Ball State leader: Raising faculty pay a hard sell
Ball State University's president is blaming "incredibly unsympathetic" state legislators for the school's low ranking on faculty salaries.
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Indiana Tech law school plan receives go-ahead
Indiana Tech officials expect the law school to have 100 students when it opens in the fall of 2013 and grow to about 360 students when it's in full operation. It will be the fifth one in the state.
Judge slaps down attorneys behind ITT fraud lawsuit
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt late last month granted ITT’s motion for attorney’s fees and sanctions against Mississippi attorney Timothy Matusheski, as well as two law firms that worked with him on the case—Motley Rice LLC in Los Angeles and Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP in Indianapolis.
Purdue set to start building life sciences park
The $38 million Lyles-Porter Hall will house numerous health programs. Purdue also is planning a $25 million Drug Discovery Building that will bring together pharmaceutical researchers from throughout the school.
Colleges could be banned from using tax funds for marketing
For-profit U.S. colleges, including Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc., would be barred from spending federal taxpayer money on advertising, marketing and recruiting under a Senate bill targeting the education-based businesses.
IU professors top Purdue’s in pay after freeze ends
After the recession forced a freeze in its professors’ pay, IU’s flagship Bloomington campus boosted faculty salaries roughly 6 percent this year, vaulting its top professors’ pay past Purdue’s professors.
University of Indianapolis selects new president
Georgetown University Associate Provost and Dean Robert L. Manuel will become president of the University of Indianapolis in July, succeeding Beverley J. Pitts, who is retiring after seven years at the school.
Chicago university buys Fishers beauty college
Illinois-based Tricoci University of Beauty Culture has acquired Honors Beauty College in Fishers and plans to expand into the Indianapolis area with as many as seven campus locations over the next four years.
Indiana panel sets new college degree goals
The resolution looks to increase on-time graduation rates at both two- and four-year campuses and double the number of college graduates produced in the state by 2025. The plan also aims to have 60 percent of Indiana adults with college degrees by 2025.
IU breaks ground on $25M lab building at IUPUI
The facility at IUPUI will include nearly 34,000 square feet of research and classroom space and is the first phase of a planned two-stage project to improve the university’s research facilities.
Martin University founder Hardin dies
The Rev. Boniface Hardin, a Roman Catholic priest who co-founded Martin University to serve adult learners in Indianapolis, has died. He was 78.
Butler’s Stevens turns down Illinois coaching job
A person familiar with the basketball coaching search at the University of Illinois says the Illini are interested in talking to Ohio University's John Groce after being turned down by Brad Stevens of Butler University.
Purdue search panel violates state notice law
A state official says Purdue University's presidential search committee didn't follow Indiana law when it held private meetings in Indianapolis without sufficient public notice.
Notre Dame biz school ranked tops in nation again
Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business scored highest in Bloomberg Businessweek's annual survey of top undergraduate business schools. Indiana, Purdue and Butler universities also ranked among the top 50.
Daniels approves limits on Indiana college credits
The governor included the measure as part of his final legislative agenda saying that he was concerned that college degrees were becoming too expensive.
Butler eyes move to Atlantic 10, ESPN says
A spokesman for the university said it has not entered into “formal talks” with anyone about switching conferences. Butler has been an inaugural member of the Horizon League since its founding as the Midwestern City Conference in 1979.
Commission outlines goals for Indiana universities
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education revealed a plan Friday to get more Indiana students college degrees while keeping tuition affordable.
IUPUI faculty vote to keep public affairs school
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs won’t be eliminated from IUPUI any time soon. Faculty members at SPEA have turned down a proposal to merge with the Center on Philanthropy.
Ball State begins final phase of ambitious geothermal project
Eventually, the system will heat and cool 5.5 million square feet of buildings and save $2 million a year in operating costs.
Martin University names new president
George E. Miller III, a former astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, is the Indianapolis school’s third president.