Purdue University board to vote on Daniels’ incentive pay
Purdue University officials are set to determine whether its president, former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, has earned a possible $210,000 in incentive pay.
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Dental school launches $21.6M expansion project
The school, on the IUPUI campus, broke ground Sept. 23 on the 45,000-square-foot addition. It will house 125 new patient treatment rooms, spread over three floors, that will provide more elbow room for dentists, faculty and patients.
Ivy Tech plans to sell classroom site in Madison County
Ivy Tech's state board has approved a resolution to sell what is known as the Anderson North Campus near Alexandria.
Indiana lawmakers recommend expanding publicly funded pre-K
Members of the Republican-led Interim Study Committee on Fiscal Policy on Wednesday didn’t provide details on how broad they think the expansion should be.
NCAA facing 43 concussion lawsuits after latest filings
The players are seeking damages for injuries they claim are the result of mishandled concussions they suffered while playing college football.
Supreme Court spurns NCAA appeal of O’Bannon case
The U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place lower court rulings that found amateurism rules for big-time college basketball and football players violated federal antitrust law.
Abandoned P.R. Mallory factory to get new life as Purdue high school
The east-side factory used to employ 1,500 dry-cell battery makers, but has been abandoned for decades.
IU Research and Technology Corp. moves from canal to campus
A center that helps Indiana University researchers commercialize their discoveries has moved its operations to be closer to faculty, industry and research partners.
IU School of Dentistry moves ahead on $21M expansion
It’s the first significant addition in four decades to the 136-year-old institution, the only dental school in Indiana.
UPDATE: Government severs ties with Harrison College accreditor
Hundreds of for-profit colleges could close, leaving up to 600,000 students scrambling to find other schools, after the Education Department withdrew recognition of the nation's largest accreditor of for-profit schools.
Indiana State looks to grow enrollment by 20 percent
Indiana State President Dan Bradley said the Terre Haute school plans to target people around the Midwest who have some college credits but haven't earned a degree.
ITT Educational Services files for bankruptcy after shutdown
The Carmel-based, for-profit educator began liquidation proceedings Friday after closing 136 technical schools, leaving over 35,000 students stranded in one of the largest college shutdowns in U.S. history.
ITT Educational calling it quits after lender seizes bank accounts
The Carmel-based for-profit educator, which last week shut down all 136 of its ITT Technical Institute campuses in 38 states, said it will “cease all operations” on Friday.
Former ITT Tech students launch federal debt strike
More than 100 former students of now-closed ITT Technical Institutes announced Wednesday they'll no longer make payments on their federal student loans, part of a revolt against what they call the Obama administration's negligence in policing for-profit colleges.
Republican delegation wants GI Bill benefits returned to ITT Tech students
Six of Indiana’s U.S. representatives filed legislation Tuesday to help veterans regain their GI Bill education benefits after the closure of ITT Technical Institute.
Purdue University reports main campus enrollment record
Purdue's announcement comes after Indiana University reported a record mark of some 43,200 students enrolled at its Bloomington campus for the fall semester.
ITT is gone, but challenges facing for-profit schools live on
The question that dragged down ITT Educational Services—whether its expensive diplomas were leaving students awash in debt while failing to properly prepare them for gainful employment—will continue to hang over other players in the for-profit education industry.
What’s next for ITT students and their half-billion dollars in debt?
The closure of ITT’s 136 campuses threatens to throw some 29,000 indebted students off their educational tracks, and to saddle taxpayers with nearly a half-billion dollars in losses.
ITT Tech won’t say whether it will file for bankruptcy protection
The company will begin the process of liquidating, which will include selling off its Carmel headquarters and other real estate.
ITT Tech to cease operations, cut nearly 8,000 employees
Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc. announced Tuesday morning that it will permanently “discontinue academic operations” at all ITT Technical Institutes campuses. The company blamed the closure on “inappropriate and unconstitutional” federal sanctions.