State eco-devo group touts record year for job-creation commitments
So far in 2017, businesses have pledged to create as many as 28,846 jobs in coming years in Indiana as part of incentive deals with the state.
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IUPUI wants to graduate ‘woke’ teachers
The School of Education at IUPUI is splitting from its sibling at Indiana University in Bloomington so it can lean into conversations about race and social justice that are exploding across the country.
IU experts expect Indiana’s economy to outpace nation’s in 2018
In their annual Business Outlook forecast, Indiana University Kelley School of Business economists say employment gains will fuel economic growth in 2018.
Online school receives millions from state despite poor performance, unconventional spending
Indiana Virtual School has attracted thousands of students but graduated very few. A Chalkbeat Indiana investigation found the school’s founder hired his own company to manage the school, for which it received millions of dollars.
Tobias gift of $5M to establish IU global development center
Indiana University will create a research laboratory focused on international development—including missions such as reducing poverty and inequality and addressing climate change—based on a $5 million gift from Deborah and Randall Tobias.
NCAA president urges change to basketball to restore trust
Basketball is critically important to the NCAA because it gets most of its annual revenue—roughly $800 million—from television rights fees for its men’s basketball tournament.
Indiana University ups bicentennial fundraising goal to $3B
The university said the campaign involving all its campuses has already raised more than $2 billion in donations with more than two years to go before the drive's planned completion.
State board member resigns as leader of online charter schools
Byron Ernest worked for K12 Inc., one of the nation’s largest online school providers. Hoosier Academies contracts with K12 to manage its schools.
Education Department might only partly forgive some student loans
The Department of Education is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration's policy of erasing that debt.
IU’s first couple act as ‘stewards’ of presidential home
IU President Michael McRobbie and his wife, Laurie Burns McRobbie, don’t live at Bryan House but it’s still a busy place.
Thirteen Ball State fraternities to go alcohol-free until 2018
Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community.
Survey: Indiana school districts seeing teacher shortages
Almost 70 percent reported having a shortage in special education teachers while 57 percent reported having shortages in science and math.
Education agency blasted amid student loan scam crackdown
Federal and state agencies are cracking down nationally for the first time on scams that gouge student loan borrowers, but critics say the U.S. Department of Education isn't helping.
IU to add 5 basketball statues inside Assembly Hall
The athletic department announced Tuesday it will add five statues to the remodeled Assembly Hall this week as a tribute to the Hoosiers' five national championships and its tradition-laden program.
UIndy building spree continues with $20M dormitory project
As enrollment swells, the south-side university is working with a local developer to construct two four-story buildings with capacity for 300 students.
Pitino out at Louisville as expected amid federal probe
The University of Louisville's Athletic Association, or ULAA, officially fired coach Rick Pitino on Monday, nearly three weeks after the school acknowledged that the program is being investigated as part of a federal corruption probe.
Corruption probe prompts reviews of NCAA teams
At stake is the future of a business that, over the span of 22 years ending in 2032, will produce $19.6 billion in TV money for the NCAA men's basketball tournament, known to the public, simply, as March Madness.
Daniels makes $769K as Purdue president
The former Indiana governor was hired by the university in 2013 at an initial salary of $546,000.
His 3D-printing summer camps failed, but this tech veteran still thinks kids need to tinker
Kim Brand’s venture into the 3D-printing world has led him deep into the education world, and he has some strong opinions about how it works and what it needs.
Google to launch 6-city tour in Indy for improving digital skills
The “Grow with Google” tour will offer free workshops and one-on-one coaching for job seekers, students, teachers and entrepreneurs.