN: Rural Indiana needs the NEH and NEA
Indiana has made a concerted effort to promote the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines, and, as a college president and engineer, I support that effort 100 percent. But I don’t believe that this emphasis should be at the expense of the arts and humanities.
BRENNER: Our connectedness could help lure HQ2
Indy is a place you can join in. You don’t have to be a native to quickly engage and make an impact.
CULP: Diversity leads to better business decisions
It is intimidating as hell to find your place when you lack almost any similarities with the majority of people in the room.
KENLEY: Feds should follow Indiana’s fiscal example
The ideals of freedom, democracy, opportunity, free enterprise and the chance for all to get ahead economically are threatened by the federal government’s current high-tax, large-deficit fiscal program.
HAGERMAN: Blur the lines between industry, academia
Both industry and academia are well poised to help each other realize massive benefits from deep partnerships if we are willing to get creative about the ways we collaborate.
HIATT: Making the IMA and gardens a thriving museum
We have balanced our budget, reduced our endowment draw each year, and paid off more than $40 million in debt, while delivering a wide variety of exhibitions and programs to our community. This kind of change is not easy.