No pay increases again at Indiana University
Top school administrators said a planned 0.7-percent increase in operational spending will be the smallest in several decades.
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Glick Eye Institute designed to mesh architectural styles, ophthalmology researchers
The new home for the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute that’s rising from the ground at IUPUI must do a lot
of things well.
MOUNAYAR: Indianapolis should rediscover public spaces
Too few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.
Wishard Hospital project is life blood to contractors
Replacing the existing Wishard Memorial Hospital is so critical to the well-being of the sickly construction sector that one
industry official likens the project to a "lifeline."
Voters back school-funding plans across central Indiana
Voters in Washington Township, Pike Township, Speedway, Carmel Clay and Noblesville approved
higher tax rates to help prevent teacher cuts or support building projects.
Obama plans tougher rules on for-profit colleges
The administration is gearing up to produce tougher regulations that may reduce the amount of federal financial aid flowing
to for-profit colleges such as locally-based ITT Educational.
Several school districts seek passage of referendums
Administrators are asking for millions of dollars of additional money to prevent teacher cuts and to support school building
projects.
UPDATE: Tennis Center set for summer demolition
Sources close to the university said they expect a combination of parking facilities and a multi-use athletics venue and convocation
center to be built on the site.
Education trend targets training for principals
Three Hoosier universities—Notre Dame, Marian and Indiana—are moving to launch programs that seek to apply MBA-style training to the unique demands of schools.
Closing of Purdue’s Chao Center is setback for BioCrossroads
The university is hoping to find a private company to take over the 5-year-old facility, which formulated and manufactured
small batches of drugs used in clinical trials.
Sallie Mae’s job cuts spare Indiana, at least for now
Sallie Mae says a new law that cuts banks out of the federal student-loan business is costing 2,500 workers their jobs in
Florida and Texas, but the cuts won’t hit Indiana in 2010.
IU receives $4.8M for global business institute
The grant from a private equity firm will fund MBA and doctoral students working with Latin American companies.
Ivy Tech to offer classes in Avon shopping mall
The town will spend $250,000 to turn a vacant 15,000 square foot space in the Beechwood Centre into 12 classrooms and a computer
lab.
Scott Jones brings Lemonade Day to Indianapolis kids
Launched in Houston three years ago, Lemonade Day aims to educate children from pre-kindergarten through high school how to
start, own and operate their own small businesses.
NCAA to expand March Madness from 65 to 68 teams
The three-team expansion is much more modest than 80-team and 96-team proposals the NCAA outlined just a few weeks ago at
the Final Four.
Indiana schools to exit Race to the Top competition
State will bow out of the $4.35 billion federal competition after a highly public feud between public schools chief Tony Bennett
and the state’s teachers unions.
ITT Educational posts first-quarter profit, raises forecast
The Carmel-based operator of for-profit colleges pulled in profits of $85.7 million, or $2.46 per share, up nearly 44 percent
from the same quarter a year ago.
Report: Indiana far short of funding teacher pensions
Indiana is among the nation’s five most underfunded teacher pension programs, but low ranking is misleading.
ITT Educational altered test scores, ex-employee’s suit says
Former director says he saw employees give passing scores to students who had failed entrance exams, raise their grades and
alter their attendance records so they would continue to receive U.S. financial aid.
Cash-strapped schools eye full-day kindergarten
Many districts want to keep the full-day programs and say they’re considering increasing fees to do so.