Education & Workforce Development – Page 255 – Indianapolis Business Journal

IU to offer degree in fund raising

June 15, 2009

Most fund-raisers stumble into the profession, but within a decade the field could be populated by recent college graduates
who hold degrees in philanthropic studies.The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University soon will roll out a bachelor’s
degree that would be among the first of its kind. If all goes as planned, IUPUI would begin marketing the degree, granted
by the School of Liberal Arts, for the fall of 2010.

Grads, career-changers surge into teaching

June 8, 2009

Folks from all sorts of professions are trying on teaching, to survive the recession or to give back to the community. Or
both.

Newcomer Franklin University could create marketing mix-up for Franklin College

June 8, 2009

Ohio-based Franklin University’s move into the Indianapolis market sets up the potential for significant name confusion with
Franklin College, the liberal arts school 30 minutes south of Indianapolis.

Led by educators instead of investment specialists, state teachers fund fell into $67M hole

May 25, 2009

The people overseeing the Indiana State Teachers Association Insurance Trust had no background in investments or insurance, likely leaving them ill-equipped to grasp the ever-larger amounts of complicated investments the trust was buying.

Pay for diplomas is smart incentive

May 25, 2009

Incentives have long been used as an effective tool in business to improve employee performance. But can a concept that helps
companies motivate workers also work in public education?

Insurers not attracting young people

May 25, 2009

Two-thirds of college-age Americans say health insurance is as important as salary when looking at jobs. Yet just as many have made no plans to obtain health insurance once they graduate from school this month.

NEA takeover humbles once-mighty ISTA

May 20, 2009

The National Education Association said today that it is taking over its Indiana affiliate, a stunning comeuppance for what
long had been one of the most powerful union forces in the state.

‘Fellows’ make career change to teaching math and science

May 18, 2009

A new scholarship to promote teaching math and science in “high-need” schools was awarded to . 59 recipients, and most of them are changing professions to become teachers.

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May 9, 2009

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Business school outgrows Indiana

April 27, 2009

With enrollment surging in vocational schools around the country, Indiana Business College has launched an expansion into
Ohio and likely into other states as well. The Indianapolis-based for-profit school also is changing its name.

Bennett draws up education game plan

April 20, 2009

Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction stresses reading, math and competition.

Life sciences stand to gain from stimulus spending

April 13, 2009

Indiana and Purdue universities are well-positioned to take advantage of the $11.5 billion available for life sciences and
biotech research from the federal stimulus package.

Prolonged woes reshape Connersville, city once known as ‘Little Detroit’

April 13, 2009

With economists predicting the statewide unemployment average will reach 10 percent this year, the experience of a hard-hit
city like Connersville offers a glimpse of what lies ahead for other manufacturing-reliant Hoosier communities.

Column on education spoke the truth

April 13, 2009

Education is empowermentâ??not just for the community but for the individual.

Youth program may promote sense of purpose

April 6, 2009

Though I’m an economist, and not much skilled at matters of the heart, it seems to me there’s something amiss in today’s national psyche. There’s no real sense of purpose or unity. For those of us old enough to have had very close relatives who lived through the Great Depression, today just feels different from […]

IU hosts important conference on U.S.-China business cooperation

April 6, 2009

Indiana University on April 15-17 will present what might be the most ambitious conference all year on U.S.-China business cooperation.

Education, health still key issues

March 30, 2009

The people of Indiana need to work to improve education, the overall health of our work force, and productivity and innovation.

To boost Indiana’s economic vitality, reform high schools and retrain biz leaders

March 30, 2009

Beyond a sincere effort to improve high school education, we require massive retraining of our
business leaders and managers.

Linking specialties is key to life sciences

March 30, 2009

The Indiana Innovation Alliance will bring together researchers from both IU and Purdue and keep much intellectual property innovation in Indiana.

Low graduation rates bode poorly for state

March 30, 2009

With high school graduation rates as low as they are in Indiana, I find it amazing that Indiana isn’t at the very bottom of
the statistical ladder described in Morton Marcus’ March 16 column.

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