Purdue Board of Trustees Chair Mike Berghoff said the university will invest a minimum of $100 million to relaunch the school under the new name. A $200 million fundraising campaign will also be implemented.
The push for automatic enrollment of eligible students in the state’s 21st Century Scholars program might be able to navigate the Legislature’s Republican supermajority due to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s backing.
Altogether, not-for-profit institutions in Indiana landed 54 gifts of $1 million or more in 2022, for a total of $241 million, or nearly 8% higher than a year ago. Purdue University received five of the top 10 donations.
Over the past few years, the private college has begun offering non-degree credentials and will be ramping up even more to help students upgrade their careers.
This was second signing class since the NCAA lifted a ban on college athletes being able to earn money for the use of their names, images and likenesses.
Marion-based Indiana Wesleyan University said it plans to continue operating Eleven Fifty Academy as a not-for-profit organization, with new classes beginning early next year.
Charlie Baker, the next leader of the largest college sports governing body in the country, is stepping into a hornet’s nest of a job that will likely tap every political skill in his bag.
Indiana State University on Friday announced the largest individual donation in the school’s 157-year history after the board of trustees approved the naming of the Bailey College of Engineering and Technology on the Terre Haute campus.
The negotiations with Eleven Fifty Academy include a potential acquisition of the coding school’s programs but are broader than that, an Indiana Wesleyan spokesperson said.
The class-action lawsuit against Ball State University was filed by a student at the school last year. The legal challenge claims Ball State has refused to reimburse students for tuition and fees that were paid for in-person classes and services.
The proposed funding model was crafted by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, which the General Assembly tasked with researching a new formula to cover costs at Indiana’s state colleges and universities.
The school says the campaign, titled “Journey to 2030: Always Forward,” had already raised $240 million prior to the public launch last week.
The future of affirmative action in higher education is on the table as the Supreme Court wades into the admissions programs at the nation’s oldest public and private universities.
The proposed funding model comes from the Commission for Higher Education, which the General Assembly tasked with researching a new formula to cover costs at Indiana’s state colleges and universities.
The 7,500-square-foot Butler Esports Park will officially open to the community on Friday. The facility includes PC and console gaming and event space, as well as co-working spaces, a studio and production room, and a cafe.
the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report suggests that steep drops seen after the pandemic disrupted colleges globally in early 2020 have not been reversed.
In the last five years, the state’s public higher education institutions have seen a 12.1% dip in undergraduates, equal to 27,000 fewer students.
More Hoosier high schoolers than ever before have the option to earn college-level credit while still in secondary school—an opportunity Indiana education officials say could increase the number of students who pursue some form of higher education.
Several schools in Indiana finished high on this year’s rankings in certain categories, including Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Butler University.
Jobs, child care and the logistics of modern life are just a few of the obstacles students today must navigate to receive an education.
