Lilly Endowment gives $35M to start pharmacy school
Manchester College will use money to launch the state’s third program offering doctorates in pharmacy.
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Ivy Tech gets $23M to renovate old Stouffer’s Hotel building
Grant from Lilly Endowment will create a workforce training center, space for distance education and administrative offices at 45-year-old former hotel on North Meridian Street.
IU’s health care budget could be $25 million short
Indiana University’s board of trustees has learned that the school’s health care budget is $24.9 million short of projected expenses in 2011-12.
Controversial Martin University president to retire this month
Algeania Freeman will retire Dec. 31 after three years at the school, officials said late Monday morning. Former NCAA executive Charlotte Westerhaus will serve as acting president while the predominantly black university conducts a nationwide search for a new leader.
UIndy rolls out new Lugar Center scholarship program
The program will award $10,000 per school year to each of 10 incoming students who attend the annual Richard G. Lugar Symposium for Tomorrow’s Leaders.
IU tries new tack in online education
Traditional colleges like Indiana University know they must shift to more online learning options or else lose students to upstart competitors using digital technology to offer college curriculum at greater convenience.
Coaching search gives Hoosiers uncertain future
The new coach, whomever it is, will become the school's sixth since 1996 — more than any other Big Ten school. He will take over a team that has only three Big Ten wins over the past three years and just ended a 12-game losing streak against conference foes and a 15-game losing skid against league opponents away from Bloomington.
Some IUPUI adjunct instructors to receive 3-percent raises
A coalition representing part-time educators within IUPUI’s School of Liberal Arts called for a pay hike after full-time faculty received a similar raise.
Gold is booming, but for how long?
Experts are split over whether runup in precious metal is a classic bubble.
Governor wants to reward early high school graduates
Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to ask the General Assembly to allow students who choose to graduate early to use much of the money the state would save to pay for higher education.
States offering more college-savings vehicles
Indiana among those rolling out new, less-risky 529 plans to attract savers wary of losing money in the stock market.
Purdue website calculates asteroid damage
The site is “scientifically accurate enough” to be used by the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, but friendly enough for elementary school students.
More than 500 employees take Purdue early-retirement plan
The plan, approved by Purdue’s Board of Trustees on Aug. 30, was designed to reduce payroll costs and avoid involuntary layoffs.
UPDATE: Butler’s Fong leaving for new job
Butler University President Bobby Fong will leave at the end of the current academic year to take the helm of private Ursinus College outside Philadelphia, the Indianapolis school confirmed Friday afternoon.
IU offering master’s degree in event tourism
The Indiana University School of Physical Education and Tourism Management at IUPUI will begin accepting students for the program next fall. The chairman of the school says the new degree fits well with Indianapolis’ mission to be a convention destination.
Investors brace for ITT’s plan to survive new regulations
The Carmel-based for-profit educator stands to suffer a bigger impact than its peers from new regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education, which have already forced the industry behemoth to slash its forecasts.
Indiana commerce agency, Purdue plan California office
Officials say the Silicon Valley office will focus on attracting California companies to move to Indiana and to sell venture capitalists on ideas and research generated by Purdue faculty and entrepreneurs.
IUPUI adjunct instructors call for more pay
Full-time professors support part-time instructors in their demands to share in Indiana University’s 3-percent faculty raises.
Purdue board OKs merit pay, bonuses, premium hike
Some Purdue University employees will get pay raises and bonuses, but all of them will pay higher health insurance premiums.
Christian Theological Seminary to search for new president
The current president will retire next June 30 but continue in an advisory role as the school begins to develop new educational approaches.