IU, Marian set to launch wave of docs
Between the new Marian college of medicine and an enrollment expansion at the Indiana University School of Medicine, the state will have 88 percent more med students by next fall.
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ITT Educational shares sink after SEC seeks loan documents
Shares of ITT Educational Services Inc., one of the country's largest for-profit colleges, tumbled nearly 17 percent Monday after it disclosed that U.S. regulators subpoenaed documents related to private loan programs for its students.
Bank foreclosing on former charter school property
Old National Bank is suing the operator of charter school that closed last summer in Indianapolis, claiming it failed to pay off the $1.8 million balance on its mortgage.
Federal budget cuts would hit military, education in Indiana
The White House has tallied the impact of automatic cuts to the federal budget set to take effect this week. Indiana will lose at least $100 million in support for the military, education, child care, seniors and services for other populations.
IPS board taps Hinckley to fill in during superintendent search
The Indianapolis Public Schools board will vote Tuesday night to hire Peggy Hinckley, former superintendent of Warren Township schools, as interim superintendent to replace Eugene White.
Factory workers struggling to bounce back
Thousands of Indiana’s rank-and-file factory workers have seen their earnings lose ground to that of white-collar workers. The gap has grown even as manufacturers expect their assembly-line workers to have more skills and more advanced education.
Mayor ups push to reform schools, hopes to halt family flight
Concerned that a shortage of high-quality schools is fueling a loss of population in Marion County, Mayor Greg Ballard’s administration and a series of community groups have drawn up a preliminary plan to help replicate the city’s most successful schools.
Crean’s revival of IU basketball fuels donations, merchandise sales
Indiana University is looking to cash in on the success of its men’s basketball team this season, but is struggling to find ways to make more money from an already popular program.
Group recruiting ‘standing army’ to support charters
A new group of 40-something professionals in central Indiana is hoping to do for education reform what the amateur sports initiative did 35 years ago: spawn a generation of leaders to work on a long-term challenge.
IU professor patents tweet-analyzing software
Researchers have found that when people get more anxious, there is a good chance of the market dropping three or four days later.
Panel supports scrapping Indiana school grades
A Republican-controlled state Senate committee agreed Wednesday with the new Democratic state schools superintendent that Indiana's A-F grading scale for individual schools should be scrapped.
HEMPSTEAD: Indianapolis approaching important tipping point
Confluence of trends, developments offer special opportunity.
Bill that would shift Indiana voucher oversight advances
Indiana's new Democratic state schools superintendent would no longer oversee the private school voucher program that she has opposed under a proposal approved Tuesday by a Republican-controlled legislative committee.
Bill to ban Indiana teacher union deductions advances
Republicans sparked protests from teachers and union officials Tuesday by pushing legislation through a House committee that would bar Indiana schools from automatically deducting union dues from teacher paychecks, an issue that critics thought was off the table this year.
REI, Chicago partner picked to build office building at IUPUI
The five-story, $22.9 million building would be constructed on university-owned land at the northeast corner of New York Street and University Boulevard.
Purdue hopes huge donation first of many under Daniels
Purdue University has high hopes that former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ new role as president and donation pitchman eventually will help double charitable contributions to the school.
Indiana school voucher expansion scaled back
The House Ways and Means Committee removed a provision that would have opened the voucher program to current private school students by not requiring them to first spend at least one year in public schools.
Med school names six finalists for dean
Half of the candidates to replace retiring dean Dr. Craig Brater are from the IU medical school and the other half are outsiders, according to a release issued Monday by the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Purdue ag school gets $65M from anonymous donors
Purdue President Mitch Daniels said Monday in a statement that the gift is "a tremendous vote of confidence" for the university and its College of Agriculture. It is Purdue's largest-ever donation from individuals.
Indiana unlikely to shift from school standards
A bill that could be voted on by the state Senate in the coming week would suspend implementation of the benchmarks at Indiana schools until after the state Board of Education has finished a new review of the standards it adopted in 2010.