WGU Indiana is a branch of Western Governors University, a private, not-for-profit university designed for working adults
trying to earn bachelor’s or master’s degrees.
ITT Educational Services Inc., Apollo Group Inc.’s University of Phoenix, Career Education Corp. and other for-profit educators
are under increasing federal scrutiny over their recruitment practices and the level of student loan defaults.
Simon Youth Foundation, a local not-for-profit, helps at-risk high school students across the country by partnering with local
school systems.
The state is building a massive data system with a tough-love intent of rewarding good educators and schools and hammering
poor performers.
The leader of Indiana’s largest teachers union says if Congress approves up to $300 million for Indiana schools, it could
save as many as 7,200 public school employee jobs, including those of Indiana teachers, teaching assistants and bus drivers.
IU says the gift from Frank Arganbright was the first single donation of at least $1 million for scholarships from an individual
in the history of the journalism school.
A sweeping proposal calls for schools to provide recruits a written summary of their schools’ policies on everything from
medical-insurance limits to athlete-transfer rates and scholarship renewals, all within a week of contact.
Charities and not-for-profits are trying to broaden their appeal to younger adults without turning off older stalwarts.
A couple of Hoosier entrepreneurs think they can take their career information web site national.
The head of a national teachers union said Indiana’s Department of Education is among the three most hostile to teachers in
the country.
About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the “Race to the
Top” program, but at least nine others including Indiana are opting out of trying a second time.
Enrollment during the period rose 17 percent, to more than 57,000 students as of Monday, the first day of the summer semester.
The three simultaneous gatherings are expected to draw about 600 scientists and researchers from some 30 countries to the
West Lafayette campus from July 12-15.
Ivy Tech Community College is set to start new construction at a former hospital site next to its downtown Indianapolis campus.
Purdue President France Cordova arrived Tuesday in Beijing for four days of meetings with officials from Tsinghua University
and China Agricultural University.
Interim dean Anne Thomas now has job outright at University of Indianapolis nursing school.
The Bulldogs are one of a handful of "mid-major" teams that have carved out a spot on the national map with a simple
strategy: You win by being yourself.
Indiana University is showing signs that it’s finally serious about translating research into commercial product, through
grants it is awarding via its $10 million Innovate Indiana Fund and by developing a computing technology mini-campus.
Just about everyone thinks the Indianapolis law school is a branch of the one in Bloomington. It isn't, and Gary Roberts
says
confusion reigns as a result.
Marian University has renamed its school of business after Clark H. Byrum, president of Indianapolis-based The Key Corp.,
who made a significant gift to the university this month.
