U.S. student-loan debt adds to growing wealth gap
Roughly 37 million people in the U.S. are saddled with $1 trillion in student debt, a factor contributing to the widening of the gap between rich and everyone else in the country.
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Several education-related bills signed into state law
In addition to approving legislation to end Common Core standards in Indiana, Gov. Mike Pence on Monday signed four other education-related bills into law.
State nixes Common Core, but new model may be similar
Indiana on Monday became the first state to formally withdraw from Common Core education standards. A proposed new program is already being criticized as too close to Common Core.
Purdue loses appeal to shield discrimination report
An appellate panel had harsh words for Purdue University’s conduct in shielding a report investigating a former chancellor’s complaint of gender discrimination and harassment against former university president France Cordova.
Common Core spawns widespread political fights
More than five years after U.S. governors began a bipartisan effort to set new standards in American schools, the Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest fueling division among Republicans.
Butler taps Evansville dean to lead biz school
Stephen Standifird, dean of the Schroeder School of Business at Evansville since 2011, will take over the Butler College of Business on July 1.
Charter school board gets new executive director
Former Eli Lilly and Co. Nick LeRoy will lead the state board, which reviews, approves and regulates some of the state’s charter schools.
Finding jobs for disabled students focus of study
High schools in five Indiana cities will participate in a study to see if having job specialists and other resources helps students with disabilities find work.
IU chief visits India for knowledge network
President Michael McRobbie and others in a delegation hope to promote research, education, Internet freedom and other interests.
Ball State prepares to idle its coal-fired boilers
Ball State University officials are preparing to stop burning coal at the campus steam plant as the school pushes ahead with its partial conversion to geothermal energy.
IPS terminates CFO after disagreement over budget
Indianapolis Public Schools has fired its chief financial officer for “unsatisfactory work performance” one week after Superintendent Lewis Ferebee publicly disagreed with a financial assessment that said the district had a $30 million budget deficit.
Lawmakers query Ball State on intelligent design
Four conservative Republican Indiana legislators are questioning Ball State University's decision to prohibit the teaching of intelligent design in a science course.
Feds revise for-profit college rules after court block
ITT Educational stock fell Friday after the Obama administration said it has revised its regulatory package for for-profit colleges, rewriting a proposal that the education industry blocked in court almost two years ago.
Ex-Purdue president taking over science foundation
The U.S. Senate this week confirmed President Barack Obama's nomination of France Cordova to lead the federal agency that has a $7 billion budget to award grants for scientific research around the country.
Accrediting agency places Martin University on probation
Only 2.6 percent of Martin University's full-time students graduated within four years and its six-year completion rate of 14.3 percent "was also extremely low," the North Central Association's Higher Learning Commission said.
Preschool pilot program headed to Pence’s desk
The General Assembly has approved a pilot program to send low-income children in five counties to preschool.
Lawmakers create an exit plan for takeover schools
A bill passed by the Indiana General Assembly this year could help bring takeover schools out of their status as islands and reconnect them to larger school systems.
Obama seeks overtime pay for more salaried workers
Bypassing Congress, President Barack Obama intends to order changes in overtime rules so employers would be required to pay millions more workers for the extra time they put in on the job.
Lawmakers seek to remove Indiana from Common Core
The Indiana Senate voted 35-13 Wednesday to end the state's use of federal Common Core standards and instead adopt a series of state-written guidelines.
IPS chief declares $30M budget deficit a mirage
New superintendent Lewis Ferebee unveiled the results of his analysis of IPS finances by saying a $30 million structural budget deficit wasn’t real, but was instead the result of a “budgeting tactic” used by his predecessors.