ISU trustees scale back tuition increase for 2012
Indiana State University will reduce its planned tuition increase for in-state students from 3.5 percent to 1.5 percent, saving full-time students nearly $650 over four years.
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New Christian Theological Seminary president embracing the arts
New Christian Theological Seminary President Matthew Myer Boulton wants to create a more vibrant atmosphere at CTS, by attracting younger students who can live on campus full time and by drawing the general public for lectures, concerts and religious events on a regular basis.
Public universities expect state support to keep dropping
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie last month predicted that IU eventually will get less than 10 percent of its revenue from the state. If public schools get nine out of 10 dollars from somewhere other than public coffers, will they still be public?
IU to dedicate $37M Cyberinfrastructure Building
The building is IU's "greenest," featuring solar panels and grounds landscaped for water capture, along with an employee bicycle garage.
Groundbreaking study values college football programs
IU prof’s 242-page dissertation puts a price tag on teams as if they were for sale on the open market, and it’s filled with nuggets sure to grab the attention of academics, sports business experts and fans alike.
Olympia Media Partners’ newspapers reaching more college campuses
IU grads add employees, revenue as they prepare to expand their company’s footprint to 45 schools.
For-profit education firm denies lawsuit charges
Education Management Corp., which operates two schools in Indianapolis, has asked a judge to throw out a Department of Justice lawsuit that claims it used improper sales tactics to lure unqualified students and the billions of dollars in financial aid they bring.
UIndy president retiring at end of school year
Beverly Pitts, the university’s eighth president, announced on Monday that she will retire at the end of the academic year, ending seven years leading the private college.
Purdue panel wants online input for president hunt
Purdue is opening up the search for a successor to France Cordova through an online survey.
Cook family provides funding for Rose-Hulman bioscience lab
The $500,000 gift will help further a decade-long expansion of the school’s life sciences curriculum.
IU, Crane form education partnership
Indiana University and the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center signed an agreement to collaborate in areas including cybersecurity, computing and economic development.
Report: Completion rates woefully low at public colleges
Of every 100 Hoosiers who enter two- or four-year public colleges in Indiana, only 39 graduate, even when given four years to complete a two-year degree and eight years to complete a four-year degree.
Chinese aluminum firm gives Purdue $10 million grant
The grant from Nanshan Group Co. Ltd. will provide $2 million each year for the next five years.
IU launches $250K student biz-plan competition
A group of 10 investors created a $1.1 million fund to support $250,000 in annual prize money to Indiana University students in Bloomington who submit the best business plans for an Internet or software company.
Foreign student enrollment hits record at Purdue
The university had 7,934 international students enrolled this month. That’s up 17.3 percent from last year and nearly 45 percent from 2008.
Ivy Tech to open satellite campus at airport
Ivy Tech Community College will lease 19,615 square feet at the former ATA Airlines campus at Indianapolis International Airport for a logistics and business education program.
U.S. student-loan default rates jump sharply
The national two-year default rate rose to 8.8 percent last year, from 7 percent in fiscal 2008, according to the Department of Education. Driving the increase was an especially sharp increase among students who borrow from the government to attend for-profit colleges.
Authors Guild sues universities over online books
Authors and authors' groups sued the University of Michigan, Indiana University and three other universities Monday, seeking to stop the creation of online libraries made up of as many as 7 million copyright-protected books they say were scanned without authorization.
Class in Hoosier hospitality launched for Super Bowl
The class is being launched Oct. 3 with the goal of getting tens of thousands of front-line hospitality workers—from hoteliers, caterers and restaurant servers to cab drivers and airport employees—prepared for the barrage of Super Bowl visitors coming in February.
Indiana lawmakers say tuition hikes hard on families
Republican and Democratic budget leaders bemoaned that in-state tuition jumped from an average of 12 percent of Hoosiers' incomes in 2000 to expectations it will account for 19 percent of average income by 2013.