Cash-strapped IU closing Continuing Studies School
Indiana University says continuing financial pressures have led to the planned closing of its School of Continuing Studies, which serves about 4,000 students around the state.
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Venture capitalist eyeing seventh education documentary
Former CID Equity Partners exec Bob Compton spends most of his time these days on education documentaries, which have largely focused on what successful school systems do and how that might be applied in the United States.
Butler provost named university’s interim president
Jamie Comstock will serve as temporary leader from June 1 to Aug. 1, as Butler University makes the transition between outgoing President Bobby Fong and President-elect James Danko.
Notre Dame says no to ‘Made in China’ on Irish goods
Ten years after adopting its policy, Notre Dame remains the only major U.S. university that forbids license holders such as Adidas AG to put the school logo on any product from China.
Panel backs caps on Indiana college tuition hikes
Indiana's higher education commission on Friday approved recommendations that the state's public universities keep their tuition increases under caps of 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent in each of the next two years.
Purdue professor analyzes risk, dissects failures
For 25 years, Venkat Venkatasubramanian, the Reilly professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, has studied how to keep horrendously complicated, excruciatingly twitchy technological edifices from collapsing under their own weight.
Growing school districts drop funding lawsuit
Three Indiana school districts, including Hamilton Southeastern and Franklin Township, are dropping a lawsuit against the state that claimed the method for distributing school funding treated growing districts unfairly.
IU-led team gets $2.4M grant for Greenland study
A team led by an Indiana University scientist has won a $2.4 million NASA grant for research that could help the space agency search for life elsewhere in the solar system.
IPS cuts 350 teaching jobs
Indianapolis Public Schools blame the move on declining enrollment and state funding cuts.
Schools weigh options after voters nix tax hikes
School districts across the state continue to struggle in their attempts to win voter approval for operating money or building projects, which a researcher attributes to continued worries about the economy.
Reform law gives charters leeway to hire unlicensed teachers
Legislation that expands charter schools in Indiana also could increase the number of teachers at those schools without licenses, making it easier for educators like Eric Nentrup to take non-traditional paths to the classroom.
Legislating pay: Description of Senate Bill 1
Senate Bill 1, which takes effect July 1, will make teacher pay far more complex. To determine a teacher’s annual pay increase, school districts now can count experience and education as no more than 33 percent of the compensation equation.
New laws hang teacher pay on performance
Charters and vouchers may have sparked the loudest education-related protests before the Legislature this year, but changes to teacher evaluations are likely to have the biggest impact on Indiana’s public schools.
Event promoter Compton teams with high schools to raise money
Proceeds from tribute-band concerts go to athletic programs, music departments and other school offerings that have lost funding.
Daniels signs school voucher plan into law
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law a plan giving Indiana the nation's most sweeping private school voucher program.
Eli Lilly pledges $2.5 million to Mind Trust
Eli Lilly and Co. plans to give $2.5 million toward a new fundraising campaign by the Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education reform group.
Justice Department to NCAA: Why no football playoff?
The U.S. Justice Department says there are "serious questions" about whether the current format of the college football playoff system complies with antitrust laws.
Law firms inch back toward hiring mode
Improved economy boosts prospects, modestly, for new grads.
Perry Township referendums pass, others fail
Voters in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township passed two referendums for increased school funding Tuesday night, but similar votes in Franklin Township and Avon failed.
Donation to spur community service at UIndy
The gift will fund the endowed faculty position of Distinguished Professor of Service Learning, a person whose job will including helping to spur more students perform community service work.