Notre Dame switching from Adidas to Under Armour
Notre Dame is ending its 17-year relationship with Adidas and switching to Under Armour Inc. with a 10-year deal it calls the biggest of its kind in the history of college athletics.
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Purdue president seeks tuition freeze for 3rd year
Mitch Daniels said he plans to call on Purde trustees to extend the two-year tuition freeze for one more year as part of a push to make the university more attractive and affordable for families.
Notre Dame mulling new apparel deal
As its current deal with Adidas expires, the university is poised to sign an apparel deal with Under Armour valued at $8 million to $10 million annually.
Ivy Tech plans to consolidate chancellor ranks
Ivy Tech Community College announced significant regional changes Tuesday, marking the largest structural reorganizing in the school’s 50 year history.
New owner IU set to unveil plans for shuttered Wishard Hospital campus
The university wants to expand its health services program by using some existing Wishard space and tearing down other buildings and replacing them with modern facilities,
Two plead guilty to Purdue computer hacking
The former engineering students were charged with hacking into their professors’ accounts to boost their grades.
LOPRESTI: New Year’s Eve brings real break from past at Butler
This won’t be your garden variety New Year’s Eve. The ball drops at 7:30 p.m., not midnight, and it’ll be orange. This Auld Lang Syne comes with 3-pointers.
Ball State-birthed big-top musical graduates to big time
“The Circus in Winter,” which began its theatrical life as a student project, is headed for an East Coast theater considered a stepping stone to Broadway.
Ball State starting search for new president
Ball State University's trustees have hired an executive search firm for $150,000 to help them find a replacement for outgoing school President Jo Ann Gora.
Ivy Tech to debut new academic model in 2014
Ivy Tech Community College is moving to an automated system to advise students about what classes they need each semester and eliminating their ability to enroll as “undecided.”
Centaur gift to spur Purdue equine hospital
Purdue University plans to build a $10 million veterinary hospital for horses in Shelbyville, made possible in part by a $2.7 million grant from Indiana racino owner and operator Centaur Gaming.
UIndy receives $3M to launch MBA for school leaders
The goal of the education MBA programs is to equip school leaders with business-type skills to lead well-funded schools to compete better internationally and to help the impoverished students in urban and rural schools catch up with their suburban peers.
IU seeks proposals for Evansville medical facility
The university's existing Evansville campus serves students for two years. The new site would allow students to finish their medical education in Evansville.
IU faculty question new legislative mandates
The head of IU's board of trustees says faculty need to accept that college standards are changing and adapt to stay ahead of the shift.
Colleges go social in quest for young alumni donors
University and foundation leaders throughout the state are trying to find ways to target donors 35 and younger, through online tools that could be critical to future fundraising strategies.
Lumina initiative aims to boost college grad ranks
The Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation’s overall goal is to raise the percentage of Americans with college degrees from 38 percent to 60 percent by 2025.
Endowment pledges $63M toward fight against brain drain
The Lilly Endowment will give nearly $63 million in grants to 39 Indiana colleges and universities to boost job prospects for their graduates, pushing the endowment’s anti-brain-drain campaign to $120 million over the past decade.
IU assembling plan to ‘disaster proof’ its campuses
The university is interested in receiving funding to move utilities out of bottom floors to mitigate water issues during a flood. Other options would be to retrofit buildings and create better refuge from disasters.
Butler University’s Danko seeks lasting gains from hoops glory
The new president is seeking to build lasting gains from the school’s 15 minutes of hoops glory.
ITT, Corinthian face consumer bureau probe over lending
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating at least two for-profit colleges, including ITT Educational Services Inc., over potentially abusive practices in marketing and originating student loans.