For-profit college operators such as Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc.would lose a financial incentive to enroll soldiers and veterans under U.S. Senate and House bills aimed at curbing what sponsors call aggressive marketing of subpar programs.
The Indiana House Education Committee voted unanimously Monday to approve a measure that would make it easier for students to carry credits earned from one state university to another.
The new law would prevent the I-Light data network from straying beyond its stated mission of serving the state’s colleges and universities.
The innovation that led to the execution of Super Bowl XLVI was truly remarkable. On so many dimensions (crowd sizes in Super Bowl Village, scarves, the Legacy project, volunteers, murals and Super Service to name a few), Indianapolis demonstrated that it is a first-class city. It demonstrated once again, and on a level never before seen, that Indianapolis is a best practice for those studying hallmark event execution.
The New York Giants are practicing at the private university on the south side of the city, giving it the type of attention that money can’t buy.
The Indiana Senate has approved a bill to prohibit state universities from setting mandatory retirement ages for school administrators.
Purdue tied with Johns Hopkins and ahead of Cal Tech, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan.
Researchers say the study was the first to examine return-on-investment from donating merchandize vs. liquidating or destroying it.
The small, private college put a new residence hall on the backburner to emphasize student-driven research.
The Carmel-based operator of for-profit colleges earned $76 million in the quarter compared with $97.5 million in the same quarter of 2010. Revenue fell 10 percent.
A physiology professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine filed a scathing gender-discrimination lawsuit this month, accusing the school of paying her significantly less than male counterparts with less experience.
For-profit colleges like Carmel-based ITT Educational Services would be forced to rely less on federal money under a bill aimed at curbing the marketing of degrees to soldiers and veterans.
Cordova, an astrophysicist, succeeds a former chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Lilly Endowment is giving $6.6 million to support a new fundraising campaign by Indiana University's Public Policy Institute.
The contribution from a late school trustee will be used to support an endowment for student scholarships and church relations, in addition to the college’s capital campaign.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association will wait to decide on whether scholarship athletes at college sports’ top division will be eligible for as much as $2,000 a year to pay for food, transportation and other incidental expenses.
Weary of having to teach new hires how to work on teams with people halfway around the globe,
ocal software development firm CEO Chris Riester has begun teaching a college class that gives students international experience at home.
The campaign launched in 2006 by the private Christian university raised $113 million. Funds will help support academic programs and scholarships, in addition to operational needs.
The move announced Wednesday by Purdue President France Cordova will break the academic year into three 13-week trimesters with a larger lineup of summer courses.
Top officials from Indiana University and its Kelley School of Business are set to make a “major” announcement Wednesday afternoon likely involving a gift from the Lilly Endowment.
