Marian College wants to take over operation of the Major Taylor Velodrome from Indy Parks and make the facility a hub for
alternative transportation and Midwestern cycling.
With both the NBA and college basketball seasons under way, Indiana’s two namesake programs are coming back to life in a big
way.
The state’s Dec. 1 takeover of Medical Savings Insurance Co. marks the formal crumbling of J. Patrick Rooney’s network of
health care reform efforts.
IBJ co-owner Michael Maurer’s $35 million gift to the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington is the fourth largest
from an individual in the history of the university.
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, an initiative formerly managed by the state, is thriving under Purdue University’s leadership.
Unfortunately, there’s a major stumbling block to education beyond high school — too many people in the state simply
can’t afford it.
The Indiana Venture Center, a local not-for-profit that mentors Hoosier entrepreneurs and startup companies, is shutting its
doors.
The Indiana Pacers and Ivy Tech Community College have teamed to offer six statewide scholarships to Ivy Tech students.
While America’s auto industry is being transformed to become efficient and environmentally conscious, put laid off auto employees
to work educating students.
If you’ve ever cooked a hamburger over a grill at Shakamak State Park, sat in a hospital waiting room chair, or sipped from a water fountain, you may have used products made by Indiana convicts. Although offender work programs have been around since the 1920s, most Hoosiers know little about the Indiana Department of Correction’s prison-based industries, which generate $40 million a year in revenue.
In its seventh annual "Teens and Entrepreneurship" poll, Junior Achievement has found that 13- to 18-year-olds are
less interested
in starting their own businesses than they were a year ago.
Tony Bennett, Indiana’s new superintendent of public instruction, says his priorities include restoring discipline to the
classroom, recruiting topnotch teachers and adequately compensating
them, increasing the percentage of education dollars spent directly on instruction, and reducing regulations so schools can
focus more on student instruction.
Most colleges and universities in central
Indiana are being especially frugal because the value of their university endowments has plunged along with the market,donations
may decrease, and enrollment may decline, due to lack of student loan availability.
Butler University’s MBA program — once at risk of being eliminated — has been revamped to include more real-life
professional experiences, and enrollment has increased 63 percent.
The Indiana Council for Economic Education is a nonprofit, working to increase economic literacy throughout Indiana.
It’s been a disappointing season for soon-to-be ex-Purdue football coach Joe Tiller, but he helped make football important
at Purdue University.
IU has launched another energy research center, this time the Center for Research in Energy, administered by the School of
Public and Environmental Affairs, in Bloomington.
If certain people in Hancock County have their way, one of the fastest-growing new industries here could be adult education.
Indianapolis-based MZD Advertising topped a field of 14 agencies competing to become agency of record for Gap Solutions Inc.,
which provides contracted services that support the National Guard Child Care Program.
Three university projects, two of which contain green-building elements, dominated the most recent design awards presented
by the American Institute of Architects Indiana chapter. Of the four award winners, three involved college buildings: the
Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University, the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University, and
the Straw Bale Eco Center at Ball State University.
