Purdue poised to cancel coal-fired power plant
Purdue University is moving to call off plans for a new coal-fired power unit that had been strongly opposed by environmental activists.
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Indiana colleges want $700 million for new buildings
Commission for Higher Education officials say Indiana’s universities should get no money for capital projects during the next two-year state budget.
Report: Gifts to universities flat despite market recovery
College fundraising was flat during the 2010 fiscal year as a recovering stock market failed to instill donors with confidence. But Indiana University bucked the trend.
For-profit colleges make costly loans, report says
Companies including ITT Educational Services Inc., DeVry Inc and Career Education Corp. are making loans with “high costs” and “predatory terms,” the group said.
Ball State touted for research even as funding drops
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified Ball State as a "high research university" for the first time, elevating it to a status shared in Indiana only by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Ball State hosts conference on Afghanistan higher education
The Afghanistan Ministry of Higher Education is trying to build up the country’s higher education system after more than 30 years of near constant warfare.
Scholarship bill raises questions about minors on campus
As Indiana lawmakers ponder a bill that would give high school students an incentive to graduate early, state university leaders are bracing for the possible impact—an influx of minors onto their campuses.
Indiana companies prepping for burst of acquisitions
Conditions are ripe for a barrage of mergers and acquisitions to take place this year.
DeCoudreaux leaving Lilly for top job at Mills College
Alecia DeCoudreaux, the top attorney for Eli Lilly and Co.’s U.S. unit and an active community volunteer, will leave to become president of Mills College in California on July 1.
UPDATE: ITT Educational profit gives shares a boost
Shares of ITT Educational Services Inc. rose the most in a year Thursday after the for-profit educator reported a fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates.
Purdue planning new campus residence hall
Purdue University officials are pushing ahead with plans for a new campus residence hall that would house between 200 and 300 students and include a cafe and retail space.
Former Butler president to lead Hawaii university
Geoffrey Bannister, who served as president of Butler University from 1988 to 2000, has been named president of Hawaii Pacific University, the school announced Monday.
More foreign students at state colleges a good sign for economy
Indiana, where foreign-student enrollment rose in 2010, is 10th in the U.S. in the number of students from other countries.
IUPUI chancellor making his mark on urban campus
A little more than a year into Charles Bantz’s term as chancellor of IUPUI, observers say he has done an admirable job getting to know the campus and the community, and he’s using that knowledge to make sure their paths remain intertwined.
IUPUI’s Bantz passed over for UMass president’s job
The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees on Thursday tapped Robert Caret to lead the the five-campus UMass system, choosing him over IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz and Philip Clay, chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
WGU Indiana provides more access to courses
Students now can use scholarships to pay Western Governors University tuition.
ITT Educational OKs bonuses to keep managers in place
Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc.’s management team will get special cash bonuses if they remain with the company until the end of June, ITT disclosed in a regulatory filing last week.
ISU set to create new biz school in old federal building
Indiana State University’s Board of Trustees has voted to seek state approval for selling $9 million in bonds for the project in Terre Haute, with $10 million in private gifts expected to cover the rest of the cost.
Group questions growth of pharmacy schools
Two weeks before Manchester College announced a $35 million gift to help open a pharmacy school, a national trade group suggested there are too many pharmacy schools already.
Duke/Browning team to develop building at new Wishard
The team, which plans to build an office building in the 200,000-square-foot range, beat out six other groups that submitted proposals.