Senate change on proposed endowment tax could spare some schools
A few dozen private college endowments could dodge a bullet with the sweeping tax bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning after a last-minute amendment.
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Ex-Louisville coach Pitino sues university over firing
Rick Pitino said the school had no valid reason to fire him. He is seeking the balance of his contract, which amounts to about $4.3 million a year through June 2026. He was one of college basketball’s highest-paid coaches.
CSI UIndy: School to use vacant house for forensic studies lab
In a partnership with the Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency, UIndy criminal justice students will be able to comb through mock crime scenes in a realistic setting.
International studies school reignites IU’s global focus
Enrollment at the school has grown 55 percent since its 2012 formation. Today, 631 undergraduates and 162 graduate students are enrolled, according to IU.
University of Evansville opens Changemaker Incubator
Funding for the space came from a $20,000 Ball Venture Fund.
Lilly funds program for religion professors
More than 160 faculty have gone through the program, which began in 1991 and has been funded by Lilly since 2002.
French firm wins worldwide rights to apple co-developed by Purdue
The apple is the product of a cooperative breeding program involving Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Illinois that began in 1945. The schools will receive royalties on the fruit.
Purdue launches ‘affordability grant’ to help tackle college costs
Purdue University is rolling out a grant program to help lower- and middle-class Indiana students afford college.
Indiana State names Central Missouri provost as next president
Deborah Curtis, an ISU alum, will become the first woman president of the 152-year-old university.
Firm that makes plagiarism-detection software gets boost from Indy entrepreneur
Ray Henderson, who operates the boutique advisory firm Lessons Learned Ventures LLC, said he has joined the board of VeriCite as chairman with plans to “build the business in Indiana.”
Marian to unveil $150M fundraising campaign led by Klipsch gift
The Indianapolis-based university has big ambitions for boosting the national reputation of its teacher-training program—and it already is more than halfway to its fundraising goal.
ITT failure a calamity, but former execs say not fraud
The SEC broadly charges that two former ITT Educational Services executives concealed from investors the “extraordinary failure” of two off-balance-sheet student loan programs ITT helped set up in 2009 after the financial crisis shut down the market for traditional private education loans.
Study: Most student loan fraud claims involve for-profits
More than 7,300 claims of fraud came from students who attended the now-defunct Carmel-based ITT Technical Institute chain.
Study gives college sports D+ grade for race, gender hiring
Leadership positions at 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools continue to be dominated by white men, according to a diversity report released Wednesday.
College athletes continue to earn degrees at record rates
Increases were at least partly attributed to academic progress among black players in each sport.
Holcomb’s agenda for 2018 targets workforce issues, education, opioids
Gov. Eric Holcomb said there would be “no more stove-pipe approach,” referring to criticisms by some legislative leaders that the workforce development system is convoluted and divided into isolated silos.
IU experts expect Indiana’s economy to outpace nation’s in 2018
In their annual Business Outlook forecast, Indiana University Kelley School of Business economists say employment gains will fuel economic growth in 2018.
Tobias gift of $5M to establish IU global development center
Indiana University will create a research laboratory focused on international development—including missions such as reducing poverty and inequality and addressing climate change—based on a $5 million gift from Deborah and Randall Tobias.
NCAA president urges change to basketball to restore trust
Basketball is critically important to the NCAA because it gets most of its annual revenue—roughly $800 million—from television rights fees for its men’s basketball tournament.
Indiana University ups bicentennial fundraising goal to $3B
The university said the campaign involving all its campuses has already raised more than $2 billion in donations with more than two years to go before the drive's planned completion.