State campaign pushes students to finish college on time
The statewide effort is designed to push more Indiana students to graduate from college on time by completing at least 15 credits each semester.
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IUPUI takes control of journalism program
The journalism program on the IUPUI campus will on July 1, for the first time, become managed by IUPUI.
Ivy Tech’s Corporate College picks up steam
The community college’s subsidiary has served 750 companies so far this year and thinks it can double or triple that total in five years.
Can Ball State University keep its vibrancy?
Incoming President Paul W. Ferguson must escape harsh realities to continue the university’s impressive gains.
Ivy Tech to debut new academic model in 2014
Ivy Tech Community College is moving to an automated system to advise students about what classes they need each semester and eliminating their ability to enroll as “undecided.”
UIndy receives $3M to launch MBA for school leaders
The goal of the education MBA programs is to equip school leaders with business-type skills to lead well-funded schools to compete better internationally and to help the impoverished students in urban and rural schools catch up with their suburban peers.
Endowment pledges $63M toward fight against brain drain
The Lilly Endowment will give nearly $63 million in grants to 39 Indiana colleges and universities to boost job prospects for their graduates, pushing the endowment’s anti-brain-drain campaign to $120 million over the past decade.
Study: IU, Purdue rank best in return on investment
Big budgets used to rule in college rankings. But that could be changing. A new report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education is the latest effort among several nationally to score universities on their bang for the buck.
Record number of foreign students hit U.S., Indiana
Purdue finished second in international enrollment among public universities, with 9,509 students in the 2012-13 academic year. IU finished 13th, with 6,547.
DePauw to revamp music programs with $15M gift
Alumni Judson and Joyce Green earmarked the funds for helping develop professional musicians.
Former IPS chief White takes reins at Martin University
Eugene White will assume the post of interim president after the departure of George Miller, who left just 18 months after accepting the top job.
Daniels’ push to cut costs, create metrics faces skepticism at Purdue
The former governor wants to change the rules of higher education. But first he must convince skeptical professors that his plans aren’t just politics, but actually good for Purdue.
Kelley School expands executive degree programs
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is expanding its certificate programs for executives, combining noncredit webinars, for-credit certificates, and graduate degrees into a single educational program, mostly for corporate clients.
Daniels’ hiring of ex-aides for Purdue posts draws scrutiny
About 30 new management or professional hires have appeared on Purdue's payroll since Daniels took office in January. At least six are former colleagues from Daniels' days as governor and as a top executive at Eli Lilly and Co.
Ball State proposing 2-percent tuition increase
The proposed increase will make Ball State's in-state tuition nearly $9,200 for 2013-14 and about $9,300 the following year.
Startup aims to take on ’11th commandment’
Carmel tech firm owner Ron Brumbarger grows his own talent, and now he wants to help other businesses do the same.
Pay rises faster at Indiana public universities than national peers
The campus with the highest-paid faculty was Purdue at West Lafayette, where the average salary was $101,000, followed closely by IU-Bloomington, where salaries averaged $98,400.
College coaches find way back to hoops after NCAA bans
Of the 44 former men’s basketball coaches given so-called “show-cause” orders since 2000—such as IU’s Kelvin Sampson—at least 25 found other basketball jobs, usually after the orders expired.
State ties higher ed funding to results
With fewer state dollars coming with more strings, Indiana’s public universities are altering their strategies in big and small ways to receive as much money as possible from the state.
IPFW cutting 41 jobs to help close $8.4M deficit
Administrators expect the job cuts to save $2.2 million. Other savings will come through a 2-percent tuition increase next fall, a pay freeze and cuts in activities, utilities and services.