Ivy Tech revs up for new automotive program
An Indiana college is revving up an intense new automotive program designed to increase graduation rates and help students earn technical certificates in less time.
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Firm gives college kids the opportunity to run a painting business
Student Development Co. helps college students run Textbook Painting businesses, to learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Thirty students in seven states are participating this summer, including 10 student entrepreneurs in Indiana.
ITT stock sinks after profit plunges 42 percent
ITT Educational Services Inc.'s stock took a licking Thursday after its quarterly earnings report badly missed expectations of Wall Street analysts.
Penn State sanctions ‘watershed moment’ for NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s swift and severe punishment of Penn State University over a sexual abuse scandal is a bold departure from its normal operating procedure.
Ball State OKs $4.6M planetarium, largest in state
Ball State University's trustees have approved plans for a $4.6 million planetarium that school officials say will become the largest in Indiana.
NCAA hammers Penn State with major sanctions
The NCAA on Monday morning slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Report: Purdue ex-president Cordova to get $500K bonus
Former Purdue University President France Cordova is getting nearly $500,000 and reaping other financial benefits under a separation agreement approved by the school's board of trustees.
Purdue board approves pick of interim president
Purdue University's trustees have approved an acting president to lead the school until Gov. Mitch Daniels becomes its president in January.
Purdue planning $89M classroom, library project
Purdue University officials are working on plans for an $89 million project to build a new classroom and library building that would take the place of an old power plant on the West Lafayette campus.
Purdue offers Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for disabled vets
The Krannert School of Management is one of eight programs around the country that teach the boot camp aimed at helping post-9/11 disabled veterans start their own businesses.
Former ATA campus set to find new use as classroom
Ivy Tech Community College will begin offering accounting, business, criminal justice and information technology classes at the former airline campus on the northern edge of Indianapolis International Airport.
UIndy receives $2M gift to help archive city’s history
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the University of Indianapolis a $2 million grant to help it begin cataloging four decades of city history as part of the university’s planned Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives.
New IU public health schools reach milestone
Indiana University says an accrediting agency has approved its request to begin the accreditation process for the Schools of Public Health proposed for its Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.
Purdue sees 2nd-best year for donations
Purdue University says donations to the school rose by 32 percent during the past year for its second-best fundraising year on record.
State higher ed board picks new chair, vice chair
Marilyn Moran-Townsend will take over as chair and Jud Fisher will be the board's new vice chair. Chris LaMothe will serve as the board's secretary.
Ex-Purdue dean calls Daniels pick ‘travesty,’ cancels $1M gift
A Purdue trustee said donating money is a personal decision and that the board has received a 10-to-1 positive reaction to the selection of the governor.
Daniels to receive large raise as Purdue president
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will receive a big pay raise when he leaves office in January and takes over as president of Purdue University, possibly earning more than five times as much salary.
Indiana politicians reassess role of higher ed as economy lags
After accepting the post of Purdue University president, Gov. Mitch Daniels finds himself at the heart of the debate over the value of a traditional college degree versus its cost and the needs of employers who simply want skilled workers.
Notre Dame receives $5M for adult stem cell research
The university says the gift from an alumnus will fund three new endowed professorships in adult and all forms of non-embryonic stem cell research, in hopes of accelerating discovery of new treatments for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
Daniels unsure of lobbying role as Purdue president
The governor said Friday he was checking whether he could press members of the General Assembly on the university's behalf after he becomes Purdue's president in January, because of state ethics rules that require a one-year "cool down" for public officials after leaving office.