Indiana prison education cuts cost Ball State jobs
A new law denying state grants for college education to prison inmates has cost the jobs of more than 70 Ball State University employees.
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Ball State approves pay raises for professors
Ball State University trustees have approved a 3.5-percent increase in salary funding for faculty and professional staff.
Ball State planning 100-room campus hotel
Ball State University plans to build a $25 million hotel in a building that will also have student-housing space, conference rooms and two restaurants.
Ball State leader: Raising faculty pay a hard sell
Ball State University's president is blaming "incredibly unsympathetic" state legislators for the school's low ranking on faculty salaries.
IU professors top Purdue’s in pay after freeze ends
After the recession forced a freeze in its professors’ pay, IU’s flagship Bloomington campus boosted faculty salaries roughly 6 percent this year, vaulting its top professors’ pay past Purdue’s professors.
Daniels approves limits on Indiana college credits
The governor included the measure as part of his final legislative agenda saying that he was concerned that college degrees were becoming too expensive.
Ball State begins final phase of ambitious geothermal project
Eventually, the system will heat and cool 5.5 million square feet of buildings and save $2 million a year in operating costs.
LOU’S VIEWS: Pleasures of ‘Godspell’ are in the details
In Actors Theatre of Indiana’s production, the apostles aren’t blank slates to write on but, rather, people who have experienced life.
Ball State offers higher-ed aid to Iraq, Afghanistan
New program is making progress in volatile countries.
Ball State poll: Half of Hoosiers undecided on right-to-work
Twenty-seven percent of Hoosiers support a law allowing employees to join unionized workplaces without being forced to pay union dues. But 24 percent oppose it and 48 percent are still undecided, according to a new survey.
Ball State: Diabetes rising at alarming rate
In 1993, only 3.8 percent of Hoosier adults had full-blown diabetes, compared with 9.8 percent today.
Ball State buys triple-x domain names after all
A university spokeswoman said she had been misinformed when she earlier reported that officials had not been purchasing the domain names.
Ball State rejection threatens two Indy charter schools
Fall Creek and Fountain Square academies could be forced to close in May after Ball State University declined their applications this week.
Ball State announces moves to stem tuition costs
Ball State University said Tuesday it will offer $500 scholarships to students on track to graduate within four years and take other steps that could save some students as much as $10,000 over the course of their college careers.
University education schools inflate grades, critics charge
Nearly four of five students received A’s in Indiana University education classes in 2010-2011, but education deans at IU and other universities say grading is approached differently than in other schools, such as math.
LOU’S VIEWS: It takes a circus
A team of collegiate collaborators turns Cathy Day’s acclaimed book into a stage musical
Indiana lawmakers say tuition hikes hard on families
Republican and Democratic budget leaders bemoaned that in-state tuition jumped from an average of 12 percent of Hoosiers' incomes in 2000 to expectations it will account for 19 percent of average income by 2013.
Ball State geothermal plant powers economic engine
Ball State University leaders hope the school’s $87 million geothermal plant paves the way for others like it—as an economic-development opportunity as much as an environmental effort.
Ball State: Digital generation torching cable TV
Ball State University’s Digital Policy Institute said there’s more behind the shrinkage in customers that cable TV companies have experienced than just a downturn in the economy.
Foreign students fear impact of new immigration law
The law that took effect July 1 states that "public assistance" for postsecondary education is only available to U.S. residents or "qualified aliens."