Pennsylvania reps ask NCAA to halt Penn State sanctions
Five Pennsylvania congressmen are asking college sports' governing body to cancel penalties against Penn State University imposed as a result of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
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State campaign pushes students to finish college on time
The statewide effort is designed to push more Indiana students to graduate from college on time by completing at least 15 credits each semester.
NCAA’s $60M video-game settlement moves ahead
The decision may mean that the judge will soon rule on whether the Indianapolis-based NCAA must change its rules to let students negotiate licenses for the use of their names and images.
PENNY: Collegiate reform could hurt Olympic teams
Changes in governance might risk pipeline of athletes in sports that generate little income.
NCAA enforcement director defends investigators
Two days after Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby called the NCAA enforcement system overwhelmed and "broken," the Indianapolis-based NCAA's top cop fired back.
Wabash College religion center gets $7.8 million
The grant will let the center continue programming through 2018. It brings to more than $48 million the total grants the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment has given the center.
IU business school expansion nearing completion
Started in May 2012, the 90,000-square-foot expansion on four stories adds classrooms, meeting spaces and career training offices to the undergraduate business building in Bloomington.
NCAA sets vote on modified governance proposal
After years of consternation and months of debate, the Indianapolis-based NCAA says that its board of directors will vote on a formal proposal to give schools in the highest-profile conferences more influence over the college rules.
IU says no victims reported in data breach
Data including names, addresses and Social Security numbers of those who attended IU from 2011 to 2014 was unsecured for more than 11 months because protections weren’t working correctly.
NCAA, schools need more financial transparency, bill says
Athletic departments, conferences and the governing body of college sports should be more transparent financially, according to a bill co-sponsored by a pair of U.S. congressmen.
Purdue reports big boost in research funding
Purdue University says its researchers obtained $389 million in outside funding in the past year, almost a 22-percent increase from the previous year and just short of a record.
Ball State hires prosecutor to review investment fraud
Indianapolis attorney Deborah Daniels will scrutinize what happened to $13.1 million.
Butler to build new residence hall, parking garage
The projects are part of a larger plan to add more student housing, possibly construct a larger facility to house the university's business school and renovate existing academic buildings.
NCAA president grilled by Senate committee
NCAA President Mark Emmert faced a skeptical Senate Commerce Committee and said he feels college sports "works extremely well for the vast majority" and that the overall current model of amateurism should be preserved.
State aims to raise post-secondary education attainment
At least 60 percent of Indiana’s workforce will need post-secondary education skills by 2025 in order to compete for jobs, Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellsperman said Tuesday.
New IU office aims to boost graduation rates
A state Commission for Higher Education report this year found that about 50 percent of students at IU's Bloomington campus were graduating on time, while the regional campuses were at 10 percent or less.
Program preps students to teach at high-need schools
Forty-five Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows received incentives to attend cutting-edge master's degree programs at Ball State, IUPUI, Purdue University, the University of Indianapolis and Valparaiso University.
ITT Educational, rivals wrestle with tougher regulation
The U.S. Education Department has taken its toughest regulatory action ever against a for-profit college: putting Corinthian Colleges Inc., with more than 70,000 students, on the path to going out of business.
Latest plan for natatorium includes IUPUI expansion
The city of Indianapolis, IUPUI and Lilly Endowment are preparing to unveil a broad plan for the west end of downtown and Haughville.
IU students get more information, borrow less
A simple letter from Indiana University led its students to reduce borrowing by far more than the national average last academic year. Federal undergraduate Stafford loan disbursements at the university dropped 11 percent, or $31 million.