DeHaan’s Christel House plots high school, foreign growth
Christel House Academy, a K-8 charter school, launched a campaign this year to raise money for a $5 million high school, with classes starting in the 2010-2011 school year.
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Project plants seeds of academic success
United Way is spending $114,000 to bring Project Seed, a program with specially trained math experts, to 11 Indianapolis Public Schools.
Papa’s college funds hit the skids
When I read the year-end statements from the 529 College Saving Plans I had established for the benefit of my grandchildren, I felt lower than a snake’s belly.
Credit crisis reverses student lender’s growth
ISM Loans is waiting to re-enter markets after halting its lending, changing its leadership and cutting 100 workers.
NASA contracts soaring
NASA begins to award more grants to Indiana firms and universities.
Stimulus talk creates uncertainty at Statehouse
Stimulus talk continues to dominate discussion at the Indiana Statehouse, creating indecision for lawmakers who were supposed to be devoting their full attention to assembling a two-year budget under difficult economic circumstances.
Purdue researchers tweak CT scanners to help lumber industry find knots, cracks, decay in trees
CT scanners have been used for decades to peer inside humans. Now a Purdue University researcher is training the technology on hardwood trees to help lumber mills get the most value from logs.
IU scores with ‘Philanthropy 50’ gifts
Two Indiana businessmen, Michael Maurer and the late Jesse Cox, made the Philanthropy 50 with enormous gifts to Indiana University in 2008.
‘Two Million Minutes’ begets India and China sequels
Angel investor Bob Compton has produced a pair of sequels to his 2007 documentary film "Two Million Minutes," which examined the differences between education in the United States, India and China.
Pitching manufacturing careers a challenge amid slump
The message that Steve Dwyer, recently retired chief operating officer of Rolls-Royce North America, is taking to central
Indiana educators is that they still need to train students for careers in manufacturing.
City loses a Japanese pioneer
Rev. Itoko Maeda was a citizen of the world, Japanese by birth, American by choice and also a Hoosier who did a tremendous amount to teach the people of this state Japanese and Japanese culture.
Brand is true leader
Thank you [Bill Benner] for writing the kind [column in the Jan. 26 issue] on Myles Brand.
More high schoolers enrolling in college
Fall Creek Academy is among a growing number of high schools that enroll their students to take classes at colleges, earning
credit toward both a high school and a college degree.
Ball State hopes for gold as students follow profs into new media ventures
Students, commerce and emerging media have moved to the forefront of Ball State’s mission under President Jo Ann Gora, attracting corporate dollars to the university.
Craving for convenience fuels Ivy Tech’s online boom
Students are flocking to online classes at Ivy Tech Community College faster than the burgeoning college is racking up overall
growth—mirroring a national trend toward computers over classrooms.
IU striving to keep tuition affordable
Your Dec. 8 editorial, "State flunking affordability test," quotes liberally from the National Center for Public
Policy and
Higher Education’s recent report, which concludes that 49 of 50 states—including Indiana—deserve an "F"
for their
affordability
efforts. Unfortunately, this grade is based on an analysis that dramatically overstates college costs in Indiana—or at
least
those costs incurred by Hoosiers attending Indiana University.
Sports vision ripe for renewal
If the city is serious about continuing to use amateur athletics as an economic tool, more collaboration among the university,
city leaders and sports organizations is clearly needed.
Track, tennis venue at IUPUI eyed for demolition
Long-range plans for IUPUI unveiled this month call for the demolition of the Michael A. Carroll Track & Field Stadium and
Indianapolis Tennis Center, raising questions about the future of sporting events held at those venues that have generated
tens of millions of dollars in economic activity for the city.
Ball State coach disingenuous about commitment to team, school
Beware when coaches profess unfailing loyalty to a school.
Charter school study likely to stoke legislative debate
A state-funded study of Indiana’s charter schools has found that “no practical difference” exists between the alternative
schools and traditional public schools.