Wabash lands $6.2M grant from Lilly Endowment
Wabash College is getting a $6.2 million grant to boost a center's efforts to support professors who teach religious studies or theology.
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Purdue names UConn dean to head Krannert
Purdue University has named P. Christopher Earley, dean at the University of Connecticut School of Business, to take over as dean of Purdue’s Krannert School of Management.
Indiana gets 125 applications from schools for voucher program
The state Department of Education is working to process the applications for the program, which will initially allow a limited number of low- and middle-income families to use public money toward private school tuition.
Notre Dame says 7-year capital campaign raised $2B
Officials say the school is now the first university without a medical school to raise more than $2 billion in a traditional seven-year capital campaign.
Panel named to search for new Purdue president
The committee announced Thursday will be looking to replace Purdue President France Cordova, who said last week she would step down next summer when her contract expires.
Purdue Research Park nears capacity
Purdue just added a large tenant to the Indianapolis research park, bringing the total to 14.
Banker appointed chairman of Indiana higher education commission
The commission has drawn national attention for its performance-based funding plans.
Turnaround experts eye state schools
Interventions by state officials next month in as many as 18 struggling schools will open Indiana to a new and unproven breed of private education entities that have sprung up in just the past decade. That introduction is likely to be smaller than originally thought, but have far-reaching ramifications.
Employers face messy decision to drop health insurance
Companies that drop insurance coverage could, without spending any more money than they are now, give workers an 11-percent raise or else help them save as much as $2,000 per year buying health coverage in one of the exchanges, IBJ calculations show.
Purdue president to step down next summer
Purdue University President France Cordova says she'll step down when her contract expires in 2012. She succeeded Martin Jischke at the helm of the public university in 2007.
UPDATE: Teachers, others sue over school voucher law
The Indiana State Teachers Association filed the lawsuit in Marion County on Friday seeking to block the state’s new school voucher law. Plaintiffs include teachers, school administrators, clergy and taxpayers.
Indianapolis Museum of Art drops student-run security
The IMA is back to using traditional security guards after IUPUI vetoed its plan to use federally funded work-study students.
Talent Alliance to help high schools track graduates
A nearly $79,000 grant from the Central Indiana Community Foundation will be used to help Marion County high schools track where their students go after graduation.
Purdue wins $5M global warming crop-research grant
Purdue University scientists have won a $5 million federal grant to help corn and soybean farmers adapt to the various climate change scenarios global warming is forecast to bring in the coming decades.
Purdue spends nearly $500K on marketing campaign
Purdue University spent nearly $500,000 to develop and promote a marketing campaign that angered many students and alumni who thought the school was straying from its traditional image as the Boilermakers.
IU says 500 workers accepted early retirement
Indiana University says nearly 500 employees have joined an early-retirement program expected to save the university $6 million a year.
Did Mayor Ballard jump gun on charter closure?
An Indianapolis charter school marked for closure by Mayor Greg Ballard posted huge gains in ISTEP scores this year, and school leaders plan to ask Ballard to reconsider his decision.
Ex-charter school teacher to lead school effort
Indiana's education chief has appointed a former charter school teacher to lead the state's efforts to turn around 18 chronically failing schools.
Bloomington to buy downtown land from Indiana University
The city hopes to buy the 12 acres—previously earmarked for a research hub—for $9.3 million and then sell it to a developer.
UIndy launches $7.5M campaign for civic leadership institute
The Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives will house a collection of official documents, correspondence, speeches, photos, audiotapes and other artifacts from the administrations of four Indianapolis mayors: Dick Lugar, Bill Hudnut, Steve Goldsmith and Bart Peterson.