The two-year trial of the Crossroads Classic doubleheader basketball event has drawn capacity crowds to Indianapolis. But there are still scheduling concerns to be worked out if the fledgling event is to become a long-term college basketball tradition.
Butler University President James Danko has said little to counter reports that Butler is considering leaving the Atlantic 10 Conference for a newly formed league.
The proposal includes a large addition at the campus, a student life center and other improvements that would nearly double Ivy Tech's current 258,000 square feet.
Outgoing Gov. Mitch Daniels would be paid $420,000 a year in his new job as president of Purdue University under an incentive-based contract approved by the school's board of trustees' compensation committee.
Marian University of Indianapolis captured its first national title Thursday night in only its sixth season of football.
Helmke will join the faculty of the School of Policy and Environmental Affairs. He also run the Civic Leaders Living-Learning Center to train first-year IU students in government, politics and policy.
Indiana University students concerned about reductions in state funding for higher education and IU’s management of programs are calling for an all-campus strike in April in protest.
Many high-ranking administrators at Indiana University would be allowed to work past the school's current mandated retirement age of 65 under a proposed new policy that one official said would better reflects current careers.
Lugar is starting an internship program with the University of Indianapolis that will operate out of Washington, D.C. He has also agreed to deliver a handful of lectures each year as a distinguished professor at the private university.
Purdue University has hired Darrell Hazell as its new football coach. Hazell won this season's Mid-American Conference coach of the year award after leading Kent State to its first winning season since 2001.
Purdue University plans to eliminate 22 jobs by shutting down its in-house construction inspection department.
MaryFrances McCourt would replace Neil Theobald, who is leaving IU at the end of the year to become president of Temple University.
Researchers from Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute will serve as collaborating partners on a major grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to address vulnerabilities arising during the process of software development.
Purdue wants a football team that can get to the Rose Bowl, and decided Danny Hope was not the coach to take it there. Replacement names already percolating include Northern Illinois’ Dave Doeren, Illinois State’s Brock Spack and Ball State’s Pete Lembo.
Rutgers University is moving to the Big Ten Conference, ending a more than two-decade affiliation with the Big East as it looks to strengthen its athletic, financial and academic standing.
Maryland will become the southernmost member of the Big Ten member starting in July 2014. Rutgers is expected to follow suit by Tuesday, splitting from the Big East and making it an even 14 schools in the Big Ten.
University is opting to open more courses to the masses.
Western Governors University allows students to complete courses as fast as they want and take as many courses as they want a semester, all for the same per-semester fee. But universities in Indiana believe the style isn’t for everyone.
Administrative costs on college campuses are soaring, crowding out instruction at a time of skyrocketing tuition and $1 trillion in outstanding student loans. At Purdue, bureaucratic growth is pitting professors against administrators.
New figures show international enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities grew nearly 6 percent last year, driven by a 23-percent increase from China. Growth is even higher at Midwest schools like Indiana University and Purdue.
