Ivy Tech to ask state lawmakers for more cash
The Ivy Tech Community College trustees have passed a resolution telling the college’s leaders to ask the Indiana General Assembly and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for additional funding.
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Purdue rolls out 3-year plan for communications majors
Purdue University has developed a three-year bachelor's program for communications students that it says will allow them to save more than $9,000.
Experts: Political move could help NCAA avoid more court woes
Analysts say the Indianapolis-based NCAA could ask Congress for an antitrust exemption that, coupled with some reform, would help the organization maintain the basic model of college sports.
IU schools tackle new marketing strategies
Indiana University is taking steps to better market itself to students and donors, using a strategy more common to consumer products.
IUPUI plans to build $45 million residence hall
IUPUI hopes to build a $45 million residence hall for 700 students on the campus in time for the 2016-17 academic year, the university announced Friday afternoon.
NCAA decision paves way for more aid to athletes
The changes may further increase the wealth gap between the 65 schools in the top five conferences and the rest of the Indianapolis-based NCAA’s roughly 350 Division I members.
Pennsylvania, NCAA seek time for talks in Penn State suit
Lawyers for the NCAA, the governor of Pennsylvania and others asked a judge to give them a month to work on a possible settlement of a lawsuit over the penalties Penn State University is paying for mishandling the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
NCAA grants more power to five biggest conferences
The NCAA Board of Directors overwhelmingly passed historic reforms Thursday that will give the five biggest conferences, including the Big Ten, the ability to unilaterally change some basic rules governing college sports.
ITT Educational scrutiny spreads to college’s lenders
For-profit college ITT Educational Services Inc., already under pressure from the U.S. Education Department, is facing stricter terms from lenders that could put its operations at risk.
Indiana agrees to $3M settlement in school test hitch
Indiana’s state schools superintendent says she has reached a $3 million settlement with CTB/McGraw-Hill after disruptions to standardized tests last year.
Vote would let big conferences set their own rules
The NCAA board of directors will vote Thursday on a proposal that would give the five wealthiest college football conferences the ability to make rules and pass legislation without the approval of the rest of Division I schools.
ChaCha CEO Jones launches app school in Carmel
Some of the events will take place at Scott Jones’ estate at 1150 W. 116th St. The unique setting prompted the founders to name the school Eleven Fifty.
ITT cash crunch has analysts raising spectre of bankruptcy
Carmel-based ITT Educational Services no longer has a margin of error, as it tries to dig out from a scuttled real estate deal, tightened rules from lenders and the feds, and its CEO’s pending resignation.
Construction blitz in full swing around Ball State
With less than two weeks until the start of classes at Ball State University, businesses in Muncie that will cater to students are racing to complete their building projects.
Elwood Staffing to add 40 jobs at Columbus HQ
The company, which already employs 200 in Indiana and 1,000 across the country, will accommodate the expansion by buying and renovating a building across the street from its current headquarters.
ISTEPs bring ‘mixed bag’ for Indiana charter schools
Performance among Indiana's charter schools on the 2014 ISTEP tests ran the gamut from low passing rates to rates similar to the state's best public schools.
ITT Educational CEO signals resignation amid stock freefall, federal scrutiny
Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc. announced late Monday afternoon that CEO Kevin Modany planned to resign within six months. The struggling for-profit education firm has drawn scrutiny from government officials for its marketing and lending practices.
ITT Educational shares reeling after deal falls through
The real estate deal would have brought as much as $119.1 million for the struggling, Carmel-based education firm.
Indiana students make small gains in ISTEP scores
State education officials say 74.7 percent of students passed both the math and English tests—up one percentage point from 2013.
Head of Indiana alcohol agency taking Ivy Tech job
Ivy Tech announced Thursday that Alex Huskey will become the Marion campus president beginning Aug. 25.