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Merits, demerits of adjunct profs

Ivy Tech Community College canâ??t hire adjunct faculty fast enough to teach its ballooning number of students.

The system is scouring locales where its campuses are located for people with masterâ??s degrees who could
teach part time: The going…

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Happy, unhappy teachers

Teachers in private schools are happier â?? much happier â?? than their public school counterparts, according
to a new study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.

The Indianapolis foundation, created by one of the 20th Centuryâ??s most influential…

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Stressed college grads

A new poll shows college grads are worried about finding jobs â?? no surprise there, considering the sorry
state of the economy.

But the poll, taken by Edison Media Research, also shows a third of them fretting about their…

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Mass transit potential

For an interesting take on how mass transit could help revitalize Indianapolis, see IBJ reporter Chris Oâ??Malleyâ??s
story this week on the topic. Ball State grad students dreamed up several concepts for plunking new rail
stations along existing…

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The new education chief

Tony Bennett has been state superintendent of public instruction for just three months, but heâ??s making plenty
of waves.

Bennett, who replaced longtime chief Suellen Reed after she decided not to run for re-election, has not abandoned
his campaign…

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NFP of NOTE: Dads Inc.

Dads Inc. provides support and education for fathers to develop healthy relationships and positive involvement in the lives
of their children.

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A merger of education and art

The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit that supports education reform, is sponsoring an art show March 6 at the Harrison Center for the Arts.

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Lawrence Township School Foundation

The mission of the Lawrence Township School Foundation is to encourage and support creativity, innovation and excellence that
enhances the educational community of the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township.

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The (your name here) bat

Purdue University is jumping on a trend toward offering naming rights for newly discovered species.

The university plans to announce Monday that a bat discovered by one of its researchers can be named for
a company, a person â??…

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Scandal singes MBA entry exam

Not everyone who takes the Graduate Management Admission Test, which is required to get into business graduate
programs, is honest.

The organization that publishes the test, the Graduate Management Admission Council, disclosed yesterday that
it has tossed scores of 84…

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